Background of various tuners in bay area
09-01-2005, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by MARKSTI
What ever happened to ED..??
It seems like he hasn't been around much.....
It seems like he hasn't been around much.....
I'm still here
I've been very busy lately with work, finding a new car, moving into a house, etc, so I've been spending less time on the forums. I still lurk once in a while and try to answere any technical questions I can.
To address the original question in this thread, I've had 8 years of experience as a software engineer and am currently finishing up a bachelors in computer science. EFI research and tuning has been a hobby of mine for the past 4 years and is now slowly becoming a career.
While I agree that a techincal background may give a bit of an advantage to a brand new tuner, I also believe that such an advantage can be made up with experience, talent, and will. A techincal mindset (weather from background, recent experience, or pure talent), however, is a very important quality in any tuner.
As far as the secondary (maybe primary now?) discussion about the validity of this thread, its my opinion that while a tuner's background may be be irrelevant to their current tuning skill and product, the information may be interesting for atleast some people, so why not provide it? I personally have nothing to hide and don't think that a non-techincal background is something to be ashamed of, especially if the current product is good. That's just my opinion, however, and I certainly see how such a discussion COULD turn sour, especially with a croud that likes drama
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09-01-2005, 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by verc
What kind of background do various tuners have?
One criticism the Japanese seem to have of US tuners is that they are mechanics who lack real understanding and learn tuning based on experience. It would seem though that some tuners do have technical backgrounds. I was curious (if anyone knows) as to what the backgrounds are?
One criticism the Japanese seem to have of US tuners is that they are mechanics who lack real understanding and learn tuning based on experience. It would seem though that some tuners do have technical backgrounds. I was curious (if anyone knows) as to what the backgrounds are?
09-02-2005, 10:36 AM
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you go to a tuner because of his past experience tuning cars..
not his prior careers...
and who the **** gives a **** what the **** think.. i would rather have a mechanic with 4 years of tuning tune my **** then some former softeware puke who was a cobol god..
this is a pretty dumb thread IMO
not his prior careers...
and who the **** gives a **** what the **** think.. i would rather have a mechanic with 4 years of tuning tune my **** then some former softeware puke who was a cobol god..
this is a pretty dumb thread IMO
09-02-2005, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by dr3d1zzl3
you go to a tuner because of his past experience tuning cars..
not his prior careers...
and who the **** gives a **** what the **** think.. i would rather have a mechanic with 4 years of tuning tune my **** then some former softeware puke who was a cobol god..
this is a pretty dumb thread IMO
not his prior careers...
and who the **** gives a **** what the **** think.. i would rather have a mechanic with 4 years of tuning tune my **** then some former softeware puke who was a cobol god..
this is a pretty dumb thread IMO
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09-03-2005, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by EQ Tuning
As far as the secondary (maybe primary now?) discussion about the validity of this thread, its my opinion that while a tuner's background may be be irrelevant to their current tuning skill and product, the information may be interesting for atleast some people, so why not provide it? I personally have nothing to hide and don't think that a non-techincal background is something to be ashamed of, especially if the current product is good. That's just my opinion, however, and I certainly see how such a discussion COULD turn sour, especially with a croud that likes drama
Thanks
Thanks
09-04-2005, 02:15 PM
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How about something civilized like starting a poll thread to see if we'd like Imprezer to ask each tuner who advertises here to provide thier backround in the vendor forum for thier bennefit. Then we'd be accurate and informed. Not that it matters nearly as much as the reputation they earn with local customers.
Just a thought,
Ash
Just a thought,
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09-04-2005, 02:58 PM
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Origami posted by Ash
How about something civilized like starting a poll thread to see if we'd like Imprezer to ask each tuner who advertises here to provide thier backround in the vendor forum for thier bennefit.
How about something civilized like starting a poll thread to see if we'd like Imprezer to ask each tuner who advertises here to provide thier backround in the vendor forum for thier bennefit.
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