This is all just my thoughts and how i came to the decision i made.
THIS IS NOT A PAID SPONSORSHIP REVIEW!!!
I bought my car CPO and obviously love the idea of having a car with a warranty. in the price range we were looking $20-25K there were several cars and manufactures to look at for a 4 door "Dad car". ultimately we ended up choosing an Audi A3 obviously. Once I bought the car and started driving it and loving it, I soon realized that, being a car guy I knew the car had more in it. I did a LOT of research on all the different options. Burger Tuning, APR, Unitronic, Eurodyne, IE, and Malone to name most of them. I knew that I wanted more from the car, and having bought an Audi I know its not always just about price. I did a LOT of reading on different forums and websites. I realized there is NO guarantee that if you modify the car the dealership will not find out. I decided to be up front about it and asked my service rep at the dealership I bought it from how they handle modified cars. his response was that most of the guys there had tunes as well and just to remove it before any service. so then it came down to risk/reward of each. Unitronic obviously is a great buy power/cost wise and was leaning towards them at first, then I heard about APR Plus. After searching high and low for Tune only stats on APR Plus A3's I just could not seem to find any. i contacted APR and asked what kind of info they could provide me as well as explain the warranty part of the program a bit more. after several emails and a lot of reading online about the program, I decided to go ahead and buy the PLUS ECU/TCU for the car. according to what i had read any kind of low 13 second 1/4 mile time would be great for the car/platform with no other modifications. We live in PA so the tracks are not open in the winter time. i purchased a dragy and found some "mexico" roads and decided to make some runs at night. after seeing what it claimed the car was capable of i decided to take it to ATCO and try it out, however the one thing i did not realize was that the shop who did the flash had chosen 3500RPM LC instead of the normal 4K LC setting. so my first time out the car went 13.1 consistently. Part of that is my fault having not been to the track in over 5 years! i forgot to leave the tank under half a tank and filled it up completely before we went out, as well as a trunk full of baby stuff, Pack n Play, luggage, Diaper bag, small cooler with milk for the little one etc) so this past weekend i left the wife and kid at home, had about half a tank of fuel and for grins decided to pull the passenger seat (about 60LBS) out as well as have the LC bumped to 4K. the car ran consistent 12.7's!!!! i know that with other mods (Intake, exhaust, springs to help settle on launch, and stickier tires) that the car could dip a bit more into the mid 12's. What i cannot get over is that this car is under FULL warranty between APR and Audi. i am sure i could have saved some money on the front end by choosing a different tuner, however to the best of my knowledge APR is the only one that offers a warranty with the tune. I almost forgot to mention that the APR Plus tune is the equivalent of their 91 octane low torque tune! these cars are amazing platforms, and can't wait to see what the future holds for MQB cars all around!!
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Originally Posted by RubyS3
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