At the risk of being stoned to death have you considered one of these?

http://www.diesel-performance.co.uk/systems_available.php?id=2203

The Pedal Box is quite a neat idea!

Had a play with the DTUK box and it did raise a smile or two

This is exactly what I'm looking for!

Not the pedal box.

The DTUK box looks just the job.

What's the catch?

From what Ive been given to understand they are More of a compromise than a dedicated remap although you do have 28 maps to choose from .

You have to experiment a little , which is more of a case of changing 'jumpers' on the box to get the desired effect.

Maybe ones driving style becomes more aggresive which has an obvious effect on consumption.

You notice the engine fan comes on at a greater frequency than before?(even on a short unhurried journey) Dont know if the same can be said for a remap?

Conversely you can set it for frugal mode which deffinitley improved overall miles to the gallon.

You can take it off before servicing.

Unlike other plug in boxes this one interfaces with both the Common rail and Turbo pressure sensor.

You hear horror stories about DPF etc etc (think if you do motorway miles it reduces chance of dpf failure)

That's about it!

Cheers, I'll have a look a that.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/201680-ecu-out-remap-cr170-skodas-take-on-it/

That just says his ECU will still be covered, nothing else

I have said it before i will say it again!!! if your ECU has been mapped then dealers can't tell/have no way of proving... tech1e is evidence to that as he said they are looking into plans to show up ecu remaps.....

An Alfa dealership near me stated they only know if a car has been remapped if the owner is stupid enough to tell them, and my uncle who is the head of the workshop at a vauxhall/toyota dealership also said they had no way of proving that a car had been mapped.

Map ur car under warranty, if anything goes wrong take it to be fixed under warranty and do not tell them its mapped, simple

Personally I can't see why skoda would go to the trouble of encrypting the ecu, somebody will break the encryption and start chipping them eventually, it just makes it harder!! If skoda think it can't be done then frankly they are naive

And to the op, why don't you just go and buy a faster car to start with?

It's all down to cash Teflon, same as all of everyone else!

If I could afford an RS6 I'd buy one, but I can't so Ive gone for the fastest, most comfortable, and suitable for my needs within funds available.

Ive gone for the fastest, most comfortable, and suitable for my needs within funds available.

Yes i understand that but that's where the paradox starts though surely? Basically you already said it's not fast enough for you because you need it to be faster :wonder:

Any who, it won't be long before somebody has figured out how to chip them, it might even go back to the old school days of actually lifting the bonnet and turning spanners to make it quicker

I have said it before i will say it again!!! if your ECU has been mapped then dealers can't tell/have no way of proving... tech1e is evidence to that as he said they are looking into plans to show up ecu remaps.....

An Alfa dealership near me stated they only know if a car has been remapped if the owner is stupid enough to tell them, and my uncle who is the head of the workshop at a vauxhall/toyota dealership also said they had no way of proving that a car had been mapped.

Map ur car under warranty, if anything goes wrong take it to be fixed under warranty and do not tell them its mapped, simple

All of that is frankly irrelevant, as we're talking about protection on an encrypted ECU. So a switchable map isn't an option currently.

Whether they can 'tell' via ECU interrogation or not; if there's a fixed remap on there all the dealership need to do is get a technician to road test it!

Personally I wouldn't mod under warranty period unless you can afford to fix anything goes wrong, likewise after the warranty runs out. For peace of mind I'll be running standard for 3 years then after I stick the first MOT on it I'll take a spin up to Shark to see what they've got. I'm guessing after 3 years there will be plenty of mods for a Mk2 Fabia vRS and people have does loads already. It will be like having a new car all over again.

One for sale on here.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/211598-cr-tuning-box-for-sale/page__view__findpost__p__2497214

Good price too!

I have said it before i will say it again!!! if your ECU has been mapped then dealers can't tell/have no way of proving... tech1e is evidence to that as he said they are looking into plans to show up ecu remaps.....

An Alfa dealership near me stated they only know if a car has been remapped if the owner is stupid enough to tell them, and my uncle who is the head of the workshop at a vauxhall/toyota dealership also said they had no way of proving that a car had been mapped.

Map ur car under warranty, if anything goes wrong take it to be fixed under warranty and do not tell them its mapped, simple

This is a quote from the Shark Performance website FAQ's

Can it be detected?

Remapping does not involve a physical re-chip as with older vehicles and it will not be apparent on first-glance that your car is remapped. Infact, unless there appears to be a problem when a diagnostic scan is run, or on the first test drive, we don't even need to open the bonnet. However, there are many tuning companies online who state that their remaps are "undetectable" and this simply isn't true. While it may not be physically apparent it is relatively easy to find out by comparing the contents of the ECU with a standard one, by verifying the checksum (a value calculated against the contents of the ECU), and by taking the vehicle for a test drive and taking some logs of the data provided by the ECU. Remapping is NOT undetectable, and don't let anyone tell you different.

Personally I would listen to Ben on this subject. But as Steve has already said, it's a mute point in relation to the CR170 at the moment.