Quote Originally Posted by tigger73 View Post
I’ve been down the track of driving to Melbourne for tuning in the past and I’m not going down this path again. If there’s ever any issues with the tune or you want it modified in some way it becomes a complete nightmare. You either have to go for another drive or put your car on a truck.

UGP are the local agents for Snailturbo so that is what they use/recommend. I don’t have an issue with the product it’s more the support and regular servicing/maintenance that is the issue.

That’s why I’m going with Haines Mechanical/RD Technik. I can get everything done at the 1 workshop from fitting all parts, tuning and regular servicing and it’s the same mechanic that does all the work.

The other 1 stop shop options locally are APR dealers (limited upgrade options with expensive hardware) or Racingline OEM+ but then again limited packages and the dealer is on the other side of town/near dealership rates for servicing. UGP have just put a dealer here but I wouldn’t take my car there for regular servicing as they’re a “general“ workshop rather than being a VAG specialist. Plus not all have options for DSG tuning (which you have found out).

So when it’s all boiled down there’s only really one place I’d take my car anyway.


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I could understand it would be a nightmare if you don’t have local technical capability and support, agree this is critical for any build.

You could get the spanner work done at Haines and then get a custom tune elsewhere, however it’s probably good to do everything at the same place so they are accountable for the outcome.

In terms of servicing, Haines capped price serving for interval servicing looks like a bargain. If they are using liquid moly or motul that’s a good price.

DSG options are very limited and in AU not a lot of specilists, I’ll let you know how I go with TVS.....