<--------the real rev limiter

 

Dude the same thing happened to me.....Took it in for oil change and tire rotation. I reset the peak value on my boost gauge on my EBC and dropped it off. When I picked it up, the peak value read 21.4psi. I went inside and told the service manager very calmly and plainly, I did not pay 30k for a car to have some jackass in the service department abuse it, or drive it anywhere other than inside the bay to work on it. I made it VERY clear how dissatisfied I was and that they would not be seeing my car for any kind of business again. What a bunch of *******s. It's a good thing I leave my gun at home

 

Hey I got one for you...
Went to the dealer and in my glove box is Greddy Profec Spec II. I always turn it on low which is like 15psi 1.48bar. Anyway I reset my Trip meter (only B) and also go in the glove compartment and reset my peak boost. Well when I picked up my car I saw it reach the LOW BOOST PEAK!!! I was like OMG you got to be kidding me. Good thing It was not on high boost or they would have killed them selves. This is rediclious but I dont know how to tell the service manager with out him knowing i have EVC since it is hidden.

 

Hey I saw this thing on TechTV a few months ago that plugs into your OBD port and logs like a day's worth of inputs. Pretty much anything the OBD port puts out, even g-forces. Can't remember the price, but I think it was between $50-$100 for the entry model.

edit: BTW it was pretty small, not like a big thing with wires hanging from it

 

hmmmm one thing is, jiffy lube and grease monkey i go to cant really rev the car because i'm right there, a room away or less. if a dealer is going to do it, i'll also be RIGHT there... my car won't leave my sight.

 

BIG, BIG beni to having oil changed by high school kids at the Quick Lube. You can watch em like a hawk...

 

These stories are the norm in my opionion - you are dealing with the lowest of the low in terms of people who wrench cars for a living....very few of these techs give a **** about you or your car or your business....to think otherwise is ignorant.

Take your cars to people who own their own shop and who have a mortgage and their kid's future on the line - not to some punk ***, unmotivated slacker-**** who puts in his 8 hours then is out. Think about it......

 

In this senario I think the Vishnu "xede" would be perfect....switch the map to valet and voila...(man, two french words in one sentence...not bad huh?)

 

yea a valet or "limp" mode would be perfect...u come back and there like somethings wrong with your car its too slow....