ConnerrySER04
East Coast transplant
- Location
- San Diego, CA
- Car(s)
- MKVGTI
Had to take advantage of a deal being offered through a relatively new APR distributor/German car tuner in the Miami area, German Motoring. Basically they were able to offer the Waterfest deal this past Saturday, so I bit the bullet.
For $704 out the door, I got APR 93 Stage 1 + Stock + Security Lockout. Great service, clean and professional tuning shop. They had a GTI Dvd on a plasma screen looped, and on another...the German Grand Prix on Speed TV, which was kind of funny. Met a few customers, mostly high end vehicle owners (Porshe, BMW, one Audi A3 guy) who were all pretty cool, and wanted to know more about my GTI. I found the techs to be very knowlegable about the products and their work. One of the owners, German guy named Bernard, who worked for Porshe in Germany for 12 + years, did the reflash...he knew his stuff, took me on a test drive afterwards, and sat with me to go over the training manual and each program....very thorough.
The reflash....I found the car to feel like I always wanted it to feel from the factory...massive improvements to throttle response, significantly stronger, yet smoother acceleration, and fantastic top gear pull....6th gear on the freeway is now a personal favorite. Oddly, I felt that a previous issue I had with the car...feeling like the stock mode engine overpowered the chassis/suspension...is no longer. The added power and smoother drivetrain actually works better with the stock suspension, and I felt a more unified power/steering/handling combo than ever before...I push the car much harder now, but feel way more confident than when it was stock...must be that the more linear power curve reacts better for my driving style...who knows? Either way, the more I drive it, the better it feels. No dyno yet...not sure when I'll ever get to it, but I definitely got what I was looking for in an upgrade. I'm not autocross or track/drag guy...I just like to get the hell out of some random crackhead driver's way whenever I need to...fast. Anyone who lives here in South Florida knows what I'm talking about. So yeah, I dig it. Worth the $$$, especially w/ the deal. It's like my favorite icing is now avaible for application on my favorite girl...I mean...piece of cake. :biggrin: Hopefully it's fat free.
For $704 out the door, I got APR 93 Stage 1 + Stock + Security Lockout. Great service, clean and professional tuning shop. They had a GTI Dvd on a plasma screen looped, and on another...the German Grand Prix on Speed TV, which was kind of funny. Met a few customers, mostly high end vehicle owners (Porshe, BMW, one Audi A3 guy) who were all pretty cool, and wanted to know more about my GTI. I found the techs to be very knowlegable about the products and their work. One of the owners, German guy named Bernard, who worked for Porshe in Germany for 12 + years, did the reflash...he knew his stuff, took me on a test drive afterwards, and sat with me to go over the training manual and each program....very thorough.
The reflash....I found the car to feel like I always wanted it to feel from the factory...massive improvements to throttle response, significantly stronger, yet smoother acceleration, and fantastic top gear pull....6th gear on the freeway is now a personal favorite. Oddly, I felt that a previous issue I had with the car...feeling like the stock mode engine overpowered the chassis/suspension...is no longer. The added power and smoother drivetrain actually works better with the stock suspension, and I felt a more unified power/steering/handling combo than ever before...I push the car much harder now, but feel way more confident than when it was stock...must be that the more linear power curve reacts better for my driving style...who knows? Either way, the more I drive it, the better it feels. No dyno yet...not sure when I'll ever get to it, but I definitely got what I was looking for in an upgrade. I'm not autocross or track/drag guy...I just like to get the hell out of some random crackhead driver's way whenever I need to...fast. Anyone who lives here in South Florida knows what I'm talking about. So yeah, I dig it. Worth the $$$, especially w/ the deal. It's like my favorite icing is now avaible for application on my favorite girl...I mean...piece of cake. :biggrin: Hopefully it's fat free.
