Glad to hear it! I still love the tune and the fuel mileage increase is great! Now just know they don’t offer a tune anymore for deleted tdis so If you decide to delete your car you’ll have to look into other tuning that’s the only thing but if you plan on keeping emissions and what not then this is the way to go!

Thank you I appreciate that!

Not a problem man thank you for watching !

It’s a great tune for a non deleted car man!

@@DArias does it void emissions warranty

From what I’ve noticed regular driving I’ve seen about a 6-8mpg gain but soon I will be doing a video comparing both a full tank of diesel on stock tune and a full tank on the kerma tune to give an exact number

Yes this tune is on a completely stock car.. and clutch has been fine tbh .. it’s been tuned the last 20k miles and my car currently is approaching 110k miles on the original clutch

Unfortunately Kerma doesn’t offer tunes on deletes if that’s what you mean by straight pipe. You would have to go with a company like Malone who does great work as well!

The tune hasn’t been great so far! I love it. Power delivery is very smooth and it puts you back in your seat def worth it! And I’m glad you mentioned the h&r springs because I plan on lowering mine on the same same springs. I’m personally going to keep mine more conservative but I am doing intake exhaust the suspension and probably wheels that’s it. This is my daily so I don’t wanna go too overboard hahah

@@DArias My daily also. I see they did a 50% off tunes sale on the 4th of July. How often does Kerma have discounts? I am soaking all of this tech in recently. Total VW newb. Labor Day is approaching.....

Yes they do deals sometimes I know that. I got my tune as a discounted price myself tbh. I feel best thing to do might be to even contact them directly through email or even over the phone. Their customer service is great actually and very helpful so they might hook you up with a discount as well if you try. For the money regardless I feel it’s worth it

Ryan Daley 50%? I’ll take that deal all day the next time they do it.

You’re right about that haha I guess my laziness sometimes just wants to mash it in a higher gear and just get by someone haha

You’ll love it ! The instant power increase is very noticeable when you get on it just sucks these cars have 0 top end power though haha

@@DArias I mostly do like 75 mph tops so it's not horrible. I ordered the tune for the dsg also just waiting on their wait list for the cable I need.

Nice man! I hear the dsg tune really changes the character and drive ability of the car sometimes I wish I got a dsg for practicality fast shifts and easier in stop and go traffic haha

@@DArias yours manual? I didn't have a choice lol this is the one they had in my price range. Have you seen KermaTDI upgrade turbo? Supposed to bump up power to approx 210 and 396 lbs torque? Its $1500. Bet that be fun lol

Yeah mine is manual haha and I have seen it and that would def make for a very fun daily ! Lol I’m on the fence about going bigger but it would be more efficient plus it’ll make more power so it’s a win win

Nope the clutch has been great granted I don’t beat on this car haha and transmission is as smooth as butter I can’t complain

Yes sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t lol the screen not working isn’t a common problem at all.. but the pano roof does have a history of possible leaking. Mine hasn’t leaked at all thank god. But that’s why sometime so people opt to not get the pano roof . It’s all personal preference haha

@@DArias yeah the one I'm looking at today literally has a pano. Roof so I wasn't sure. I knew of a couple leak issues I have seen previously.

DArias_ happened to mine because I accidentally knocked it off the track, it was getting hot as fuck in my car in this southern heat. I ended up paying 50 bucks to tint the roof really dark instead of paying 1k to fix the sun shade. Just some advice.

Never had an issues with changing files

When I got tuned they referred to it as like a stage 1+ tune but not sure if it’s still classified that way or not

Thank you! I think so too .. even though it did take a little to get used to it and what not haha I originally wanted a black interior but I’m glad I went with the tan

Absolutely man haha Newark is literally the devil! And thanks man! I’m trying every for better content

I’ll see I mean it’s my daily so I’m not looking to go overboard with the car either just wanted to make it a bit more enjoyable was all

Where do you get 220whp from a CR170? more like 180whp... Unless you're talking about an XMAN hybrid or something. Please let me know if I missed something.

@@DArias Do you, man. People love to tell you how to mod your car until you ask if they want to take over the payments too... I mod mine for reliability and comfort.

No sir! I’ve had no personal issues the system regens normally with no issues the dpf has worked like normal and these mk6 this actually don’t require DEF if I’m not mistaken only the passats use def the gold and jettas started using DEF for 2015 which was their last year which is the mk7

@@DArias Thanks Bud!

Yes! The car regents the same way it does stock

You actually read my mind haha I’m gonna be making a video on the power comparisons between stock form and the tune file to get a rough estimate and I hope to get my wagon on the dyno actually to see the differences as well!

@@DArias haha awesome! That'll give us people watching an idea how much faster it actually is.

Yessir haha and I have another video coming this weekend as well discussing my experience with the tune for the 3 months I’ve had it on the car plus I have some parts coming in as well so should have some more content for this wagon finally haha

To be realistic and honest the low end torque on this is better than a gti but top end and such the gti will take this easily imo...the tdi has a terrible top end and a gti top end isn’t great either but def superior than the tdi

In most instances yes but I have personally dealt with dealers who have told me to just flash back to stock to do the warranty work. Depends how mod friendly your dealer is luckily for me I just flash back to stock if anything happens and I’m covered

DArias_ I heard that as soon as you tune the car the computer throws a TD1 code that only dealers can see and will not go away even if you reflash it to stock

I know this is whats keeping me from tuning my car that warranty is so juicy. the def system is pretty good compared to other diesels only needing to fill it every oil change. I had a def line leak it was going to take a few days to get it done so they gave me an optioned out loaner for the week

Tbh I’m really not sure BUT the difference is night and day easily can tell how much harder the car pulls I hope to soon be able to get to a dyno and do pulls with the stock map and the tuned map and see the exact difference in power

I wasn’t aware my bad haha most people are here have their egr and dpf delete with their stage 2 Malone tunes didn’t know you can go that route without deleting emissions

It doesn’t. Kerma only tunes for full emissions. You’d have to go Malone or mr tuning for deletes if you choose that route

I’m not sure what the top speed is tbh BUT I know my sportwagen can cat least 120 lol

I've hit 119 in my Jetta and wasn't even all the way down on the gas

I don’t beat on it too much I daily it so don’t wanna break it but the car dies out on power fairly quickly just the tune makes everything easier imo

Yes it does!

