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Absolutely. Your complaint is quite common, we have spent hundreds of hours fine tuning the shifts to meet the needs of most people right off the bat. The AutoCal allows us to further tune to the specific vehicle.

 

 

Stop waiting and order! :)

 

 

Ryan

You guys suck.

 

Just placed my order

 

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AutoCal shipped today.

 

Do I need a windows pc to get the AutoCal going? Or is preprogrammed with a tune? I have a Macbook so I might need need to get Bootcamp going.

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I wosh Blackbear had a contact method other than email......that's slot of money to have to correspond via email.....sent one weeks ago with no response.

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I agree great tune results but unfortunately the Autocal doesn't come with instruction on how to load the stock tune back if you need to go in for major service and FAQ's is no substitute for a live person. Email only communication is definitely a drawback.

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I agree great tune results but unfortunately the Autocal doesn't come with instruction on how to load the stock tune back if you need to go in for major service and FAQ's is no substitute for a live person. Email only communication is definitely a drawback.

 

its also a reason why the cost is lower. if you need phone or in person support maybe you should visit a local shop.

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its also a reason why the cost is lower. if you need phone or in person support maybe you should visit a local shop.

 

Maybe you should refrain from giving me your advice when I didn't ask for it. The price isn't significantly lower to not warrant a phone. It's just a model they have adopted. There are plenty of mom and pop businesses that are brick and mortar waiting on customers everyday with a working telephone.

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I agree with the cost....it's not that much cheaper...try out www.guerragroup.com Pat did the tune on my G8 and did a great job, emails instructions and was always available when I called. I consider myself to be average with the autocal stuff but things still come up when loading the tune that make it essential in my opinion to have someone to call and ask questions. I have heard great things about blackbear not trying to bash them just making a suggestion.

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Maybe you should refrain from giving me your advice when I didn't ask for it. The price isn't significantly lower to not warrant a phone. It's just a model they have adopted. There are plenty of mom and pop businesses that are brick and mortar waiting on customers everyday with a working telephone.

Well don't be a dick about it. If you didn't want someones opinion then maybe you should of kept this to a private message. Black Bear is still a relatively small business operation and they likely do not have the man power to man a phone line. Controlling all communication through email is probably easier for the to handle. I've personally sent several pm's to Jennabear and always get a response. If you insists on having instant communication with your tuner go out and find a brick and mortar performance shop that will tune your truck for you. Just be ready to bay $200 every time you want to get strapped into the dyno to adjust your tune.

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