Tell me about the autobox on the E90

Peerzy · 31 Oct 2010 at 20:08

Doubt they'll let you remap it? Would void the warranty and could get you into trouble with work if a dealer/lease company picks up on it?

Nocturne_sa · 31 Oct 2010 at 20:09

DiamondMark said:
Well you can, you just have to remove it after

Exactly.. was thinking of those Bluefin units. Will change it back to factory pre-sets every time i send it in for servicing.

[TW]Fox · 31 Oct 2010 at 20:16

DiamondMark said:
Well you can, you just have to remove it after

And hope you don't have a big crash in the meantime :confused:

Whats the point :confused:

DM · 31 Oct 2010 at 20:17

[TW]Fox;17689951 said:
And hope you don't have a big crash in the meantime Whats the point :Confused:

Im not saying its right, im just saying a lot of people do it.

kae2 · 31 Oct 2010 at 20:26

Don't BMW's count the number of flashes the ECU receives? I thought this was the latest way of getting out of warranty claims?

Nocturne_sa · 31 Oct 2010 at 20:33

kae2 said:
Don't BMW's count the number of flashes the ECU receives? I thought this was the latest way of getting out of warranty claims?

Hmm..didn't know about this.. can anyone else confirm?

Peerzy · 31 Oct 2010 at 20:37

I've heard that, they can see how many times the ECU has been read and then written to. Nothing ofcourse to say it's not a dealer that has messed up as the ECU will only have space for 1 map and won't be able to display previous maps. Even with a map left on there it takes a special piece of software and someone who has a copy of the original map to tell the difference.

I'm all for remapping, any car I get will get one unless;

i) It's an N/A
ii) It's a company car

PMKeates · 31 Oct 2010 at 21:22

[TW]Fox;17689951 said:
And hope you don't have a big crash in the meantime Whats the point

How many crash investigators' first or even twentieth thoughts, when a 3 series company car is involved in an accident, is to verify the fuel map is the correct one? They won't even have the equipment to do this, and they will have to drag a corpse of a car to BMW, or have BMW drag the equipment to the car specifically just to verify this one fact. So unlikely that it will basically never happen.

[TW]Fox · 31 Oct 2010 at 21:23

PMKeates said:
How many crash investigators' first or even twentieth thoughts, when a 3 series company car is involved in an accident, is to verify the fuel map is the correct one?

He's talking about obvious plug in modules is he not?

PMKeates · 31 Oct 2010 at 21:25

[TW]Fox;17690528 said:
He's talking about obvious plug in modules is he not?

He said remapped, and to me that implies a flash rather than a plug-in module. People will usually call that "chipped", in the same way you "chip" your Playstation.

PeterNem · 31 Oct 2010 at 21:25

Nocturne_sa said:
Peternam is correct..

:'(

Nocturne_sa · 31 Oct 2010 at 21:30

PeterNem said:
:'(

oops

Nocturne_sa · 31 Oct 2010 at 21:31

PMKeates said:
He said remapped, and to me that implies a flash rather than a plug-in module. People will usually call that "chipped", in the same way you "chip" your Playstation.

Pardon my lack of remap knowledge..I was talking about the plug-in module.

PMKeates · 31 Oct 2010 at 21:32

Nocturne_sa said:
Pardon my lack of remap knowledge..I was talking about the plug-in module.

I hate you.

[TW]Fox · 31 Oct 2010 at 21:35

Nocturne_sa said:
Pardon my lack of remap knowledge..I was talking about the plug-in module.

I AM INVINCIBLE

Dogbreath · 31 Oct 2010 at 21:45

DiamondMark said:
You cant beat an auto

Give me a large hammer and I'll show you what a beaten auto looks like.

Horrible, nasty things.

Nocturne_sa · 31 Oct 2010 at 21:55

PMKeates said:
I hate you.

Ok I'm probably confused... I'm talking about this

http://www.mybluefin.co.uk/

Peerzy · 31 Oct 2010 at 21:59

Are those things suppose to be any good? Seems a bit suspect having a generic remap for literally every engine on the market?

Nocturne_sa · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:01

I don't think its generic..every engine has unique settings which are uploaded to the device.

Peerzy · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:02

Generic for each engine - no two engines are the same. My 318d and your 318d could easily have 10bhp difference from factory just on how it is built.

Generic mapping assumes the health and condition of your engine.

Just wondering as they seem pretty cheap and popular and to offer a map for literally every brand of car!