TTravis

Seems like chipping with a new ECU is like buying a $500 insurance plan that your engine will fail and not be covered under warranty because of the chip.

The chip manufacturers say their chips are undetectable unless you open the ECU, and some dealers it sounds like are actually installing the chip... so in the end is it worth it?

juliem

In some states you may need to - example, Massachusettes requires
a more stringent inspection if the car isn't quattro (ok ok) and thus
a chip might fail, who knows....

Gives you a spare as well if something gets fried along the way

CJMaTTa

Worng!, When the dealer connect the computer to their equippment, They will know u have a chip

Larrytt

uses another chip with an algorithym that hides their chip!

I kow my Garrett chip has such an added device. I also know that APR does this. I don't know about the others though.

I am not worried about them "seeing" my chip, I only worry once they DRIVE my car! I have a spare ECU.

It is also added insurance incase the ECU does indeed fail. I carr the ECU in the place where my cd changer used to reside.

Larry
180TTQ Garrett, H&R, Borla(3/18), Hardwired V1, Custom Stereo

hipster

Ok, so I'm still waiting for my 225, but I took a co-worker to the dealer to buy her an A4Q, and the dealer asked me if I was going to chip her car for her! When I joked that I would be sneaky about it, he said that he knew that I was going to put a chip in, although I had never mentioned it to him.

The kicker, is that they will install the damned thing, too. I don't know if he has some kind of ulterior motive, aside from getting the cash to put it in...