hahaha thanks for the comments BM and Gaza,
RS - its definitely personal preference, i was in your position and getting the DPF replaced was just out of the question when i found out the price!
but the sound and performance makes up for it for me...of course id prefer it to not smoke...but i cant have everything lol! one of the downpoints of having a diesel over the petrol
but if you do have it removed...how much are you going to be looking out for it when you boot it?
thats the question
lol