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Whenever this pops up everyone will tell you that their tuner is the best, there's a general rule with tuning that you can only pick two of these three:
Powerful
Cheap
Reliable
Go to someone that can offer you some support and advice if/when there's a problem. The £250 man with a laptop in his boot may sound like good value but when the map causes issues will he be able to diagnose/advice/assist in any way?
The big tuner charging £500 may sound expensive but for a careful job with well developed software and support in the event of a problem it starts to look like much better value for money.
Powerful
Cheap
Reliable
Go to someone that can offer you some support and advice if/when there's a problem. The £250 man with a laptop in his boot may sound like good value but when the map causes issues will he be able to diagnose/advice/assist in any way?
The big tuner charging £500 may sound expensive but for a careful job with well developed software and support in the event of a problem it starts to look like much better value for money.
Dr G said:
Whenever this pops up everyone will tell you that their tuner is the best, there's a general rule with tuning that you can only pick two of these three:
Powerful
Cheap
Reliable
Go to someone that can offer you some support and advice if/when there's a problem. The £250 man with a laptop in his boot may sound like good value but when the map causes issues will he be able to diagnose/advice/assist in any way?
The big tuner charging £500 may sound expensive but for a careful job with well developed software and support in the event of a problem it starts to look like much better value for money.
All else being equal, I'd much rather have a proper custom rolling-road remap than a generic one with a big name attached. Several of those "£250 man with a laptop" remappers- R-Tech and Badger 5 spring to mind- use the likes of Revo or APR maps as a baseline and give you hours worth of fine-tuning for an amazingly low price.Powerful
Cheap
Reliable
Go to someone that can offer you some support and advice if/when there's a problem. The £250 man with a laptop in his boot may sound like good value but when the map causes issues will he be able to diagnose/advice/assist in any way?
The big tuner charging £500 may sound expensive but for a careful job with well developed software and support in the event of a problem it starts to look like much better value for money.
In the past, my experiences in terms of customer aftercare with boutique/cottage industry mappers has been much better than with the big vendors, but YMMV.
ManOpener said:
All else being equal, I'd much rather have a proper custom rolling-road remap than a generic one with a big name attached. Several of those "£250 man with a laptop" remappers- R-Tech and Badger 5 spring to mind- use the likes of Revo or APR maps as a baseline and give you hours worth of fine-tuning for an amazingly low price.
In the past, my experiences in terms of customer aftercare with boutique/cottage industry mappers has been much better than with the big vendors, but YMMV.
There's a difference between R-Tech and the £100-£200 flash and go'ers though.In the past, my experiences in terms of customer aftercare with boutique/cottage industry mappers has been much better than with the big vendors, but YMMV.
Most people would rather spend £100-200 on a local guy with a van who flashes a file and then the owner thinks they are the best tuner ever.
AJB88 said:
ManOpener said:
All else being equal, I'd much rather have a proper custom rolling-road remap than a generic one with a big name attached. Several of those "£250 man with a laptop" remappers- R-Tech and Badger 5 spring to mind- use the likes of Revo or APR maps as a baseline and give you hours worth of fine-tuning for an amazingly low price.
In the past, my experiences in terms of customer aftercare with boutique/cottage industry mappers has been much better than with the big vendors, but YMMV.
There's a difference between R-Tech and the £100-£200 flash and go'ers though.In the past, my experiences in terms of customer aftercare with boutique/cottage industry mappers has been much better than with the big vendors, but YMMV.
ManOpener said:
In the past, my experiences in terms of customer aftercare with boutique/cottage industry mappers has been much better than with the big vendors, but YMMV.
Sorry, re-reading my post it sounded like a sweeping generalisation (which I suppose it was).I don't doubt there are very talented tuners that will work for less money, particularly once you wave the south east goodbye.
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