Chip is totally correct. All he chose is a protocol to READ the ecu. The protocols are listed as cars for obvious reasons. Reading the calibration is as James says, just like copying a CD. No changes are made.
What the installer tells us is pretty irrelevant, it just speeds-up the process if they are accurate. There is a massive difference between Clio 172 and 182 files so we could never miss that anyway, the system wouldn't even let us load them up.
Originally Posted by
Kelv
2 - 3 hours later and we were still standing there with the car waiting for the new file to come back from the Evo Database by which time its now heading way thru the saturday afternoon and im told that the main database up a Stu's will now be shut until monday
I wonder if he actually booked the car in with us as we don't have a database of generic files like Superchips (IE: You all get the same automated file back from them) we actually do it by hand using your own calibration as a base, which is why we are unique in what we do as we NEVER download older buggy firmware into your car.
The reason I wonder about his appointment, is we aren't open Saturday, so only do it by appointment, and all our installers know this.
Our average recalibration time is about 40mins at the moment.