The noise in the first video is from the 2 step not the tune. No danger of blowing the exhaust apart on that car, there's nothing to blow apart.Yeah I've heard the same, I think they call it 'snaps and pops' or something close. I'm waiting for the vid of the guy whose exhaust blows apart cuz of too much snap n pop action.
As for the Jetta, 1.8T is better than 2.0T that came after, and it looks pretty decent too.
We took in a 2004 (Mk4) Jetta TDI a while back, has the BEW engine, it runs fine but the AT is a bit iffy. Unfortunately the prior owner jumped title so we can't resell it...otherwise I'd be buying it.
Steve
The Mercedes in the second video does have a pops and bangs tune, but it never hurt anything.
Not the kind of noises most folks expect to hear from luxury cars!