Great service at Alive. Car went on the rolling road and pushed out 252bhp (2012 SDV6) initially, but felt very flat in comparison to the X5 I also own.

After the remap it went came out at just shy of 304bhp, but the driving difference is insane. I'm getting another 6mpg out of it and it feels like a different vehicle. Picks up straight away with minimal delay.

Very happy and kudos to Alive.

252bhp as standard, very close to the original 255bhp quoted from the factory

I'm looking forward to having my first 3.0 in for a remap

Had mine done at Alive end of last year, Gary talked me through the full process, very impressed with the work and like you say, it transforms the drive of the car.

+1 for the Alive map, had mine on for well over a year and goes like of a shovel  2003 BMW M5 - 5 Litres of V8 Optimax Slurping Goodness in Carbon Black

2013 SDV6 HSE Black Edition- Orkney Grey with Ebony & Ivory. LR Facelift RAI, Genuine G4 Expedition Rack, 4x Warn SBD-160 Spotlights, Warn 9.5XPS Winch, Mantec Underbody Protection and Sump Guard, Full Easy Lift Suspension Module, LR Light Guards, Light Force HTX230 Hybrid spotlights, 18” Compomotive PD1881 on 265/65/18 BF Goodrich KO2, ARB fridge, TuffTrek awning 😎

What does it cost?

About 425 for the remap and another 50 for the rolling road.

Any downside?
Insurance (is it classes as a mod)
Servicing (any issues with standard servicing after re-map)
Servicing (any additional things wearing to keep an eye on) -----------------------------------------------
RRS SDV6 HSE MY2012 Orkney grey, Oxford leather Ivory seats Ebony carpet, Anigre wood trim, enhanced design pack.

Insurance... depends whether you want to tell them or not I suppose. Mine.is already down as an Overfinch with all the mods... made zero difference to Premium through Admiral.

With regards the others, I was reassured by Alive that there wouldn't be any issues and its a perfectly safe remap.

sean2204 wrote:

With regards the others, I was reassured by Alive that there wouldn't be any issues and its a perfectly safe remap.

Another benefit of going for a company that specialises in tuning a specific brand, as Alive does

My first map was not a good one, and caused me no end of (expensive) issues

Seen lots of good things about these maps now. Shame I'm miles away anyone used their mobile service?

Apart from Angel tuning in Banbury the only other option for a map with dyno seems to be AMD (used before on other car very good map). Are they considered a safe bet with RRS?

I remember getting my old cupra r mapped, 225 up to 265 and it was such an awesome feeling. Bet you're loving it

I too would be interested in any views of the mobile mapping offered by alive as have one not too far from me. Currently MY16 Disco 4

Ex RRS MY13
Ex Discovery 3 MY08

sean2204 wrote:

Insurance... depends whether you want to tell them or not I suppose. Mine.is already down as an Overfinch with all the mods... made zero difference to Premium through Admiral.

With regards the others, I was reassured by Alive that there wouldn't be any issues and its a perfectly safe remap.

Down&Dirty wrote:

I too would be interested in any views of the mobile mapping offered by alive as have one not too far from me.

All remaps done by Alive agents, whether mobile or fixed location, are all tuned by Alive HQ

The file is read from the car, emailed to Alive to be tuned, and emailed back, then uploaded to the car

Mikey
Thanks you answered what I wanted to know
Will be on to my local guy in the morning. Currently MY16 Disco 4

Ex RRS MY13
Ex Discovery 3 MY08

tom0311 wrote:

Seen lots of good things about these maps now. Shame I'm miles away anyone used their mobile service?

Apart from Angel tuning in Banbury the only other option for a map with dyno seems to be AMD (used before on other car very good map). Are they considered a safe bet with RRS?

I remember getting my old cupra r mapped, 225 up to 265 and it was such an awesome feeling. Bet you're loving it