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Performance Engine Software - BMW E9x M3 - 2007-2013

Performance Engine Software - BMW E9x M3 - 2007-2013

Product Review (submitted on October 20, 2014):
Whats up all. I want to say what a pleasure it's been to work with Mike Benvo and his team at BPM Sport. From the beginning when I'd ask him ridiculous questions about my car's startup to the just a few hours ago while he stayed on the phone via Bluetooth while I opened the car up to WOT, it was a fantastic process. Everything was on time and he and his staff were always accessible (I'm embarrased to say when I was installing the Navigation update, I didn't know we had an extra USB port in the glove box, and his staff sent me a photo of an M3 glovebox to point it out!)
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I just had all of this done about 3 hours ago but here are my first thoughts...I'm going to preface this by saying that even though I love cars, I'm not very technically oriented (excuse the layman's descriptions)
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1) Stage 1 Tune/DCT: Painless; I have an apple laptop so had to install the virtual PC softare to get the process started. It's a little more involved than PC; actually, Mike waited on my phone while i used the pollo tropical wifi signal to download. I felt obligated to get some chicken since I used their Wifi
-I noticed immediately on startup that the engine sounded a little meaner (I left cold start on), but the idle did not surge up as high as it typically did. It reached a steady level quicker than before. The car also took off a lot smoother without that lurchy feeling that I used to get while the car needed to warm up. (I'll have to test this out in the AM when its been sitting cold for several hours)
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I personally like how the car starts in D mode and I can manually switch to S.
2) Servotronic: I LOVE the way the steering handles now. I'm a huge fan of a heavy steering and I never kept the steering on comfort (always sport), but sport feels so much tighter and more focused. This is a godsend.
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Overall, very happy and look forward to spending more time with the car when I get off this night shift.
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Thanks Mike