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Offline Morgen

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615 mile round trip... Worth it for Stage 1?
« on: November 19, 2015, 01:08:56 pm »
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I'm from Glasgow and have an ed30 with only a ramair intake fitted to it... I'm going to get a pre-cat delete done on the car before having it mapped but I'm now going to take the plunge and get it booked in some point after Christmas. Is it worth going to R-Tech when I can only go Stage 1 considering it's a 615 mile round trip?

Danke  :happy2:

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Re: 615 mile round trip... Worth it for Stage 1?
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2015, 02:31:52 pm »
I'd do it with DSG (if fitted) and TC tune included. :wink:

I'd also ask for at least 2 maps: 1 for gas saving to use for long trips and the stage 1 tune.

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Re: 615 mile round trip... Worth it for Stage 1?
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2015, 03:17:42 pm »
I'm making a 500 miles trip to r tech on Saturday, imho its only worth it if you don't mind driving that long. Rtech seem to be the ones to go with.

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Re: 615 mile round trip... Worth it for Stage 1?
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2015, 04:20:21 pm »
Yeap, definetly worth it.

While I was there last time (a mere 320 mile round trip for me) i met a chap who'd come down from Glasgow with his S3 for a R-Tech map. Spend many thousands on a car and mods.......

....spend £100 on petrol and £50 for a night in the sh*tty Travel lodge 2 miles away and (including the fully customised  R-Tech map)  that's still cheaper than a generic REVO/APR map.  :wink:
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Re: 615 mile round trip... Worth it for Stage 1?
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2015, 04:23:36 pm »
Yep - defo worth the drive down.

The drive back up will be even more worth it with a massive smile on your face  :smiley:

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Re: 615 mile round trip... Worth it for Stage 1?
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2015, 05:01:21 pm »
Well worth it. They will tell you if anything needs replacing and wont map the car if its isnt safe whereas any old tuner with a laptop will load of a map and send you on your way. well worth the drive. the drive back is most fun!

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Re: 615 mile round trip... Worth it for Stage 1?
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2015, 05:39:09 pm »
defo worth it get the dsg as stated above at the same time for all in for £470 i think then when you go to stage 2+ its only another £175 :)

i am sure thats the prices but dont hold me to that  :wink:
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Re: 615 mile round trip... Worth it for Stage 1?
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2015, 05:58:14 pm »
Interested myself, as i live further up than Glasgow and wondering is it really worth going that far? Or should i just get a revo map?? Got a panel filter in it and getting a cobra downpipe and sports cat!! Gti DSG.

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Re: 615 mile round trip... Worth it for Stage 1?
« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2016, 09:35:18 pm »
Isn't there any where up Glasgow way? That's an awful long way to drive

theres loads of vag tuners, I went to big fish tuning in Middlesbrough

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Re: 615 mile round trip... Worth it for Stage 1?
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2016, 09:34:07 am »
There are several tuners up here yeah, I've just heard good things about r-tech :)

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Re: 615 mile round trip... Worth it for Stage 1?
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2016, 10:54:07 am »
Definitely worth it. I had the same mods and a 300 mile round trip and I am very happy with my choice.

Let's face it, if you don't like to drive, you're in the wrong car and gives you chance to do a proper back to back comparison.

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Re: 615 mile round trip... Worth it for Stage 1?
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2016, 01:10:48 pm »
For me, no. I would only just agree to travel 600 miles in a car to earn money.... never mind spend it.

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Re: 615 mile round trip... Worth it for Stage 1?
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2016, 04:25:29 pm »
I would. And Dave's made the point I would have made.

We're all in GTIs and Ed30s - cars built for fun, that we all love driving, don't we? What better excuse for a little road trip than this?!

I could understand if we were all say fishing enthusiasts (random example for the sake of argument) - travelling the length of the country for some fishing tackle wouldn't appeal to us in the slightest. It would be a chore. But to see this as a chore when you're a car nut would be to completely miss the point!

Take your other half or a mate, get a hotel, plan some other stuff to get in while you're down there, some shopping and a nice meal out maybe, then enjoy the drive back getting some proper enjoyment out of your investment in the remap.

Surely we're not all in this to enjoy looking at our cars sat on the drive!

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Re: 615 mile round trip... Worth it for Stage 1?
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2016, 05:15:35 pm »
For me, no. I would only just agree to travel 600 miles in a car to earn money.... never mind spend it.

Is this the same Rich having a fantastic road trip? No money for that day out.


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Re: 615 mile round trip... Worth it for Stage 1?
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2016, 05:20:26 pm »
Damn... busted!

That was different.... that was a road trip of epic nature, not 600miles up and down the M1  :innocent: