Hi, it looks like you have Mountune 52 Stage 1 - would appreciate your thoughts please. Cannot find any reviews anywhere for the GTI version.
Thanks
Mountune originally came up on my radar when Pistonheads ran an article on their Golf tuning, I liked the fact that the had a good product line as where I could get most of the parts that I wanted from the same manufacturer. They also seemed to regularly have deals if you follow them on Facebook or Instagram.
I had mine done at the factory instead of going for the mtune handset as they were doing a package deal at the time for it to be flashed at factory with the catback exhaust thrown in for £999 (the exhaust normally being that price alone). I had a discount code for 10% so went for the TCU remap too all in at £1079
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Now I'm going to put some caveats here, up until the whole virus thing I hadn't spent a great deal of time in the UK this year
as I was splitting half my time between the UK and Australia with work. So I had everything installed, drove it for around a week or two tops most of which was an M4 motorway commute.... flew to Australia only to get back on the first plane when things started to go south and only have the pleasure of driving the car a mile to the supermarket every two weeks or so ever since.
Firstly the extra power is the thing that you instantly notice. Before the remap there were times when I felt that the car was holding back, but not any more. The delivery of the power was smooth too, it's just has really good everyday drivability. The TCU remap really finishes it off as the DSG sport mode seems more natural to me (not sure if this is in my mind or not, but I'm far happier leaving the car in sport mode than I was before). One thing with the TCU remap is that the eco mode no longer has the lift and coast function that it did before when driving below 80... however, the eco mode seems to have a more torque to it, so despite being 2-3 mpg down by my estimates post remap, I wasn't noticeably using any more fuel as the eco mode was really useable on my daily commute which was mostly motorway, ahhh those were the days! For those people who like to use manual mode with the DSG, the TCU remap has less automatic gear changes when in manual mode and the only time the autobox will change gears for you in manual is to prevent a stall.
The exhaust I am still undecided on. I like my cars under the radar and while it's resonated, it's also got a much deeper sound to it I do worry about the cold starts living in an apartment block. If you floor it you really can tell the difference between the stock system as it's quite a lot louder but driving around town without any acceleration it's very civilised. Part of me really likes it, but then other days I remember that I'm nearly 40 so am considering going back to stock or maybe the clubsport s backbox as a sort of half way house, but I'm yet to hear the clubsport s backbox in the flesh
Also I will add that the staff at Mountune are really good. Especially Ryan at front of house who dealt with me there on the day. If you look up moutune52_ryan on instagram he generally has a discount code too. All initial email enquiries dealt with promptly, great waiting area with a coffee machine, snacks, games console and TV to keep you occupied and kept me updated. Things did take longer than planned by a couple of hours on the day as they were a technician down, however, they swapped my BBS centrecaps over at no cost and gave me a hoody as an apology so went back home a happy customer with a nice 100 mile drive to shake it down.
Now for the one negative, after few days I started getting dash lights coming up mainly regarding the PCM and the start stop system not working. Mountune were very good about this when I contacted them and gave me some advice and offered to have the car back in, as it happened it was easier to speak to my local independent who also told me that this is fairly common after a remap irrespective of who remaps it as the PCM needs some time to adjust... In the end when the dash lights had settled, I bought a Carista and cleared the codes as I couldn't get to my indy due to lockdown. It's been a pleasure to drive since and no reoccurrence of any warning lights, so not so much a negative but something to be aware of. I think that just about covers it...
