MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: Rns 510 or stage one remap ???
Post by: Fletch..gti on October 17, 2011, 04:54:18 pm
As the title says , saving birthday and Xmas money
To put towards spending £300-500 on my baby .
Can't decide which to get rns or remap.... HELP PLEASE
PS only do about 3000 a year if this helps . Spend more time
Cleaning than driving



Title: Re: Rns 510 or stage one remap ???
Post by: Eddie-NL on October 17, 2011, 04:54:56 pm
RNS510 :happy2:
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Post by: keano on October 17, 2011, 04:57:01 pm
REMAP!!!  :driver: :driver:
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Post by: skard on October 17, 2011, 04:59:23 pm
Remap!
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Post by: RENNTAG on October 17, 2011, 05:03:31 pm
remap  :driver:
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Post by: E30Dom on October 17, 2011, 05:04:00 pm
Remap...
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Post by: RS6BRIT on October 17, 2011, 05:07:20 pm
As above REMAP, we cant all be wrong now can we  :laugh:
Title: Re: Rns 510 or stage one remap ???
Post by: johnboy07 on October 17, 2011, 05:12:58 pm
REMAP Not a thing in the world i would buy for that money before. RNS is a great bit of kit but the smile factor has to be a remap :driver:
Title: Re: Rns 510 or stage one remap ???
Post by: berg on October 17, 2011, 05:25:29 pm
depends on how much you are into your tunes/bits of kit or whether you are not happy with the performance of the gti.

Be warned though - if you go for the remap you will probably then want to go to stage 2, suspension, brakes etc and your wallet is then in for a whole world of hurt  :party:
Title: Re: Rns 510 or stage one remap ???
Post by: W8 Performance on October 17, 2011, 05:38:28 pm
Remap!
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Post by: patrickcullen87 on October 17, 2011, 05:44:25 pm
a REMAP will make u smile everytime u drive the car...dont think a Rns510 can make you feel the same  :grin:
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Post by: craig_t on October 17, 2011, 06:04:16 pm
R E - M A P ! !
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Post by: vRS_Pagey on October 17, 2011, 06:09:58 pm
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Title: Re: Rns 510 or stage one remap ???
Post by: rich83 on October 17, 2011, 06:11:31 pm
Remap
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Post by: DonalM on October 17, 2011, 06:15:46 pm
Remap.

But as above its a slippy slope from there.  :signLOL:
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Post by: vwrascal on October 17, 2011, 06:17:04 pm
rns510 for me, ETTO and all that!    :innocent:
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Post by: jedi-knight83 on October 17, 2011, 06:21:04 pm
Do both.

Ring Motech for a remap which is about £250 and then get a RCD510 instead of the RNS510. Same unit apart from the satnav and tbh built in satnavs will never be as good as a tomtom unit or tomtom on your iphone.. RCD510 is about £250..

Your welcome :)
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Post by: QD MBE on October 17, 2011, 06:33:31 pm
LED RNS all day long for me.  My one and only experience of a re-map ruined the VW smooth drive-ability.  The RNS finishes off the interior brilliantly.

Version 7 mapping with speed cameras assists too!

Title: Re: Rns 510 or stage one remap ???
Post by: stealthwolf on October 17, 2011, 07:27:01 pm
I went for satnav before re-map and loved it. No fiddling around with Tomtoms, no CDs lying around etc. Loved it.
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Post by: h4rdy on October 17, 2011, 07:32:12 pm
You will have to factor in your insurance change with the Remap too so your £300-£500 may not stretch.

I would go for the RNS510 Rev C LED and save up for the Remap when your insurance is due!

Is that a little tooooooooooooooo sensible?  :innocent:
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Post by: will130787 on October 17, 2011, 07:38:55 pm
This question should not exist, remap every time for me.....











But that's me!

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Title: Re: Rns 510 or stage one remap ???
Post by: sub39h on October 17, 2011, 08:24:44 pm
i'm gonna buck the trend and say RNS-510

i got RNS-E and still haven't got a remap and i don't regret it at all.

put it this way - you can use RNS all the time. it improved EVERY drive. a remap only improves your drive when you have the chance to give it a blast, and nowadays that's quite rare. nobody cares if you get up to motorway speed 1 second faster or not.

just my £0.02  :happy2:
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Post by: baldwined30 on October 17, 2011, 08:28:16 pm
MFD2 + motec remap= £500. when you have saved a little more you can buy the rns unit.
Title: Re: Rns 510 or stage one remap ???
Post by: rich83 on October 17, 2011, 08:29:33 pm
Sub.... What happens of you know the way to your location?

