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Right, HARD HAT NOW ON
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20th May 2010 7:23 pm
gilmore
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On the one hand I hear that Torqtune's very good. On the other I'm told BAS remaps are fine. There's only one way to settle this.....
FIGHT!!!!!All opinions expressed in this posting are my own and are not necessarily those of someone who knows what they are talking about.
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20th May 2010 7:30 pm
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This is quite difficult to a answer. You really can answer if you have had both options on the same car. Bigcarpchaser has had both.
I personally use Ian TFC a lot and respect him fully, however I didnt use Torqtune due to the fact that it needs him to take on and off - where as the BAS tune you are in control off. I also got the BAS secondhand so saved a few quid
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In all seriousness Simon, Neil has said exactly what I said when we were discussing this face to face with you and TFC....I got mine for exactly the same as Neil, and you could have taken mine for a spin
Just depends on your requirements really. Or will it still place you in this situation
20th May 2010 7:48 pm
gilmore
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All opinions expressed in this posting are my own and are not necessarily those of someone who knows what they are talking about.
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20th May 2010 8:45 pm
bambi
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Now chaps dont rag me or flame me but, to run the BAS gear you need a windows based machine if a i read some posts correctly a while back, now i dont and never will again have a windows platform machine in my house so when i have a re map it wont be a Bas even though they are just up the road.
i also like the simple fact i cant goose owt up if i cant play with it.
20th May 2010 10:37 pm
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But BAS do their remap direct from their workshop too...there's no need to use their box. They'll remap it for you if you just call in. 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE AutoBuckingham Blue 2007 Golf GT DSG
20th May 2010 10:43 pm
bambi
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Now chaps dont rag me or flame me but, to run the BAS gear you need a windows based machine if a i read some posts correctly a while back, now i dont and never will again have a windows platform machine in my house so when i have a re map it wont be a Bas even though they are just up the road.
i also like the simple fact i cant goose owt up if i cant play with it.
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21st May 2010 7:37 am
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Guys - cant you run Windows in Virtualbox on your Mac for situations like this?
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Haha, that changed the subject nicely, Mac V PC, almost as big a fight
Never had the BAS, I have Torqutune, it does what it says on the tin, I don't need (want) the ability to fiddle as I'd only it up, lol.
It's smoothed the D3 out no end, added that bit of zing on the performance and whilst I can't turn it off I have had no issues when warrnaty work has been done. Service manager at a Stratstones branch even said to me when I collected it that it went 'very well', on the road test, that he assumed it was remapped and which remap was it as customers were always asking him for recommendations!!
Like I say you pay your money take your choice, noone has a bad thing to say about BAS either that I have seen, I'd had a few bits done by TFC, was impressed, so went down that route Errr, ummm, maybe...oh bo**ocks, just do it !
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21st May 2010 4:57 pm
drpepper
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al cope wrote:
Guys - cant you run Windows in Virtualbox on your Mac for situations like this?
Al
Still windows whether on a physical or Virtual box. benefit of a virtualised windows box is it's dead easy to rebuild when it goes tits up Errr, ummm, maybe...oh bo**ocks, just do it !
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