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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: jdjd on 11 February 2010, 12:47
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Booked in for my stage 1 map from revo and a switch at Monster Motorsport just off the M1, Any1 ever heard of them? Charging me £725,with a £50 deposit for booking the rolling road for the morning. includes a switch for stock and low grade fuels. 3hours testing with their rolling road. Prolly overpaying but ive been looking for somewhere for awhile and I feel the gti just needs more out and out pace. My enjoyment in the car has flatlined recently.Will post my graphs when i get them.
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£725 :shocked:
Whats your insurance premium going up by ?
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Booked in for my stage 1 map from revo and a switch at Monster Motorsport just off the M1, Any1 ever heard of them? Charging me £725,with a £50 deposit for booking the rolling road for the morning. includes a switch for stock and low grade fuels. 3hours testing with their rolling road. Prolly overpaying but ive been looking for somewhere for awhile and I feel the gti just needs more out and out pace. My enjoyment in the car has flatlined recently.Will post my graphs when i get them.
You must not forget to inform your insurance company. If you have a prang, you have had it!
You will also affect your VW warranty. If things go wrong with your engine, VW will try their utmost to get out of paying! Get a cast iron warranty from Revo. Protect yourself.
Personally, I would not bother. But if I was to: then I would Bluefin instead. There has been a thread about this already.
Best of luck and enjoy the wheelspin! :evil:
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£725 :shocked:
Whats your insurance premium going up by ?
My take on this:
A waste of money for negating VW warranty, insurance cost increase, unnecessary extra wheelspin, extra tyre wear, probable increase in fuel consumption, does not make the car look any better, cannot be advertised as a 260 BHP Gti (it would look so cheap).
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that is one monster of a price too!!!!
revo software is c£500 and then £50-70 for a dyno run - you really don't need 3hrs on a dyno after installing revo - its a turn-key solution a simple 15min drive hooked up to vagcom is all you need :wink:
your not too far from revo hq you might as well go there and see if they'll will still throw in the sps switch free of charge
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Not the reaction you expected, did you? :)
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£725 :shocked:
Whats your insurance premium going up by ?
My take on this:
A waste of money for negating VW warranty, insurance cost increase, unnecessary extra wheelspin, extra tyre wear, probable increase in fuel consumption, does not make the car look any better, cannot be advertised as a 260 BHP Gti (it would look so cheap).
:rolleyes:
wet paper bag
:grin:
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£725 :shocked:
Whats your insurance premium going up by ?
My take on this:
A waste of money for negating VW warranty, insurance cost increase, unnecessary extra wheelspin, extra tyre wear, probable increase in fuel consumption, does not make the car look any better, cannot be advertised as a 260 BHP Gti (it would look so cheap).
:rolleyes:
wet paper bag
:grin:
Now if the car was a GTD, with its lack of performance, then re-mapping might be a good idea to bring its performance up to GTi levels. :evil: :laugh:
But then again the GTD does not have XDS! So its wheels will spin out of control! :evil:
This should get Steve30 started! :laugh: :laugh:
Hi Steve! :wink:
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GTD does have XDS now. :)
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GTD does have XDS now. :)
Haa-haa !!
Yep, builds after 9th Nov (iirc) last year has XDS.
:smiley:
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GTD does have XDS now. :)
Haa-haa !!
Yep, builds after 9th Nov (iirc) last year has XDS.
:smiley:
I stand respectfully corrected! :wink: :laugh:
Sorry Steve! :embarassed: :grin:
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£500 for map
£175 for switch
Ive got the switch so I can change it back to standard in the event of an accident. Or warrenty claim. And I doubt ill ever got a problem with the dealers anyway im on very good terms with them, Bought 6 new vw's from them in past 5year.
Bottom line Remapped GTI will leave a standard GTI standing. Thats my take on it. Hopefully ill pull alongside something abit more exotic, leave that and it'll be worth every dam penny.
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I paid 475 for mine, and got the switch free :cool:
If I was told tomorrow that my GTI could not be remapped it would be in the 'for sale' section of the local rag the same day. I dare anyone to try a remapped gti and not enjoy it. Too many people focus on bhp figures and not enough on the experience of driving one.
The low down grunt is what you pay your money for... and many fail to notice the improved economy :wink:
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I paid 475 for mine, and got the switch free :cool:
If I was told tomorrow that my GTI could not be remapped it would be in the 'for sale' section of the local rag the same day. I dare anyone to try a remapped gti and not enjoy it. Too many people focus on bhp figures and not enough on the experience of driving one.
