Originally Posted by riceboy22

LOL yup I hear you. When I had my B5 S4, I just had a second ECU which was a a whole lot easier.

You're right that the automatic TD1 flag is out of the SA's hands now and can happen as soon as they hook up your car for diagnostics. If you're properly flashed back to stock though, based on how it works currently, you won't get flagged TD1 in the system. That's always subject to change, but I'd imagine VAG has bigger fish to fry right now. Where a "mod-friendly" dealer does help is not getting hooked up in the first place (only really needs to happen for ECU-based diagnostics and warranty repairs) and not having them flag you for modifications manually (even things like an intake can be notated by them if they want).

Originally Posted by Dino757

One of the coolest things about the APR tune is the way it holds accelerator blip downshifts in the sport mode, for cornering, braking, or spirited accelerating from any rpm. It's really a blast to play with. At any speed it will just hold at 4k rpms, right in the sweet spot, and from there it just screams. Depending on how far you blip the pedal it will drop 2 or 3 gears and just hang there. It's especially nice when your rolling at speed. Say what you will NorthValley, I've had some pretty fast cars, but this one gives more grins and goosebumps than a 6spd. LS2 or my buddy's '03 911. It can be very abrupt, when that's what you're looking for.

Originally Posted by NorthValley

I'm not against anyone tuning their car! That's a personal choice. All I am saying is if someone comes on here asking "what APR Stage 1 means" then I would suggest they don't do it unless they can afford any possible "consequence". Sure, if money is no object tune away, go nuts, but some people do not understand possible implications. Just trying to give balanced advice! Cheers!

Originally Posted by DuaneSQ5

Sorry to bump an old thread. I have 2014 for about 18 month. I'm an admitted flash tune addicted. The other tunes (Porsche, AMG, BMW) are octain specific. Being in Cali with 91 craptain, this becomes essential. Does APR offer a 91 tune or do they rely on the factory knock/ping software to retard too much advance.