The Car thread

[adam1]

On 21/07/2019 at 11:05, JR99 said:

Complete car guy but my car sadly had a very expensive disagreement with a badger on the A6  still cant resist doing more and more to it, lowered on 19's at the minute and looking for a decent map too, anybody got any good suggestions ideally within an hour ish?

 

Mapping - I have been thinking of doing this to my e320. From what I have seen of the options fuel economy will increase as well as the bhp (already at 224 0-60 7.3).

 

What about insurers? Have you enquired or are you not telling them?

 

Has anyone else mapped theirs and what was the increase in their insurance?

 

Looking at whether it is cost effective. If the fuel saving covers the premium increase I would probably  do it.

 

 

[RoboFox]

 

23 minutes ago, adam1 said:

Mapping - I have been thinking of doing this to my e320. From what I have seen of the options fuel economy will increase as well as the bhp (already at 224 0-60 7.3).

 

What about insurers? Have you enquired or are you not telling them?

 

Has anyone else mapped theirs and what was the increase in their insurance?

 

Looking at whether it is cost effective. If the fuel saving covers the premium increase I would probably  do it.

 

 

 

Friend of mine literally had a stage 1 ECU remapping at the weekend. He has the exact same model as @JR99. 

 

It set him back the best part of £450, bumped the BHP up to 360-odd.

 

It added £60 to his annual insurance, so he says.

 

 

 

[adam1]

21 minutes ago, RoboFox said:

 

 

Friend of mine literally had a stage 1 ECU remapping at the weekend. He has the exact same model as @JR99. 

 

It set him back the best part of £450, bumped the BHP up to 360-odd.

 

It added £60 to his annual insurance, so he says.

 

 

 

At a v conservative estimate it would be about £200 a year saved in fuel with a further 30+bhp with what I have seen online with the map for mine.

 

With 3 years (i tend to keep cars a while and its a v low mileage - 66,000 for an 09 diesel) and with those costs (£450 with £60 a year insurance) comes to a grand outlay of £30. £30 for extra bhp plus better response/acceleration.

 

It is certainly worth considering.

 

 

[tom27111]

A bit of shameless plugging...if anyone is in the market for a new motor, let me know! 

 

Recently changed jobs to sell cars at a car supermarket,  a decent one as well, very competitive prices! 

 

Can usually find something suitable. 

[Unabomber]

1 hour ago, tom27111 said:

A bit of shameless plugging...if anyone is in the market for a new motor, let me know! 

 

Recently changed jobs to sell cars at a car supermarket,  a decent one as well, very competitive prices! 

 

Can usually find something suitable. 

Wanna buy mine off me? 

[tom27111]

16 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

Wanna buy mine off me? 

Nah!

 

Don't go to we buy any car though.

 

One of my handover team worked for them. They give you a great quote online, then the assessors job is to pick your car apart and get it for basically nothing.

 

It's run by British car auctions, they want maximum profit at auction, obviously. 

 

She's told me a few stories...once, a car was perfect, she couldn't find a fault, they matched the online quote, she got a bollocking!

 

Another one was a car valued at 4 grand online, was bought for 75 quid after the assessment 

[Costock_Fox]

On 21/07/2019 at 11:05, JR99 said:

Complete car guy but my car sadly had a very expensive disagreement with a badger on the A6  still cant resist doing more and more to it, lowered on 19's at the minute and looking for a decent map too, anybody got any good suggestions ideally within an hour ish?

 

Second day of having my GTI i was driving down the M1 and a ****ing deer was standing in the slow lane. Luckily i had switched lanes a minute or so earlier because i would probably have written it off.... and the car.

[UpTheLeagueFox]

2 hours ago, tom27111 said:

Another one was a car valued at 4 grand online, was bought for 75 quid after the assessment 

You'd have to be seriously desperate for 75 quid to accept that price if they originally said 4 grand.

 

Got to sell my mum's motor soon.

Tempted to get a WeBuyAnyCar quote and then walk away when they take the piiss with the price when they see it.

[tom27111]

1 hour ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

You'd have to be seriously desperate for 75 quid to accept that price if they originally said 4 grand.

 

Got to sell my mum's motor soon.

Tempted to get a WeBuyAnyCar quote and then walk away when they take the piiss with the price when they see it.

