Yikes! How old were they? I think you are supposed to change them over 12 monthly even if they're in the green, or at least take them out once a while and give them good bang to loosen up the dust that settles at the bottom?
And what kind of fire was it?? Couldnt have been that small if he was...
It will feel like double though, once you do those mods (as well as the egr delete) and then put a chip on (have a search for "chipexpress") the off-boost torque black hole will be GONE and pushing a tidy +400nm, which is the butter zone for these vehicles if you ask me.
Its one thing to be an alcoholic, its another thing to be an alcoholic who insists on driving everywhere. Bitch should be locked up and banned for life.
She must have nice lips and be good at err,, "polishing" to have gotten off so lightly.
My bench seat was doing my back no favours, i was out of action early this year with a bulged disc, and just going off how long it took me to straighten up after getting out for even short drives, i'd say it was definitely a contributing factor to the injury or at least stopping it from healing...