Revo remap report (p.3): the Frog has done it!

[mac7]

Best to be up front with the dealer - there is no reason for it to void your warranty

unless you have a failure which could be attributed to running higher boost pressure, of course. Don't get me wrong though, I intend to remap my car when I get it but have it serviced by a specialist rather than VW.

[R32UK]

Im seriously split between this and the bluefin now

Does the revo not allow you to upload the std map and keep it, so if you require you can go back to VW std and not Revo std??

no but you can ask your revo dealer to take a copy of your existing file (although they probably already have one for your ECU) who can put it back at any time. The revo switches are just that.. switches to alter parts in the same single map file. The bluefin/st3/alientech units re-write the entire flash each time... thats why it takes several minutes.

To be honest a dealership probably wouldn't even notice if you left it in performance mode when its just in for normal service work. They don't have the tools to read the ecu map, and wouldn't know what they were looking at even if they did - but rest assured if they go looking for it, they will find it... usually with the help of a 3rd party. Fancy flash tools that reset the counter every time won't protect you completely if they get a specialist in to start nosing around!

Best to be up front with the dealer - there is no reason for it to void your warranty. If any of you have GAP insurance though i suggest you check the T&C's... there is usually something about modifications in there.

Cheers Toph

my insurance company is well aware of my intention to remap so I had it added from the day I got the car, inc 19" wheels. Looks like I am swaying back over to the revo side

[keelaw]

If any of you have GAP insurance though i suggest you check the T&C's... there is usually something about modifications in there.

Excellent point!  Chances are slim, but there's at least one owner here who wrote off their Mk5 not so long ago, so defo worth bearing in mind!


I wonder if claims' assessors go onto internet forums to investigate what owners do to their cars?  Wouldn't be too hard, esp if that owner posted about the accident!

[R32UK]

If any of you have GAP insurance though i suggest you check the T&C's... there is usually something about modifications in there.

Excellent point!  Chances are slim, but there's at least one owner here who wrote off their Mk5 not so long ago, so defo worth bearing in mind!


I wonder if claims' assessors go onto internet forums to investigate what owners do to their cars?  Wouldn't be too hard, esp if that owner posted about the accident!

I dont think its common practice as it would be like looking for a needle in  a haystack. Although I can vaguely remember one member on here who was insured by adrian flux (who do or used to sponser the site) being involved in an incident. Due to them not declaring some modd's or something their policy was void.

Its just not worth the risk to save a few quid