Excellent chip article in NY Times!

[Black 535i]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/13/automobiles/13CHIP.html

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[Mark D'Sylva]

try this link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/13/automobiles/13CHIP.html?ex=1077692982&ei=1&en=36613be5aadd87f4

[Black 535i]

Thanks Mark, I forgot that I was a member.

[shragon]

nice article.



When Scott Farrell, a Coast Guard instructor in Newport News, Va., wanted a big power boost for his 1998 Volkswagen Jetta TDI, he didn't lower the suspension, install a hot camshaft or add a free-flow exhaust.
what does tweaking with the suspension have to do with making more power? wtf?



Playing e-mechanic is not necessarily for the novice. To get better performance out of his 1992 BMW 325i, Chris Cagnolatti of Long Beach, Calif., paid $125 for an Active Autowerke chip, then spent "two stressful days and nights of blood, sweat and tears working on a $1,000 computer module" before he had it installed. The result: excellent "bang for the buck," he said, though he doesn't know the actual amount of his power gain. Still not satisfied, Mr. Cagnolatti is now on his third software package, and is eyeing a device for BMW's that plugs into the car's diagnostic port "and uploads the new software in less than a minute," he said.
wtf? two days?! geeze, it took me less than a half hour to do mine.

[Hector]

Sometimes with articles from a nontechnical digest, like a newspaper, there has to be a bit of sensationalism and exaggeration. They put too much stake in the extreme of what one individual says instead of a surveyed group. Whatever!


nice article.



what does tweaking with the suspension have to do with making more power? wtf?



wtf? two days?! geeze, it took me less than a half hour to do mine.

[G Feller]

. . . who have no clue regarding the subject matter they are writing about. Neither, apparently, does their editor.


Sometimes with articles from a nontechnical digest, like a newspaper, there has to be a bit of sensationalism and exaggeration. They put too much stake in the extreme of what one individual says instead of a surveyed group. Whatever!

[Hector]

I guess it all boils down to keeping good ratings and getting more subscribers.


. . . who have no clue regarding the subject matter they are writing about. Neither, apparently, does their editor.