Need to rant about Bama Tuning
03-07-2012, 06:12 AM
#11
6th Gear Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 6,028
Repzard the following is advice -
Call American Muscle, demand to speak with Chris Rose, tell him the situation and let him know how you are a loyal customer, someone that is big into the forums and feel that what you have been told is utter horseshlt.
Image is everything. Especially in this godforesaken awfully expensive lifestyle that we all live (gearheads).
Chris will make it work. I have full confidence that he will make it right.
Now if he doesn't, well then thats a different story.
Call American Muscle, demand to speak with Chris Rose, tell him the situation and let him know how you are a loyal customer, someone that is big into the forums and feel that what you have been told is utter horseshlt.
Image is everything. Especially in this godforesaken awfully expensive lifestyle that we all live (gearheads).
Chris will make it work. I have full confidence that he will make it right.
Now if he doesn't, well then thats a different story.
03-07-2012, 06:41 AM
#13
5th Gear Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 3,114
I always thought you could get free tunes based on the SCT serial number which you purchased through AM, not based on your vehicle. They also provided some custom tunes for free when I was experimenting with a ported TB.
03-07-2012, 06:56 AM
#14
TECH SAVANT
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Saint Augustine, FL
Posts: 10,938
BAMA makes it clear (and has made it clear for some time) on their Free Tunes for Life policy page that "...the original car tuned for device is eligible for the Free Tunes for Life program."
That the OP did not read and understand that is not BAMA's problem...
That the OP did not read and understand that is not BAMA's problem...
03-07-2012, 07:36 AM
#16
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Saint Augustine, FL
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That has been their policy for since the Free Tunes for Life (FTFL) offer was introduced, and is one I that I can understand as like any business their bottom line goal is to make enough money to make it worth staying in business--if they can't do that then FTFL wouldn't be worth a crap even for one car.
I'd bet it's mentioned in the documentation shipped with the tuner too.
Calling the program Free Tunes for Life is misleading. It should be called Free Tunes for as Long as You Own the Same Car (FTFALAYOTSC).
One other lesser know fact about SCT and other handhelds (Predator and ), they will only let you change vehicles five times and then turn into a brick until you pay to have it reset. This is important to know if buying a used handheld, it could be unmarried but could also be useless...
I'd bet it's mentioned in the documentation shipped with the tuner too.
Calling the program Free Tunes for Life is misleading. It should be called Free Tunes for as Long as You Own the Same Car (FTFALAYOTSC).
One other lesser know fact about SCT and other handhelds (Predator and ), they will only let you change vehicles five times and then turn into a brick until you pay to have it reset. This is important to know if buying a used handheld, it could be unmarried but could also be useless...
03-07-2012, 09:05 AM
#17
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: KS
Posts: 555
When I first got the "tunes for life" from them I was excited, but after a short time you figure out they are just the same canned tunes anybody offers. Then when you call them to give feedback on the tune and request a change they tell you "your wideband is incorrect these are dyno proven tunes". What a ripoff, as somebody said pony up the money for a real dyno tune and custom support if your car has enough mods worthy of needing an in depth tune, or tune yourself with DeltaForce$$$
03-07-2012, 09:57 AM
#18
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: canada
Posts: 408
When I first got the "tunes for life" from them I was excited, but after a short time you figure out they are just the same canned tunes anybody offers. Then when you call them to give feedback on the tune and request a change they tell you "your wideband is incorrect these are dyno proven tunes". What a ripoff, as somebody said pony up the money for a real dyno tune and custom support if your car has enough mods worthy of needing an in depth tune, or tune yourself with DeltaForce$$$
DeltaForce is $1800 FREAKING BUCKS!!! GET OUTTA HERE!!!!!
03-07-2012, 10:17 AM
#20
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Location: sttesuhcaxaT (The State you love to hate)
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Well fellows ,Thanks for all the info.
I made a desision just to sell the SCT tuner and not deal with Bama at all.
Like some stated I will just get the Cobra dyno tuned at a shop with some of the money I get back from SCT.
Its pretty sad that Bama is so miss leading with their TFL program.
As some stated its should be related to the S/N on tuner not the car (some have more than 1 Mustang in their time).
Thanks cliffy K for posting their policy ,but its still very misleading.
Thanks Purp for the recommendation to Chris I have seen him floating around forum.
But at this point AM and Bama lost a customer,guess I will start dealing with Mustangs Unlimited right in CT.
Time to sell a tuner
Thanks MFers for the cheer up
glad to see some agree.
I made a desision just to sell the SCT tuner and not deal with Bama at all.
Like some stated I will just get the Cobra dyno tuned at a shop with some of the money I get back from SCT.
Its pretty sad that Bama is so miss leading with their TFL program.
As some stated its should be related to the S/N on tuner not the car (some have more than 1 Mustang in their time).
Thanks cliffy K for posting their policy ,but its still very misleading.
Thanks Purp for the recommendation to Chris I have seen him floating around forum.
But at this point AM and Bama lost a customer,guess I will start dealing with Mustangs Unlimited right in CT.
Time to sell a tuner
Thanks MFers for the cheer up
glad to see some agree.