Keep us updated, if you get 50% of your online quote, you've done well. 

 

They are effectively the payday loans company of buying cars.

[JR99]

13 hours ago, adam1 said:

Mapping - I have been thinking of doing this to my e320. From what I have seen of the options fuel economy will increase as well as the bhp (already at 224 0-60 7.3).

 

What about insurers? Have you enquired or are you not telling them?

 

Has anyone else mapped theirs and what was the increase in their insurance?

 

Looking at whether it is cost effective. If the fuel saving covers the premium increase I would probably  do it.

 

 

Mpg will slightly increase with the greater low down torque, but I'm more interested in smiles per gallon than miles per gallon... I declare all my mods to insurers, not worth the risk otherwise, I just want a decent custom map rather than a stock job, someone who knows what they're doing with injection timing etc 

[JR99]

9 hours ago, Costock_Fox said:

Second day of having my GTI i was driving down the M1 and a ****ing deer was standing in the slow lane. Luckily i had switched lanes a minute or so earlier because i would probably have written it off.... and the car.

My HID bulb decided to go at the same time...  pink eye and half a bumper but luckily I'm getting it sorted now, God only know what damage a deer could do 

[LCFC FOX]

On 21/07/2019 at 12:05, JR99 said:

Complete car guy but my car sadly had a very expensive disagreement with a badger on the A6  still cant resist doing more and more to it, lowered on 19's at the minute and looking for a decent map too, anybody got any good suggestions ideally within an hour ish?

 

Absolutely love this car and I’ve wanted it for a while, did you buy it new?

[The Fox Covert]

On 21/07/2019 at 11:05, JR99 said:

Complete car guy but my car sadly had a very expensive disagreement with a badger on the A6  still cant resist doing more and more to it, lowered on 19's at the minute and looking for a decent map too, anybody got any good suggestions ideally within an hour ish?

 

I guess this was a shot before the badger? I hit one once. It's like hitting a breeze block. The car took off. Amazingly the car did not appear to be damaged although you could see the skid mark on the road where it touched down again. In the eight years I had that car it sometimes seemed it led a charmed life. Damaged and repaired after a caravan caught on fire at Glastonbury festival. Graffiti sprayed all down the left hand side. Two rear enders. The second rear-ender was terminal, a Turkish taxi driver ran into the back at the end of the M69.

[Mike Oxlong]

46 minutes ago, The Fox Covert said:

I guess this was a shot before the badger? I hit one once. It's like hitting a breeze block. The car took off. Amazingly the car did not appear to be damaged although you could see the skid mark on the road where it touched down again. In the eight years I had that car it sometimes seemed it led a charmed life. Damaged and repaired after a caravan caught on fire at Glastonbury festival. Graffiti sprayed all down the left hand side. Two rear enders. The second rear-ender was terminal, a Turkish taxi driver ran into the back at the end of the M69.

I bet there were a few on the seat too 

[JR99]

4 hours ago, LCFC FOX said:

Absolutely love this car and I’ve wanted it for a while, did you buy it new?

No mate, it's actually a 59 plate with 70k miles but came specced a crazy amount, and I've done a lot to it myself, insurance a killer at 19 ? got mine with Dynaudio, Cruise control, Leather seats, Piano black trim, 19 inch gloss black luganos, H&R 35mm lowering springs, gloss black wrapped roof and mirror caps, Chrome exhaust tips, Gloss black front splitter, RNS510, coming home lights, powerfold mirrors, digital MFD speedometer, carbon front splitter and brilliant white HID's (Bi-Xenon lights) ex demo car and I fall in love with it more every day

[JR99]

1 hour ago, The Fox Covert said:

I guess this was a shot before the badger? I hit one once. It's like hitting a breeze block. The car took off. Amazingly the car did not appear to be damaged although you could see the skid mark on the road where it touched down again. In the eight years I had that car it sometimes seemed it led a charmed life. Damaged and repaired after a caravan caught on fire at Glastonbury festival. Graffiti sprayed all down the left hand side. Two rear enders. The second rear-ender was terminal, a Turkish taxi driver ran into the back at the end of the M69.

