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I'd be happy to pay slightly more to keep my ECU in country. Maybe they'll offer cheaper shipping options in the future. Though I know AutoTuner prides themselves on rapid turnaround.
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Per AT Website. "Next Day Air Shipping
Shipping is calculated at checkout and includes both directions at a discounted rate."

So yes, NDA only and return shipping is included.
Perfect, for me the quote was like $137 (SoCal), I feel like that's a fair price for 2 way shipping Next Day Air.
 
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"I can't have my car inoperable for a week or more when sending my DME overseas"

"DME unlock is now available in the USA and turnaround would be 2-3 days or under"

"I can't have my car inoperable for 2-3 days when sending my DME to another state. Let me know when they do home visits so I don't have to wait or pay shipping"

Let's be honest here, some of you where never going to do an unlock to begin with.
 

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"I can't have my car inoperable for a week or more when sending my DME overseas"

"DME unlock is now available in the USA and turnaround would be 2-3 days or under"

"I can't have my car inoperable for 2-3 days when sending my DME to another state. Let me know when they do home visits so I don't have to wait or pay shipping"

Let's be honest here, some of you where never going to do an unlock to begin with.
Man. I’m waiting for an unlock here in SoCal. Once there’s one available within a 25 mile driving distance, I’m totally going to go and get unlocked.
 

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"Woah..these companies expect US to pay for an unlock?! That's ridiculous. Not gonna unlock until they pay for the service THEY want us to use."
 
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One additional upside to domestic shipping that's not being mentioned is the ability to add insurance for a reasonable amount. It won't lower your shipping costs, but people were taking some risk sending DME overseas with a stated value of $50 for customs purposes....but if that package got lost, you'd be SOL. At least without worrying about customs, you can now declare actual value and insure it accordingly.... Knock on wood, doesn't sound like these things get lost or damaged in shipping often but that would be my luck!
 

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I heard the craziest one this morning.

went to put gas and met a fellow Supra owner and was talking about the whole AT and Femto ECU unlocks and how easy it is now and much more affordable than before.

Tell me why this man looks me dead in the eyes and says he’s “just gonna wait until they do a remote unlock.” Bruh its an ECU we’re not updating an iPhone.
 

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I heard the craziest one this morning.

went to put gas and met a fellow Supra owner and was talking about the whole AT and Femto ECU unlocks and how easy it is now and much more affordable than before.

Tell me why this man looks me dead in the eyes and says he’s “just gonna wait until they do a remote unlock.” Bruh its an ECU we’re not updating an iPhone.
Maybe the dude thinks it's like the newer BMWs where they have OTA updates and has some wishful thinking. I know a lot of folks get confused when vendors put in the disclaimer of "disable it or else your ECU will be relocked" and we don't have that...
I dunno, people are silly. Still funny nonetheless. If they wanted to get their car tuned, they would. Next to no excuse now.
 
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If they wanted to get their car tuned, they would. Next to no excuse now.
This right here. Anyone that is still making excuses are just noise. Just ignore them when it comes to tuning while the rest of us are fastar...

Same thing as the "I could have played that game better". No you couldn't have. If you could, you would be on TV playing in the game, not laying on the couch eating hot dogs and insulting your wife.

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This right here. Anyone that is still making excuses are just noise. Just ignore them when it comes to tuning while the rest of us are fastar...

Same thing as the "I could have played that game better". No you couldn't have. If you could, you would be on TV playing in the game, not laying on the couch eating hot dogs and insulting your wife.

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Hey man. Hot dogs are good. Leave them out of it.

And I am perfectly fine waiting until unlocks are CARB legal, when it is I’ll get it done, preferably at a local shop instead of mailing it in.
 

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Hey man. Hot dogs are good. Leave them out of it.

And I am perfectly fine waiting until unlocks are CARB legal, when it is I’ll get it done, preferably at a local shop instead of mailing it in.
This is my big issue. Can't even take advantage of the price drops because Cali smog and the Checksum checks.

For now, I'm still stuck with the JB4 life or at least until I become an AZ resident ;)
 
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This is my big issue. Can't even take advantage of the price drops because Cali smog and the Checksum checks.

For now, I'm still stuck with the JB4 life or at least until I become an AZ resident ;)
FEMTO unlock since you know 100% you can unlock it after updates. Get ISTA and just update back to stock. You don't have to smog for six years anyway. How many cars have you kept for six years?

So enjoy the car unlocked until 2030.

NO EXCUSES! :)
 

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FEMTO unlock since you know 100% you can unlock it after updates. Get ISTA and just update back to stock. You don't have to smog for six years anyway. How many cars have you kept for six years?

So enjoy the car unlocked until 2030.

NO EXCUSES! :)
Valid on the smog for 6 years. But I've also gotten state reffed on a previous vehicle. Did that stop me from modding the supra? Absolutely not but at least without the tune I don't have to go back to Toyota to reflash.

However, I absolutely did not know you could update it back to stock with ISTA. Guess I didn't do as much research as I thought I did! Actually 0 excuses then.
 

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What shipping box are you guys using to send the DME off in?
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