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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 04:51 PM
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Default American Tuner has a big rant

And most of it true aswell

http://www.thatvideomagazine.com/new...nny-ten-racing
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 05:15 PM
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Totally agree.
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 05:24 PM
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That so so true lol
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 05:29 PM
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How true. I took my car to a tuner after some research and spent a fair bit of money and my mates took the piss no end cos I'd spent 2k on a setup and some mechanics whereas they'd paid 120 quid for 2 hours on a dyno. 3 years later mines still pulling strong after a much cheaper checkup at the same place and one friend doesn't even have a ford anymore and the other has had about 5 turbo engines in that time. Enough said
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 05:48 PM
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He sooo right
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 05:50 PM
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Deff worth 15mins of your time.

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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 06:02 PM
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Just being a mechanic the amount off times I get, but it says this on the Internet!
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 06:21 PM
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allthough im not a tuner i could still do with showing some of my customers this vid especially the bit at the end about listening to the internet over an experienced tech, i see so much false shite written on forums about cars it often beggars belief!
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 06:50 PM
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good vid and true lol you get what you pay for! mate on mine built his engine with a friend 3 times lol and had bodge job tunning with this chip that chip these bits it went wrong every time! so he had it done right now its a solid very fast car!
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 07:45 PM
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Fuck me he likes the sound of his own voice lol
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 07:48 PM
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So so true!
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 08:26 PM
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If you think tunings bad try the paintshop game,everyone was a fucking expert in that!!!
One boy even turned up one day telling me that he knew EXACTLY how long things took to rub down,prepare,prime paint etc and we were taking the piss.
Not that this cunt had ever sprayed a car in his life!!!!
So glad I'm out of it but one fact remains that if your good at what you do,honest and fair then you'll do well with it all,its just there's very few that do.
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark Shead
Deff worth 15mins of your time.

Mark
Indeed!! I just wish when i was getting my supercharged Saxo VTS "built", that i had of took it to GMC Motorsport. Was quoted £2500 and 2 weeks to have it stripped and rebuilt. I ended up choosing a "mate" who royally fucked me over. I give up chasing money he owed me for bits that where "bought" for the Saxo...and i broke the rest!!

I now just leave my car with AI Autosport. The slightest wee bit harder to pay, but the work gets done before you expect it to be done!!! Which is a win in my book!

A quote a friend once told me, really does fit in with what Vinny says in that video-----

"you pay cheap, you pay twice"
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 09:46 AM
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Good watch....
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 11:30 AM
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The trouble is, for every good tuner that actually knows what they are doing, there are another ten that have all the flash gear & talk, but know next to fuck all... It's still a minefield picking a reputable tuner IMHO.
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 11:59 AM
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Im guilty of exactly what he is saying, I have learnt now after the expense
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by RWD_cossie_wil
The trouble is, for every good tuner that actually knows what they are doing, there are another ten that have all the flash gear & talk, but know next to fuck all... It's still a minefield picking a reputable tuner IMHO.
And when they get a bad rep in one 'scene', they just move on to a new one
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by RWD_cossie_wil
The trouble is, for every good tuner that actually knows what they are doing, there are another ten that have all the flash gear & talk, but know next to fuck all... It's still a minefield picking a reputable tuner IMHO.
100% Correct. Deff results most of the time speak for themselfs.

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