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Re: Tuning Conditions

Postby Surge » Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:16 am

I think it should be up to the owner,
As long as they are given the warning that its not advised to tune their engine while it's in a poor condition .

If anyone wanted to proceed after a warning then they should be prepared to pay for any damage that occurs.

You can't hold a tuner responsible for the poor judgement of a customer. If someone is aware that their car had an issue they should go and take care of that before getting a tune.
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Re: Tuning Conditions

Postby <GB> » Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:42 am

I don't always think the customer has the knowledge/facts to make that decision correctly, they might not be aware of the risks and money involved to fix the engine if it had blow up, they might not know anything mechanically at all. then you have that issue with customers blaming the tuner and plastering crap on forums
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Re: Tuning Conditions

Postby kiahatsiu » Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:00 am

The customer is always right.
Kinda flush. Fitment is something. ADM as F*ck.
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Re: Tuning Conditions

Postby Adrian2627 » Wed Jul 09, 2014 3:11 pm

kiahatsiu wrote:The customer is always right.


...unless he's an arsehole.
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Re: Tuning Conditions

Postby owen » Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:42 pm

Adrian2627 wrote:
kiahatsiu wrote:The customer is always right.


...unless he's an arsehole.

Which means he's even more right, more often.
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Re: Tuning Conditions

Postby seanmau5 » Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:01 pm

Having worked around customers* in the entertainment industry for the last 10 years, I can say with confidence that he/she is never right.




*read; pigs.
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Re: Tuning Conditions

Postby Adrian2627 » Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:31 pm

owen wrote:
Adrian2627 wrote:
kiahatsiu wrote:The customer is always right.


...unless he's an arsehole.

Which means he's even more right, more often.


Absolutely, just ask him.
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Re: Tuning Conditions

Postby KiDo_Tuning » Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:34 pm

<GB> wrote:
owen wrote:Sean I think what Matt is implying is more the fact that when a TP tuned car goes bang nobody bats an eyelid, and any cars tuned by Matt, regardless of how the owner has treated the car, mechanical health etc etc it's instantly "Matt blew up another car".

I don't think this is fair on him as he charges $400 for a tune, and that's all he'll do. Frankly that's all some of his customers want. He doesn't charge $120 an hour on top to diagnose and repair your car.

I experienced this first hand when I was running the dyno for him. The first car I ran had no cam movement on one side and was running like poo. We stopped and informed the owner, and the response was basically "I don't care I want 180kw". So off we went, tuned it to 180kw as safely as we could. Now, no doubt if this car went bang a week later it would be "Matt blew up this car and Revzone didn't do anything about it".

Can you see how frustrating this can be?

in that situation imo the tuner should just say no and not tune the car till its fixed


I scaled in the MAF since the LH exhaust cam wont affect AFR's drastically on boost. Experience of knowing how the car 'should' be Vs how it is now... considering the car also had the CEL Flash on knock detection and the owner is aware of what the CEL flash means/does, not having any phone calls or emails/texts etc means that the fixed cam gear has the car back on track.
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Re: Tuning Conditions

Postby KiDo_Tuning » Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:47 pm

dazzz168 wrote:Any car tuned by any tuner can go bang... It's the rate of these bangs that raises eyebrows.


Exactly... See me posting these requests I have gotten and who retuned them?

That includes EVERY tuner... when things go bang, a lot of people want to go back to stock to try their luck with Subaru(which for future reference is not the service I offer)

Now, as we know I have the insurance option available(which you may have missed, but it is on OzFoz and up here)
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Re: Tuning Conditions

Postby <GB> » Fri Jul 11, 2014 9:10 am

how much is insurance matt? and what does it cover?
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Re: Tuning Conditions

Postby KiDo_Tuning » Fri Jul 11, 2014 1:03 pm

<GB> wrote:how much is insurance matt? and what does it cover?


viewtopic.php?f=63&t=16602&start=480#p357788

Pricing varies depending on mods etc
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Re: Tuning Conditions

Postby dazzz168 » Sun Jul 13, 2014 12:20 am

KiDo_Tuning wrote:
dazzz168 wrote:Any car tuned by any tuner can go bang... It's the rate of these bangs that raises eyebrows.


Exactly... See me posting these requests I have gotten and who retuned them?

That includes EVERY tuner... when things go bang, a lot of people want to go back to stock to try their luck with Subaru(which for future reference is not the service I offer)

Now, as we know I have the insurance option available(which you may have missed, but it is on OzFoz and up here)


See you posting what Matt? I don't follow?

Insurance option...LOL
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