Diego Arias thanks man! Fastest reply I’ve had for our car model. Just bought the kerma, hopefully it’s good. You convinced me. I’m in the same situation with you about the warranty n everything

They also make a tuner for the transmission, which from my research is a HUGE upgrade. My one complaint about my TDI Jetta with DSG is the lack of response from the tranny. They're tranny tune is suppose to do wonders for driveability. Both the engine and tranny Kerma tuners will be in Black Betty soon.

Depends on your dealer in my experiences in my area the dealer just tells me to flash back to stock if I need any warranty work done that it isn’t a big deal..it only becomes an issue once removing emissions components ..I would say as long as you flash it back to stock and drive a little after that you’ll be fine

Bro iWork for vw and I can assure you that is has nothing to do with a dealership or tech in terms of your warranty. When we scan the car for just say dpf/nox cat/turbo etc skoda matches up the timer on your computer with the clicks counter and you can 100 percent have your car td1 tagged in skoda which voids your warranty and there is nothing that the dealership will do to help you because dealerships fix cars for vw corporation. Unless the dealership decides that they are goibg to pay for your car which isn't happening. So anyone who says that your warranty will be ok if you just switch it back to stock is lying or doesnt know or trying to sell you a product. It really depends on skoda and not the dealership on if your car warranty is void considering that pay the dealership to fix cars. Dealership also sell cars. They don't own them. With that said if it's a big money job like dpf (3k and months wait for backorder), cat, turbo, motor, etc I strongly recommend that you call vw Corp and get a case mgr to help you. Otherwise you might be in for a fight. Lastly if your car goes into dealership for warranty work I strongly recommend that you try to go back as close to stock as possible because something as Petty as cold air intake is enough to get your car warranty voided but most people haven't actually read the settlement or realize that any job that requires longer than two hours they have to give you a car. The issue is dealership are sick of tdi and prob will tell you that they don't have one available but "forger" to tell you that vw Corp pays enterprise rental cars in that case. Again case mgr

Most likely will unless you know a tech at a vw dealer or depends on the dealer you go to. Personally I’ve had warranty work done with the tune without an issue. But it varies depends on what needs to be done and the dealer you go to and who you know

@@DArias Thanks Diego!

No problem! Just know if you tune it that you may sacrifice your warranty possibly

No sir ! DSG is fine too

This is considered their “stage 1+” tune all stock emissions components

You’re absolutely right .. I’ve driven an mk6 tdi when they first came out and it felt much better than they do now I guess I meant like if you buy one now this is what you get

Trust me I know everyone says how much better these cars used to be and I can imagine haha do you know anything of rumors of a possible second wave of buybacks due to all these issues ?

@@DArias not sure but I can tell you that vw was billed 3k for the dpf the first time and when I am able to leave today with my car it will be about 1900 on the warranty.

Sheesh that’s a lot lol yeah at the risk of warranty claim and what not I will probably just delete and retune and not worry again... I fee vw is tired of all these tdis just sitting and waiting but at the same time if their was no fix then none of this would be happening lol

@@DArias bro they are def sick of it because there is no money to be made anymore. My alh mk4 has 450k and drives like brand new. This one I haven't deleted because my stealership had it waiting on the backorder dpf. It sucks because I work there and I used to just look at it. That was a 3k+ job and today we just finished up the nox and I had to fight vw to replace the fans because the car wouldn't Regen but I wasn't paying for those fans and obviously the bill was outrageous at 2700 for the work we did

Farmers tune tractors too...

Yeah that’s the bad part is how long the car stays at the dealer for I here Jeff Stevenson is really good with tunes I’m on the Facebook pages and stuff and I see nothing but good things

you are the bj man 🤤

I’ve gone back and forth tbh. Like I really want to do it but at the same time as much as I love this car it just bores me to drive and I’ve been debating upgraded to a GSW 4motion

Torque isn’t bad at all just the power band is so small like right when the fun starts it goes away haha

@@DArias yeah lots of turbo lag. That is where these tubes work. Btw sorry for hijacking your comments section but you're video are some of the cleanest in terms of these cars.

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I don’t feel $500 for a tune is over paying that’s just me lol but to each their own

Bullshit....I'm NOT knocking malone at all. In fact I like malone. I personally drove both back to back and kerma Is a tad more aggressive. Look at the numbers. Kerma gives higher torque numbers. KERMA has been awesome for me and customer service is incredible.... my experience is with a mk7 golf

I’m super happy with my tune I like kerma so far personally haha and $500 is cheap idk how he said it’s me overpaying when Malone is $550 for their tune if I’m not mistaken but everyone has their opinions haha and I’ve seen some dyno videos too where kerma makes more power all in all I’m on your boat I love kerma haha

True but Stevenson/diesel dna is better than most and stevenson custom maps