Yep pre badger gate  shot above shows some of the damage... luckily mines been alright other than the badger, but in the last couple of days cracked an alloy on a huge pothole, 19 inch alloys and super low profile pirellis don't go well

[potter3]

11 hours ago, tom27111 said:

Keep us updated, if you get 50% of your online quote, you've done well. 

 

They are effectively the payday loans company of buying cars.

I went with them when I needed a quick sale and they only knocked about £50 off on the day, and to be fair there was some window trim missing which I hadn't filled in online. 

[LCFC FOX]

35 minutes ago, JR99 said:

No mate, it's actually a 59 plate with 70k miles but came specced a crazy amount, and I've done a lot to it myself, insurance a killer at 19 ? got mine with Dynaudio, Cruise control, Leather seats, Piano black trim, 19 inch gloss black luganos, H&R 35mm lowering springs, gloss black wrapped roof and mirror caps, Chrome exhaust tips, Gloss black front splitter, RNS510, coming home lights, powerfold mirrors, digital MFD speedometer, carbon front splitter and brilliant white HID's (Bi-Xenon lights) ex demo car and I fall in love with it more every day

Ah right I can imagine the insurance being a lot! Still a nice car mind. Getting them brand new you’re looking at roughly 30k anyway  

[simFox]

New car this week, 2019 C63s, need 3 seats in the back now and obviously a bigger boot!

[Jattdogg]

3 hours ago, simFox said:

New car this week, 2019 C63s, need 3 seats in the back now and obviously a bigger boot!

Its like a sporty hearse

 

 

[The Bear]

On 21/07/2019 at 11:05, JR99 said:

Complete car guy but my car sadly had a very expensive disagreement with a badger on the A6  still cant resist doing more and more to it, lowered on 19's at the minute and looking for a decent map too, anybody got any good suggestions ideally within an hour ish?

If you're willing to come to Burton there's a great guy who I used on my Audi A1 called CC Tuning. He took it from 185bhp A1 to just over 200bhp, and tuned the DSG box for lower/faster changes in both Auto and Sport modes. He said that BHP was the maximum he could get out of mine before the temps started getting too high. 

 

https://cctuning.co.uk/

https://m.facebook.com/CCTuningLtd

 

He writes all his own maps custom for each vehicle and depending on what you want out of it (mpg/power/a mixture). I know a couple of lads who've had theirs done and they were all impressed with his work. 

Edited 25 July 2019 by The Bear

[JR99]

32 minutes ago, The Bear said:

If you're willing to come to Burton there's a great guy who I used on my Audi A1 called CC Tuning. He took it from 185bhp A1 to just over 200bhp, and tuned the DSG box for lower/faster changes in both Auto and Sport modes. He said that BHP was the maximum he could get out of mine before the temps started getting too high. 

 

https://cctuning.co.uk/

https://m.facebook.com/CCTuningLtd

 

He writes all his own maps custom for each vehicle and depending on what you want out of it (mpg/power/a mixture). I know a couple of lads who've had theirs done and they were all impressed with his work. 

That sounds awesome, I'm currently working in derby, hazelwood for an engineering company so burton is nice and easy just off Toyota roundabout. I've been quoted 215 BHP by a couple of companys so my car should respond quite nicely,  a custom DSG map would be ideal the lag from my box does my head in 

[The Bear]

It's really easy to get to from the A38 (Branston turn-off). 

 

He showed me the settings on the laptop for the DSG box. He can do specific revs/change points in every single gear. And in both Auto and Sport modes. The lag on mine is almost nonexistent. Just goes constantly up the revs when you floor it now. 

Edited 25 July 2019 by The Bear

[Col city fan]

On 22/07/2019 at 21:00, tom27111 said:

Nah!

 

Don't go to we buy any car though.

 

One of my handover team worked for them. They give you a great quote online, then the assessors job is to pick your car apart and get it for basically nothing.

 

It's run by British car auctions, they want maximum profit at auction, obviously. 

 

She's told me a few stories...once, a car was perfect, she couldn't find a fault, they matched the online quote, she got a bollocking!

 

Another one was a car valued at 4 grand online, was bought for 75 quid after the assessment 

I smell bullshit here....

[stix]

On 22/07/2019 at 21:00, tom27111 said:

Another one was a car valued at 4 grand online, was bought for 75 quid after the assessment 

 

Well that definitely didn’t happen.