F is for FEMTO - An Australian Experience

[maniac]

The shop I went to in Sydney were happy to cover all $ if the ECU was lost......Advan performance is run by a bit of a legend in racing circles. He is one cool dude.

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[BMWAF]

This is exactly what I was looking for. I kept seeing these ridiculously high prices everywhere, which made me think that was the standard cost for the unlock itself. That really discouraged me from going ahead with the femto unlock.

By the way, I'm curious - is there any particular reason you chose MHD over BM3?

Interestingly, my shop prefers BM3 but I went MHD because I'm only really looking to use the OTS Maps which according to random opinions online, seem to be a bit smoother. Also, I liked how easy it was to set Sport mode to have plenty of noise while leaving comfort suitably thin blue line friendly. I'm happy with my choice, just as an aside.

The shop I went to in Sydney were happy to cover all $ if the ECU was lost......Advan performance is run by a bit of a legend in racing circles. He is one cool dude.

1. I have never heard of an ECU go missing or get damaged during the Femto process. Ever. Not here or on any BMW forum. Like, ever. Not one!
2. Shops have to follow the same zero insurance Femto shipping instructions as everybody else, so you are essentially trusting them to be out of pocket for a new ECU and to replace it in a timely fashion on their own dime. Also, most shops seem to use Mode as a proxy and I wouldn't trust the folks at Mode to find the apex at a roundabout.
3. Nobody is cool enough for me to pay them $1,500 above and beyond what I can pay to do such a simple task myself.. I don't give a fuck how legendary they are!

 

[razorlab]

Having used both BM3 and MHD... if you like using an app that doesn't suck ass and doesn't constantly cause you frustration from not working because it's buggy as all hell, and want actual customer support... then go MHD.

 

[maniac]

For not much more than the price you posted I got two custom tunes also. I also get tweaks done after some feedback FOC so...... I guess i was looked after. Fortunately for me, I don't play around with the app much as its pretty much set and forget. I just do the usual change the tune on the fly with the cruise control button so haven't really encountered software issues.

 

[vacanter]

Thanks for sharing your experience! Reading it is what finally made me pull the trigger on doing this myself back in July. Spent about $1500 USD total and had my ECU back under a week (shipping from/to the US). $850 for the Femto service (MHD+) and $650 for cloning to a donor ECU with a local shop.

The fact that some shops are charging $3.3k+ for this is nutty! I want whatever they're on

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