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Originally Posted by TEF
Generally, there is good reason why vehicles are sold as they are. While I recognize that mods can add to performance, I also know that many of these result in unintended problems. For example, lowering a vehicle seems attractive, but suddenly it's easily damaged when driven up one's driveway.
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I totally agree, and tend to keep things stock, personally.
But apparently these diesels suffer from some issues to compensate for the egregious EPA standards.
Specifically, the EGR usually causes tremendous carbon build up in the intake manifold, and it's apparently not resolved with a simple walnut shell blast from an Indy (read- dealer has to do it)
The Particulate filter and urea system have major issues as well, and in the 335D world many remove these items and get better reliability.
I'd be all for reliability...performance is nice but almost useless in the USA...
I haven't read anything about how the F10 535D fares here in the US, but love the idea of diesel power and driveability.