Map removed - And.......

[Edi35]

I must admit I was very tempted to go for a map when I had my MK6 after the ED30 as it felt a bit flat compared, but now I have the ED35 the urge has gone, but I have never driven a mapped car so don't know what I am missing. I think that once you have a map you would not go back and in a way I dont want to map the ED35 as I know that when I replace it with a MK7 I don't want to be gutted with a brand new car which is much slower. Just my honest opinion.

For those with mapped cars do you actually drive faster and use the extra power a lot of the time or is it that the extra torque just means that it is all a lot less effort to go the same speed and the feeling of the extra shove makes it much for fun?

[Rhyso]

For those with mapped cars do you actually drive faster and use the extra power a lot of the time or is it that the extra torque just means that it is all a lot less effort to go the same speed and the feeling of the extra shove makes it much for fun?

For me its this    I don't deny I'll have the odd play but the fact you don't have to try very hard is quite satisfying, especially when you clearly upset someone who thinks they are higher up the chain 

Overtaking and general driving are made far easier simply because you have power exactly where you need it, when you want it   

A lot of feedback I get from customers is that yeah they love the power, but its all also how smooth and easy it is to drive the car    A good map is not all about power gains 

As you say though, once you've driven a mapped car your next car will have to be at least equivalent to even compare to its predecessor......

[R32UK]

I've just removed my map and reverted back to the standard map and....

Seriously!! Is the GTI that slow?

If you have not mapped your GTI/ED35 you don't know what you're missing.


DO IT NOW

+1

the std gti is not quick enough. hell even my ed30 feels slooooow

[mkviken]

every day driving is much improved with a remap.

there is much more mid range which makes overtaking safer and easier, general driving around is smoother as less gear changes required and turbo lag is non-existent pretty much on the GTI (never drive a 35 so dunno about these).

also when you do want to play around a bit the car is much happier to rev beyond 5000 which i found in a standard GTI was a waste of time - almost diesel like power range. now there is more up top as well as ALOT more mid range



when i put it back to standard i couldn't believe i used to think the car felt quick. i was wrong! IMO stage 1 map is how the car should have left the factory. just the right amount of power for the car to still be easy to drive as well as quick enough for a bit of fun

[The Doc]

Each to there own but I didn't think there was much difference myself.
Smoother is the only reason I would do it.
 The video on you tube that compares standard stage 1 and two show what I felt.
Im guessing most on here are talking revo and the torque spike would explain the feelings.  As would iirc the non linear throttle setting on the revo map.

Your haven laugh here Geoff surely 

MK6 GTI standard mapping is a bit of a pig as Will said, We tried everyone elses mapping after mine thinking it was me on a bad day but no, it was the car, I just can't see where they went so wrong - maybe the MK7 will be more like the MK5 

However the GTD standard mapping is fantastic if a little lean towards the top end versus the old PD but to be fair to VW they did a great job, then I finished it 

[PenguinGTI]

See I have to say, I went out in my Mk6 GTI DSG tonight and accelerated flat out from 1500rpm in 3rd and 4th and there was nothing wobbly about the power delivery. Maybe you got a bad car?

But back on topic...

For those with mapped cars do you actually drive faster and use the extra power a lot of the time or is it that the extra torque just means that it is all a lot less effort to go the same speed and the feeling of the extra shove makes it much for fun?

For me its this    I don't deny I'll have the odd play but the fact you don't have to try very hard is quite satisfying, especially when you clearly upset someone who thinks they are higher up the chain 

Overtaking and general driving are made far easier simply because you have power exactly where you need it, when you want it   

A lot of feedback I get from customers is that yeah they love the power, but its all also how smooth and easy it is to drive the car    A good map is not all about power gains 

As you say though, once you've driven a mapped car your next car will have to be at least equivalent to even compare to its predecessor......

Hits the nail on head pretty much. I perhaps do enjoy the fact that the car is that bit quicker a bit more but the majority of my enjoyment from the remap comes from the effortless of normal quick motoring. Admittedly I do have a DSG and most people might ask what the point is but I do enjoy leaving the GTI in 6th and just cruising on the motorway at any speed.

[Snoopy]

I think theres more than one standard map.
Mkvikens car late 2011 is different.to my early 2010 car on oem map.

Also anyone with revo revo standard map is not vw standard map its revo.

[R32UK]

I think theres more than one standard map.
Mkvikens car late 2011 is different.to my early 2010 car on oem map.

Also anyone with revo revo standard map is not vw standard map its revo.

I have a sneaky feeling the revo std map is slower than the std vw map

[wigit]

as Rhyso said its just a whole lot easy to drive (if its decent code) than stock and in reality he extra poke is useful in terms of safer overtaking

i have always seen about 10% better consumption in normal use, needless to says it suffers should you decide to play

[Exonian]

Agree with Jim 100%, the GTI feels as flat as a fart with no map.
For manual cars a Sprint Booster just finishes the job, makes the car a real weapon coming out of roundabouts and on give and take roads.

It's not the extra BHP, it's the mid range that really opens up. Makes the car feel like an Old Skool 8v GTI but magnified about 10 times!!