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Cheers mate. I had a Shark remap on my previous car, an Octavia VRS TSI MK2 and was very happy with it. It was done at Unit 18 Milton Keynes. I have however heard of Will when he was with Shark. Are you getting it done in Wolverhampton on their rolling road?

Your review would be good Gissin, as I can't make up my mind whether to try this one, or pay a lot more for the Racingline one on a rolling road at £650. I just want to avoid making any sort of mistake in the choice I eventually make.

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Thank you for your reply Ads230. The more positive comments I get the more inclined I am to spend the extra.

So I am thinking about getting my car remapped. I have been looking at Performance Torque maps at £345, done on a rolling road. I have also looked at VW-Group Specialists in Swindon who do the Racingline maps, also on a rolling road at £650. My question is, is it worth the extra money and go with Racingline. Racingline are the company I have already heard good things about. I had a map done on my previous car which was a Shark map. My previous car was a MK2 fl Octavia VRS TSI and was very happy with the map afterwards. Shark were of course taken over by Racingline.

So I am thinking about getting my car remapped. I have been looking at Performance Torque maps at £345, done on a rolling road. I have also looked at VW-Group Specialists in Swindon who do the Racingline maps, also on a rolling road at £650. My question is, is it worth the extra money and go with Racingline. Racingline are the company I have already heard good things about. I had a map done on my previous car which was a Shark map. My previous car was a MK2 fl Octavia VRS TSI and was very happy with the map afterwards. Shark were of course taken over by Racingline.

Morning Scot5. I originally read from a member on this site that it was a pain. I did however last night get a you tube video up on how it's done and you are right, not so bad after all. In fact like you say, easy peasy. As for the price of this next 20k service, it's already payed for in the service plan I got when I bought the car. So if fitting a pollen filter is extra, I will certainly do it myself after the service.

Hopefully then they will change the pollen filter. When I did servicing myself on previous cars, I would change the air and pollen filter every 10-12k miles. Never like to leave them too long.

So from what I can glean from your excellent information, they don't do a lot at the 20k service. Once it gets to 3 years old, it will be going to my local independent garage for any work anyway. Thanks for this information mate. I did hope they would do the pollen filter though, as I hear they are a pain in the a''e to change. Unlike my previous MK2 Octavia VRS where It was real easy. Why did they make it harder to do on the MK3??

I can't believe they don't change the air filter. If they don't I will change it myself afterwards. Might change my own plugs at the same time. As for a bit of upsell, it never works with me as I have been messing with cars for at least 50 years, so I know whether pads and disks really need changing. Air con, they will be lucky, as my poor motor got hit one night whilst parked a few months ago, that's the bad news. The good news, they repaired the car and as part of that repair had to fit a new air con compressor and fluids. So the air con is well up to scratch. Garages just seem to do as little as possible for the biggest price possible nowadays.

Hi all. So far my car has had it's first service at 10k miles, a very basic one! Can the more informed among you all tell me what I should be getting on the 20k service? I did buy a 2 year service plan with the car, but would like to know what the second service should entail. Just in case the Skoda garage I am taking it to sell me short, although they do seem quite good based on my first time there. I have a feeling this second service will not include much more than the first one did and if that is the case I will be a little disappointed. Thanks and stay safe everyone.

Just asking this question again, anybody used this remap service on their Skoda and what review can you give me please.

I am looking at getting my Octavia stage one mapped and have heard of a company called Performance Torque based in Wolverhampton. Has anyone had their car mapped there and what experience have you had with your car afterwards? I am after more power of course, but want that power put down in a smooth linear way.

On one of my previous topics a member asked whether my car has a GPF. That got me thinking, as a GPF can affect my intention to get a stage one remap. From a sticker in the engine bay on the left side engine mount, it states a built date of March 2018 and it was registered end of July. So do any well informed members know the answer to this question, or do I need to look underneath the car to find out? All details on my vehicle are as seen below.