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Old 06-14-2011, 08:33 AM   #6
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Great for highway driving, excellent fuel economy. Excellent build quality, the Jetta doesn't come close. A $600 chip will give you 220hp and 296lb/ft of torque. But if your driving is more city oriented I'll save the money and get the 2.5 as it costs considerably less. Also if a TDI engine doesn't get up to highway speed regularly the intake manifold may be clogged, do a search on the issue and you'll see what I mean.
Are you sure those power figures are for the TDI? If so, that's impressive.

Does the clogged intake manifold problem still occur if you mostly drive in the city, but wind it out once in a while?
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