Active Autowerke So Cal Group Buy

[krnnerdboy]

Hey guys,
just spoke to Sam regarding the active tune for our z4m's. The uploading will take place at...

AUTOTALENT
1884 S Sepulveda Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 231-7800

We only need 5 cars including myself for the special pricing on an already phenomenal retail price of $500. We don't need to go in at the same time, Autotalent will just need a deposit or credit card number.

I won't be taking a cut for setting this up so all of the discount is going the group. It's the only way to get a discount on a marginal profit. PM me for pricing

[krnnerdboy]

For those of you who are wondering about the difference of my group buy and ochas, is that those of us who are local to a aatuner are not eligible for his group buy as it would be a conflict of interest between manufacturer and vendor. For those willing to make the drive will have the instant gratification of not having to remove the ecu and waiting for days and driving home tuned

[Hairballs58]

Sounds good to me! Count me in.

[krnnerdboy]

let's get it moving!

1) krnnerdboy
2) Hairballs58
3)
4)
5)

[krnnerdboy]

just got word that even at 2 would get a discount, though not as significant as 5+...

I'll hold off until 11/17 before ending this.

[krnnerdboy]

let's get it moving!

1) krnnerdboy
2) Hairballs58
3) l4zy
4)
5)

[krnnerdboy]

currently the 1-4 people group buy price is set at 450 including tax...we need 2 more for an even more stellar deal.

This is guaranteed power unlike the intakes and exhausts we put on our cars...let's get 2 more

[pokeybritches]

Do they charge any sort of install fee, or is it no sh*t $450 out the door?

[mfanatic325]

Have fun with this guys
I just outpulled my friend's '98 Toyota Supra twin turbo 6spd. He's got a downpipe and twin conversion (both turbos spooling together all the time) done but otherwise stock everything. I've only got a SuperSprint race muffler, and a B&M drop-in filter. We did 3rd gear pull. I got the jump on him and kept it all the way to the top. It was bout half-car to a full car-length walk on him. I will enjoy this moment as best I can for now, because he's got a lot of performance mods lined up

[l4zy]

^ awesome! btw this just crossed my mind, anyone know how the flash affects extended warranty?

[mfanatic325]

Originally Posted by l4zy

^ awesome! btw this just crossed my mind, anyone know how the flash affects extended warranty?

Don't quote me on this, but from what I know about flashed ECU's, if the dealer ever has to alter anything ECU-related, it'll erase your tune; and you'd have to get it retuned. This was the case with my 325's ECU. Albeit, that was a very poor tune which did absolutely nothing. Hence why I was so skeptical about the AA tune going into it =/
Will hafta ask AA personally regarding this matter for a 100% certainty answer.

[krnnerdboy]

Originally Posted by pokeybritches

Do they charge any sort of install fee, or is it no sh*t $450 out the door?

These guys are standup guys, and remember I'm paying what you guys are paying for this...there is absolutley no cut in this for me, which is usually the case for group buys. So to answer your question it is a 450 no bs tax included price for 1-4 people. Lower w/ 5+

PS
most if not all shops will charge a install fee on top of the 500

[pokeybritches]

Ah screw it... I'll make the drive. I'm in.

1) krnnerdboy
2) Hairballs58
3) l4zy
4) pokeybritches
5)

[mfanatic325]

^ atta boy!

[krnnerdboy]

ALRIGHT!

Just spoke to Sam and he said w/4 he will do the deal to the 5+ pricing! They received all upload software this evening and they will be ready to install as of tomorrow. I'm scheduled for next Wed @ 10:30am

Call Sam at the listed number and get your schedules in. Just mention the z4m group buy and He will know!

AUTOTALENT
1884 S Sepulveda Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 231-7800

[Hairballs58]

Excellant!
These guys are like 10 minutes away from me, going to call them for my appointment!
Thanks krnnerdboy for setting this up!

[pokeybritches]

I'm going to be showing up around 10:30 Monday morning.

[krnnerdboy]

good luck tomorrow guys! lmk how it goes

[krnnerdboy]

so was it worth the drive??

[Hairballs58]

So met up with Sam for the install and who would appear? After a 3.5 hour drive, pokeybritches! Turns out he has one of six doppelganger configurations of the Z4! Who knew, right? He was kind enough to give me a test drive to check out his AFE intake while we waited for my car. It definitely tempted me to get one as well, we'll see.

As to the tune itself, I was only able to drive it briefly back to work, but yeah my butt dyno could definitely pick up on the difference! The power band was smooth and you could easily tell there was a difference. On the next time I started it up, I was pleased to see the dsc off and the sport mode on automatically! Small thing, but I geeked out anyways.

Now, I read that disconnecting the battery and resetting the throttle makes a difference, but why does one need to reset the ECU when it had been erased and replaced by the AA tune? Also doesn't the ECU adapt to your driving habits anyways? Or am I just misinformed.

Bottom line, get this tune it rocks and I felt it was money well spent!

[mfanatic325]

I reset because at first I couldn't tell if it was the placebo effect taking hold, or if my butt dyno really was right. With the resets (both ECU and throttle) and a track day to ensure full adaptation of the ECU, I could then say for sure
Then my "after" dyno proved it all to be valid

Welcome to the still small and humble (for now) AA tune club

[krnnerdboy]

Originally Posted by Hairballs58

So met up with Sam for the install and who would appear? After a 3.5 hour drive, pokeybritches! Turns out he has one of six doppelganger configurations of the Z4! Who knew, right? He was kind enough to give me a test drive to check out his AFE intake while we waited for my car. It definitely tempted me to get one as well, we'll see.

As to the tune itself, I was only able to drive it briefly back to work, but yeah my butt dyno could definitely pick up on the difference! The power band was smooth and you could easily tell there was a difference. On the next time I started it up, I was pleased to see the dsc off and the sport mode on automatically! Small thing, but I geeked out anyways.

Now, I read that disconnecting the battery and resetting the throttle makes a difference, but why does one need to reset the ECU when it had been erased and replaced by the AA tune? Also doesn't the ECU adapt to your driving habits anyways? Or am I just misinformed.

Bottom line, get this tune it rocks and I felt it was money well spent!

Amazing! glad you were able to meet up another fellow member while you waited. Did you take it up to redline? I'll be going in on wed and have track times to follow. I'll be ecstatic w/a 2 mph trap speed increase in the 1/8th mile(equates to 20hp)