B8 Audi A5 and S5 tuning options - compared and ranked

[RS4]

I was in fact the one who was slung mud at :
 

Shocked wow, David, are you really telling me that you are bigger than "MTM, Oettinger etc" Huh?? - I have been to both facilities in Germany, and I have seen calibration in progress.

I suggest you visit them both before making statements like that.

Thats just taking the Piss, and its not even what i said.
Youre telling me that you can read between the lines of the power figures, and thats great, but loads of people cant and just focus on the 'numbers'

My post was far from an ad for my company, i was merely expressing an opinion, and i wasnt the one slagging.
Someone else came in and had a go about us saying we were bigger than MTM and Oettinger.

He was the one who made it personal, all i was talking about was the figures , and how they really dont mean a lot when not in context, and hardly a tuner on the list is even represented here.

Happy days 

[Turbo]

i was mainly meaning your replies to the original post (and then to beeker's)

the OP took the time to post the stats, which many may find useful and you shoot him down saying it was a waste of time, then used that as a platform to fulfill your agenda.

your reply seemed a little abrasive and, considering your background, i read the rest of your reply as a sales pitch. which may not have been the intention but each successive reply you made seemed to confirm this.

to me the first sling of mud was from you at faceless companies who use generic tunes and charge the earth'.

from anyone else this would be an innocuous enough statement but, as you continually point out, you are their competition. just seems a bit off imo.

perhaps i'm reading too much into your posts, but possibly something to be aware of if others see the same thing.


edit:
back on topic - i realise your main issue with the stats was probably the way they have been ranked by hp, rather than the stats themselves but the peak revs and torque figures are also included to give the reader a more rounded view. for most of us (in fact, probably all?) this is academic.... not aware of any A5/S5 owners on vask, are there any?

[RS4]

Point well made and taken, i think enough said.
I guess we all can get peeved by how people post , but the written word is sometimes hard to interpret interms of its actual meaning.
Anyways, as you say there are not a lot of A5 and S5 vehicles on the road really in nz although the range is increasing so we should see more.

Early results on the latest A5 turbo 2.0 are good and seem very receptive to tuning.
The V8 is pretty much the same animal in a different guise and we look forward to a new motor i hope in the near future.
Likely the 3.0 s/c will take over more and more.

[Guy@HP]

Hi David,

This was more the comment you made that I took offence at:

"known' brand as in what? MTM, Oettinger etc? They are pretty faceless companies who use generic tunes and charge the earth.

As mentioned, I have been to both their facilities & seen their technicians calibrating cars - so I believe your statement is false - unless of course you can prove otherwise.

Anyway, I'm not concerned about your product, nor do I think anyone has questioned it or mentioned it - you seem to have a lot of comments on other peoples products.

Might be wise to not mention others & concentrate on positive marketing of your own product instead?

Oh, APR only have ~ 230 dealers world wide - but I don't think that has much to do with what the original poster of this thread was intending to bring to the attention of the forum members.

[RS4]

The companies themselves are great, but at this end of the world, they are faceless, and pretty much personel-less.
There are a number of good tuning operations here in NZ, but what i am getting at is that the companies such as MTM and Oettinger have no real presence here, along with the majority of others on the list.
Going right back to my first comment, people get too hung up on figures and not drivability. Dyno plots and power figures dont mean a lot when the driver doesnt like the way the car drives or feels with the power delivery.

Im not trying to belittle such giants as MTM or Oettinger , but perhaps highlighting that NZ has a much different set up to larger countries when it comes to tuning and therfore we need a more personal and hands-on approach.

[HighPerformanceAudi]

Interesting to note that there may not be that many A5/S5 owners here. Maybe they're all on A5OC.

Possibly there are a few more interested in the B7 A4/S4/RS4 numbers? Have done the TT 8J numbers too. I'll have them up within 2 days... I have them done and just need to have them published. It was freakin' hard work too, took me all of two days! The unit conversions were a bitch too, every tuner quotes different units.