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All the features of the ecutek look appealing to me, but ultimately it's too cost prohibitive and restrictive for me. For the slight extras it has, it's not worth the much greater cost, nor losing the ability to tune the wherever, whenever I wish.

It's just like the old FCON situation with the 350z. Only special hks "pro dealers" could tune it, I was one of them, and the first to use it in the Z. For a brief moment it was the only good option for tuning high power to be reliable in the Z. People resisted it greatly and the moment there was another option, the FCON was immediately forgotten regardless of being a very powerful system even by today's standards. It inevitably becomes a nightmare for the customer. Leaving behind my pro dealership years ago, I still have old customers contacting me asking hopeless questions about how and where to get their car tuned... With no more pro dealers around, FCON users are left with no choice but to purchase a new standalone.

At this point, I am more likely to just pick up a used haltech for under a grand and get more features and be able to tune it myself without investing into being some authorized tuner, or having to get married to one of their dealers so i can tune my car and keep it tuned.

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