A remap drastically changes your car performance, and I use the benefit of that every journey without fail. But I have the mfd2 so I do have nav, just poverty spec! :-)

Remap.....
Title: Re: Rns 510 or stage one remap ???
Post by: baldwined30 on October 17, 2011, 08:32:28 pm
Sub.... What happens of you know the way to your location?

A remap drastically changes your car performance, and I use the benefit of that every journey without fail. But I have the mfd2 so I do have nav, just poverty spec! :-)

Remap.....
I have the mfd 2 and I don't mind it! I prefer money spent on the engine, oh and the repayments hahaha
Title: Re: Rns 510 or stage one remap ???
Post by: essoman on October 17, 2011, 08:37:31 pm
Go for the remap mate.£250 will get you 240/5 bhp plus loads more torque.A before and after rolling road session and a custom map from R Tech.Top guys !
Title: Re: Rns 510 or stage one remap ???
Post by: rich83 on October 17, 2011, 08:37:42 pm
Mines paid outright but I go through petrol like a smack head goes through gear.  Worth every penny though :-)
Title: Re: Rns 510 or stage one remap ???
Post by: sub39h on October 17, 2011, 10:56:23 pm
Sub.... What happens of you know the way to your location?

A remap drastically changes your car performance, and I use the benefit of that every journey without fail. But I have the mfd2 so I do have nav, just poverty spec! :-)

Remap.....

dunno about the RNS510 but RNS-E confers other advantages such as slightly better sound quality, SD card reader (my old Symphony II meant I only had a 6 CDC and no "modern" way of playing music) and just makes my interior look better/a nicer place to be. also just because i know where i'm going doesn't mean i know where the traffic jams are. my RNS-E has driven me around a sticky situtation or two before so sometimes it's on even if i know exactly where i'm headed  :happy2:

plus you gotta factor in that i graduated from a 1.6 MPI to a 2.0T so i still feel the 95% increase in power in a car that weighs exactly the same is plenty for the minute  :signLOL:.

don't get me wrong i'd imagine a remap does make a world of difference, but in this era of traffic cameras, coppers with a bee in their bonnet, high petrol costs and the like you still can't exploit the whole 197bhp on tap so what's the point of more? tbh after having had a remap planned for ages i don't think i'll get one on this car now. a bit of weight saving, a CAI and some of those aerodynamic tweaks and i think my car will be plenty fast for me until i can afford something that was designed to be quicker from the factory floor.
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Post by: Tamiyoman on October 17, 2011, 11:52:07 pm
I think that RNS is a good option if your needing Sat Nav, otherwise i would go re-map, but bear in mind your insurance premium is likely to increase by £200 or so, you will likely need more than £300 for a re-map so that blows your budget?.
Title: Re: Rns 510 or stage one remap ???
Post by: patrickcullen87 on October 18, 2011, 06:45:48 am
Sub.... What happens of you know the way to your location?

A remap drastically changes your car performance, and I use the benefit of that every journey without fail. But I have the mfd2 so I do have nav, just poverty spec! :-)

Remap.....

dunno about the RNS510 but RNS-E confers other advantages such as slightly better sound quality, SD card reader (my old Symphony II meant I only had a 6 CDC and no "modern" way of playing music) and just makes my interior look better/a nicer place to be. also just because i know where i'm going doesn't mean i know where the traffic jams are. my RNS-E has driven me around a sticky situtation or two before so sometimes it's on even if i know exactly where i'm headed  :happy2:

plus you gotta factor in that i graduated from a 1.6 MPI to a 2.0T so i still feel the 95% increase in power in a car that weighs exactly the same is plenty for the minute  :signLOL:.

don't get me wrong i'd imagine a remap does make a world of difference, but in this era of traffic cameras, coppers with a bee in their bonnet, high petrol costs and the like you still can't exploit the whole 197bhp on tap so what's the point of more? tbh after having had a remap planned for ages i don't think i'll get one on this car now. a bit of weight saving, a CAI and some of those aerodynamic tweaks and i think my car will be plenty fast for me until i can afford something that was designed to be quicker from the factory floor.

im guessing you havent drove a gti with a remap then  :drool:
Title: Re: Rns 510 or stage one remap ???
Post by: monte on October 18, 2011, 09:30:00 am
IF....you have updated your braking system, then I would say remap :happy2:

If not.... Def RNS510  :wink: The standard brakes can't stop the standard engine. They are dangerous IMHO.

Followed by.... Brakes and then Remap.  :driver: