Exhaust dpf dilemma

I’m in a bit of a dilemma with what to do about my exhaust. Car is going to be mapped by Rick at Unicorn first week in feb. So would like to have it sorted before so as not having to have it done twice and throwing good money away.
Firstly my driving. I do quite a lot of short journeys (hence dpf worries) however previous bus a3 black edition 2.0 170, half Quattro with revo map never once gave me a dpf light on the dash so left it alone. I would like a little more rasp ( without joining the 1.2 Corsa club at McDonald’s on a Saturday night) from the 3.0 tdi and have just got a quote for a back box delete and renew up to Dpf which I’m happy with and they do nice work.
So my dilemma now as I’m thinking to much is
1. Go ahead with this trust I won’t get any hassle dpf wise,gain a little more rasp as dpf takes so much noise out.
2. Get a knackered dpf, gut it egr delete and put bespoke silencer in somewhere. Mot time put dpf back on not hard as underneath car and flanged either side.
The quandary is
Option 1 cheaper and easier have heard the 3.0 tdi isn’t bad dpf wise
Option 2 more costly, more hassle for a few bhp but no dpf concerns other than how will the map handle std dpf going back in for mot. Also is egr existence part of mot ?
Any opinions ??

Dpf is visible to tester it’s underneath would gut from top side, only reason I would use gutted dpf as opposed to straight pipe is accident/ insurance so as at least theirs a chance it looks legal. I would use a good dpf for mot so tester viewing wouldn’t be an issue. Understand dpf delete without software delete is a no no but wasn’t sure how a mapped car with dpf delete would react to good dpf being put back on for purposes of mot. However you say it would be ok

Think that’s the only way now with regards the mot. Lucky mines underneath so not so much of a job as some