still having issues with my car
wow dont flame mass, "we talk funny" are u serious act ure age. I dont know of the situation I read from this person but this isnt the first time people have complained about al and u know what some are right and some are wrong just like any other tuner. One thing al does which is wrong!!!! is taking peoples cars after they are done tuning and beating the crap out of it! ok getting on it going straight is totally fine but i have heard of him taking it around corners and the car almost losing cotrol what the hell is that!?!??!?! that is not good service and he talks very cocky from what I had heard as well what ever the case may be i bet u al has some fault in this case and as for all the people backing al up good for u support ure tuner i would do the same but dont yell at the kid for posting about al becuase he wont contact him....
wow all of you guys are right on the money, if you only knew. yes my car threw a cel for maf, and yes i had it fixed the day after. so no it is not my maf, and it is not timing because the car shows good timing through my pocketlogger setup. now what al is not telling you is how many times i tried reaching him about my problem and how he never got back to me or how many times he told me to call him back. i know that he is a busy man but when he shows up a few hours late to his appointment with a paying customer, and then talked **** aboout how it is driver error at the tracks while i was not there to defend it. all i wanted was to vent my problems with his service to me so maybe he could find some time to fit in a paying customer but of course it all leads to bs again
wow dont flame mass, "we talk funny" are u serious act ure age. I dont know of the situation I read from this person but this isnt the first time people have complained about al and u know what some are right and some are wrong just like any other tuner. One thing al does which is wrong!!!! is taking peoples cars after they are done tuning and beating the crap out of it! ok getting on it going straight is totally fine but i have heard of him taking it around corners and the car almost losing cotrol what the hell is that!?!??!?! that is not good service and he talks very cocky from what I had heard as well what ever the case may be i bet u al has some fault in this case and as for all the people backing al up good for u support ure tuner i would do the same but dont yell at the kid for posting about al becuase he wont contact him....
Originally Posted by fullboost
I gotta say that this is such crap. I'm getting tired of these people posting this on here. "Oh Al, I want a full custom tune, but I blew out my piston rings. It doesn't run right now, and it's YOUR fault". Blah, Blah, Blah. Al knows what the hell he's doing. If your car is having code problems, etc, you might want to have that fixed first. I always tended to think that was common sense, but I guess not.
Oh, and Ps, Al gets paid to TUNE cars. NOT to diagnose problems. If he helps you out with some diagnosis work, it's because he's trying to help you. If you need problem diagnosis, go to the dealer.
Oh, and Ps, Al gets paid to TUNE cars. NOT to diagnose problems. If he helps you out with some diagnosis work, it's because he's trying to help you. If you need problem diagnosis, go to the dealer.
oh and if i had blown a ring then i wouldnt blame it on him, that has nothing to do with his tune, and my car was running fine when it was brought to him, it threw a code while it was there.
Originally Posted by Gabriel J
For those too lazy to read the thread:
So he has enough money for all of these mods on his car, yet goes to autozone to have them check a SEL? Can't afford your own scan tool?
Maybe someone should skip buying mods and having their car tuned and purchase a factory service manual, scan tool and go take some night classes at the voc tech........THEN come complain on the open forum after you brought a car that had minor issues to get tuned, and were unhappy with the aftermath
So he has enough money for all of these mods on his car, yet goes to autozone to have them check a SEL? Can't afford your own scan tool?
Maybe someone should skip buying mods and having their car tuned and purchase a factory service manual, scan tool and go take some night classes at the voc tech........THEN come complain on the open forum after you brought a car that had minor issues to get tuned, and were unhappy with the aftermath
Totally off-topic but 2 window regulators broke so the windows won't go down for the passenger front and rear and the stealership quoted me $900 to fix it.
You just got to love german cars. Its kind of funny how Al gave the original poster a free diagonis but somehow Al still got blamed for the car not running 100%.
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I did think it out. Did he tell you "Give me xxx amount of money and I'll fix whatever problem it is?" If he did that, he's getting paid to diagnose and fix your problem. If he said "bring it down whenever to get your problem straightened out", then he's helping you because he wants to.
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Originally Posted by forum04pl
oh and if i had blown a ring then i wouldnt blame it on him, that has nothing to do with his tune, and my car was running fine when it was brought to him, it threw a code while it was there.
Maybe I should explain more.... As Al said, if your mas air meter isn't running what it should be, then your tune WILL be off. It's like trying to tune with a dead o2 sensor. The engine parameters won't be correct. The whole "rings" thing was just a for instance sort of statement.
Last edited by fullboost; Sep 15, 2005 at 07:45 PM.
Originally Posted by feldguy
AL, I gotta tip my hat to you. People have criticized your demeanor and the nature you deal with things, but for a guy like me, I enjoy blunt. Blunt and irrational, I dont, but blunt is cool.
I too, am tired of watching this board with a bunch of know-it-alls and complainers and people who are totally bastardizing this whole community.
Al, on an aside, if you're still checking this thread-Im gonna bring my car to get it built and install my turbo kit in a short amount of time. Would you be willing to tune my AEM EMS? Just curious. Keep on truckin, killer. Dont listen to this horse$hit, its getting tiresome.
I too, am tired of watching this board with a bunch of know-it-alls and complainers and people who are totally bastardizing this whole community.
Al, on an aside, if you're still checking this thread-Im gonna bring my car to get it built and install my turbo kit in a short amount of time. Would you be willing to tune my AEM EMS? Just curious. Keep on truckin, killer. Dont listen to this horse$hit, its getting tiresome.
