Project? Nah... Prolly Not: Mk7 GTI

[Ken]

I just googled APR Stage I. No way that's reliable?

Here's my issue with it. The "Stage 1" tune is rated for what, 310hp or something like that? There's always been loose rumors that some dealers will give you full warranty coverage no matter what goes wrong, but I have never been able to get a dealership to tell me straight to my face "yes, tune your car and we'll take care of you if anything happens."

Now all of a sudden they're offering APR "Plus" which I think you have to have installed when you buy the car new, and APR replaces the VW warranty with their own bumper to bumper 60k/5year warranty, BUT, the tune only makes 260hp. That makes the full Stage 1 sketchy as fuck in my mind. :dunno:

I don't know, Valley VW in Staunton is an APR dealer and last I checked would perform ecu flashes and fully cover the car still with the factory warranty. That was a couple of years ago though, so maybe it's changed now that apr has the + plan

Either way, it's probably a bit far to drive for a tune.

My brother had a VW/APR dealer do his and they serviced it fine. Granted it was the previous gen GTI, but it was stage 2. One thing i will say though, new wider wheels and tires were pretty much necessary if you wanted to do anything past like 50-60% throttle from a standstill.