Thanks for the suggestion. Borrowed a friend's BlueDriver and cleared out a P0560 code - after reading up on it, seemed to stem from disconnecting the battery for a few months.
Once the car restarted and warmed up again, pops and burbles are back!
Took the ITS out of hibernation yesterday and was immediately greeted with a CEL alongside the "Emissions..." warning. CEL has now disappeared but pops and bangs have yet to return.
Guess I'll need to schedule a trip to the dealer...🫣
It's a bit slower than expected, even with OEM tires.
Looking through previous years' results, the DE5 turned in a nearly identical time as the 2022 Golf R.
As a Canadian, we've got some inconsistent pricing compared to the US.
A Supra 3.0 is a $5k premium over the ITS in the US, but a $17k premium in Canada. The same "logic" applied to the mk8 GTI when it was first released, 29k USD vs 31k CAD MSRP.