Reading soot content in dpf

[Mike Brown]

Hi, I  have a a4 allroad 3.0tdi. I'm very aware that I do to many short journeys. I have seen online that it is possible to monitor the soot content of your dpf with certain diagnostic readers. Has anyone had experience with this ? Can anyone recommend a suitable diagnostic reader

[Steve Q]

Vagcom or vcds are good. My advice would be to give the car a good blast once a week for 30mins at least on the motorway.