The low down grunt is what you pay your money for... and many fail to notice the improved economy :wink:
If you dont mind me asking R32Uk where did you get yours done as im thinking about it myself and im not too far away from you.
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I paid 475 for mine, and got the switch free :cool:
If I was told tomorrow that my GTI could not be remapped it would be in the 'for sale' section of the local rag the same day. I dare anyone to try a remapped gti and not enjoy it. Too many people focus on bhp figures and not enough on the experience of driving one.
The low down grunt is what you pay your money for... and many fail to notice the improved economy :wink:
If you dont mind me asking R32Uk where did you get yours done as im thinking about it myself and im not too far away from you.
Seat dealership in yeadon i thik it was... i only threw the card away the other day too :undecided:
Im sure I could find out for you if you wanted. the gent there has lots of experience working with VAG engines and seemed to know his stuff. tbh I need to pop back to get my setting adjusted, so let me know if you want to go up and have a try of mine (passenger seat only tho :tongue:)
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I owned my Mk6 GTI for a total of 46 hours before taking a trip to Revo :laugh:
After having a Stage 2+ Mk5 GTI Edition 30 as my previous car the Mk6 seriously needed a sprinkling of Revo magic and it did not disappointed.
The power delivery is very similar to OEM and but just much much stronger, I would highly recommend it :smiley:
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I owned my Mk6 GTI for a total of 46 hours before taking a trip to Revo :laugh:
After having a Stage 2+ Mk5 GTI Edition 30 as my previous car the Mk6 seriously needed a sprinkling of Revo magic and it did not disappointed.
The power delivery is very similar to OEM and but just much much stronger, I would highly recommend it :smiley:
Your fuel consumption?
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I owned my Mk6 GTI for a total of 46 hours before taking a trip to Revo :laugh:
After having a Stage 2+ Mk5 GTI Edition 30 as my previous car the Mk6 seriously needed a sprinkling of Revo magic and it did not disappointed.
The power delivery is very similar to OEM and but just much much stronger, I would highly recommend it :smiley:
Your fuel consumption?
Difficult to compare as I didn't have the car very long, but based on previous experience if driving normally it will be a couple of MPG better :smiley:
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I owned my Mk6 GTI for a total of 46 hours before taking a trip to Revo :laugh:
After having a Stage 2+ Mk5 GTI Edition 30 as my previous car the Mk6 seriously needed a sprinkling of Revo magic and it did not disappointed.
The power delivery is very similar to OEM and but just much much stronger, I would highly recommend it :smiley:
Your fuel consumption?
Difficult to compare as I didn't have the car very long, but based on previous experience if driving normally it will be a couple of MPG better :smiley:
Better with the Revo?
If so, wow! :drool:
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^^^ Yes better with Revo when driving normally, but with the remapped car you will be more inclined to enjoy the new found power :laugh: :laugh:
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^^^ Yes better with Revo when driving normally, but with the remapped car you will be more inclined to enjoy the new found power :laugh: :laugh:
Question: why choose Revo and not Bluefin?
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Simple, Revo software just works and they a genuine VAG tuner :cool:
I tried both Superchips/Bluefin and Revo software on previous cars and just prefer the way Revo remaps make the car feel.
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Simple, Revo software just works and they a genuine VAG tuner :cool:
I tried both Superchips/Bluefin and Revo software on previous cars and just prefer the way Revo remaps make the car feel.
Good enough.
Invaluable experience.
Thanks. :smiley:
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I paid 475 for mine, and got the switch free :cool:
If I was told tomorrow that my GTI could not be remapped it would be in the 'for sale' section of the local rag the same day. I dare anyone to try a remapped gti and not enjoy it. Too many people focus on bhp figures and not enough on the experience of driving one.
The low down grunt is what you pay your money for... and many fail to notice the improved economy :wink:
Snap :cool:
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GTD does have XDS now. :)
Haa-haa !!
Yep, builds after 9th Nov (iirc) last year has XDS.
:smiley:
I stand respectfully corrected! :wink: :laugh:
Sorry Steve! :embarassed: :grin:
Thick skinned!! Your veiws on my GTD are water off a ducks arse :laugh: , When you see it in the flesh your mind will be blown away :wink: I hope mine has got the XDS ?
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^^^ Yes better with Revo when driving normally, but with the remapped car you will be more inclined to enjoy the new found power :laugh: :laugh:
unfortunately this is true! :grin: :grin:
If the truth be told i use my car as a daily driver as I am sure many of you do. This can regularily mean tootling around in traffic when you very rarely get an opportunity to open her up. I find this is when you can see better mpg which is more than welcome.
