MachoGrande

Did you read the rest of the thread? I confronted the trader and got all of my money back. That was 4 years ago. Back then, when I spoke to the trader, they were going to put it back up for sale, but tell any prospective buyer that the mileage was not genuine, as it had been clocked back 100,000 miles. Fast-forward a few years later, and I see the car's MOT history shows it on nearly 87k miles. So in reality that's 187,000 miles. It looks like it was last sold on in November, and I'm guessing not all the vendors were honest about the mileage! I wasn't going to mention the reg of the car, but given the possibility for someone to be sold a clocked car without their knowledge, I will do so now. DP64GDZ or DP64 GDZ I'm really sorry if you're reading this having bought the car - I know how it feels to find out you've been sold a clocked car! Hopefully this information might help someone avoid being mis-sold a car with higher mileage than advertised.

Hi all, New here, so be gentle! I've just bought a 57k mile Octy vRS TDI CR (2015), and have read a lot of threads about the DPF (including the sticky). On my way home after buying it, the DPF warning light came on, and since then virtually every journey has involved an active regen (I assume) - with fans staying on after the journey, etc. To learn more, I bought the VAG DPF app for my smartphone and I already had an ELM ODBII thingie, and I've been looking at mysterious numbers ever since! It seems that each time I go for a run (usually over 40mph most journeys), the engine 'schedules' a regen (little hourglass on the VAG DPF display), and soon after it starts. Idle up to 1,000rpm, 600 degree DPF temps, etc. Usually after 30 minutes to 45 minutes later the regen stops and the idle drops, as do the DPF temps. Then there's a short period and sometimes I get to park up for a bit and then bugger me it starts another regen! From what other people have said in other places, there should be a bit of mileage where the regens don't happen. I'm not getting that. I also notice the oil ash residue figure seems a bit high (60.4g) compared to what others have said. I've attached a screengrab from just after one of the regen cycles. Anyone know if this is "normal" behaviour or should I be getting something checked out? I notice there are some ways to clean the DPF but are any of these really effective and do I need to think about getting it done? Cheers!