If you are anything like me you will like to save up to nice high mpg then..... thrash the a$$ off it to get it down to a nice respectable figure you are happy to live with :evil:
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I hope mine has got the XDS ?
Did I not read somewhere that you got a good deal because it had been sitting in the showroom for 3 months - or am I imagining that? If so, I would very much doubt you'd have the XDS.
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I think we have identified that not everyone wants to get their car remapped.
Great, it's definitely not for everyone but if you have bought a MK6 GTI you are performance oriented so unleashing the extra performance should interest you. I must say that my car is a completely different beast now revo'd and I would never go back. If you haven't driven it mapped then you can't really comment on wheelspin/consumption etc.
If you drive it like a knob it will wheelspin up to third but deliver the power progressively and you will really feel the point at where your tyres loose traction and you can drive accordingly to deliver the blistering performance.
My wife didn't even notice the map as she drives at low revs and it has made the car more civilized and the MPG improved 10% also.
Like I said, blistering performance, improved MPG and a crisper more civilized power delivery aren't for everyone.
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Did I not read somewhere that you got a good deal because it had been sitting in the showroom for 3 months - or am I imagining that? If so, I would very much doubt you'd have the XDS.
GTDs built from Build week 45 (start November) have the XDS so it depends i guess.
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If I was told tomorrow that my GTI could not be remapped it would be in the 'for sale' section of the local rag the same day. I dare anyone to try a remapped gti and not enjoy it.
I agree. I came to the stock GTI from a 140hp TDI Eos, but was still slightly disappointed by the Golf when I got it last August. I had a Revo remap in September and it is MUCH better. Not silly power, just the sort of acceleration I had been expecting from a hot hatch. You won't regret it (though I must say, I don't really see the point of the switch...)
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I've got the switch Froggy, never used it though but might switch it to stock bhp for service visits. You can completely immobilize it if you're going on holiday, or staying in Peckham.
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Did I not read somewhere that you got a good deal because it had been sitting in the showroom for 3 months - or am I imagining that? If so, I would very much doubt you'd have the XDS.
GTDs built from Build week 45 (start November) have the XDS so it depends i guess.
Snoops , the car was in the showroom from the 28th NOV09, so could it have the XDS on it? Thanks Steve :wink:
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Still considering this.
Just worried they might laugh at me because of my 17" monzas. :lipsrsealed:
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Snoops , the car was in the showroom from the 28th NOV09, so could it have the XDS on it? Thanks Steve :wink:
Thats going to be pretty close since it takes about 3-4 weeks for the car to arrive after build!
It might be worth checking with the dealer?
It'd be pretty gutting if you've missed it by a couple of days.
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Snoops , the car was in the showroom from the 28th NOV09, so could it have the XDS on it? Thanks Steve :wink:
Thats going to be pretty close since it takes about 3-4 weeks for the car to arrive after build!
It might be worth checking with the dealer?
It'd be pretty gutting if you've missed it by a couple of days.
Not sure exactly what XDS is TBH, but yes I agree , i know it makes a differance to the handling of the car!! :wink:
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Snoops , the car was in the showroom from the 28th NOV09, so could it have the XDS on it? Thanks Steve :wink:
Thats going to be pretty close since it takes about 3-4 weeks for the car to arrive after build!
That depends. It can be ready for customer collection as soon as a week and a couple of days after the build week, VWuk quote 5-10 days shipping. The rest gets took up by port/port/reg/delivery/PDI/customer.
Still considering this.
Just worried they might laugh at me because of my 17" monzas. :lipsrsealed:
There the faster wheels :evil: Less corner weight improves handling, steering feel & kickback.
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Snoops , the car was in the showroom from the 28th NOV09, so could it have the XDS on it? Thanks Steve :wink:
Thats going to be pretty close since it takes about 3-4 weeks for the car to arrive after build!
It might be worth checking with the dealer?
It'd be pretty gutting if you've missed it by a couple of days.
Not sure exactly what XDS is TBH, but yes I agree , i know it makes a differance to the handling of the car!! :wink:
Steve:
Don't worry if you don't have XDS. Really. :cool:
The GTD does not have enough poke to activate it! :tongue: :evil:
Anyway, you got a good deal, so be happy. :smiley:
Your car will still look fabulous and no one will know whether it has XDS or not: unless you tell them! :grin:
Looks like XDS might be another useful thread for GTD owners! :rolleyes: