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my parents will officially not buy me a chip for x-mas cause i couldnt think of enuf things to make it seem worth $500 without telling them it adds 50hp and 70.b/ft, so i had to come up with another idea. i have almost no tools at my house so i think thats what im gunna go for so what are some good tools that you guys have been using the most when wrenching on ur cars? i literally have about 20 tools and they all suck so i need it all. and one stupid question is should i get a metric or english ratchet set?

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get a job, buy it youre self

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I'm with stupid.j/k:D
I turned 21 a week ago,paid for my car,insurance,gas,have 3 bikes, and all other crap i need myself including flying,while goin 2 school. You want something bad enough you work for it. Learn a skilled trade or become a good buissnessman.

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remember get all your metric stuff, because nothing in SAE on our audis,

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Impress them with your math skills.

Chip = $500
Increases your mpg by 4 mpg (maybe a little generous and innaccurate depending on the driver, but this is for convincing purposes)
Gas= $3.30 per gallon
Tank of gas = 14ish gallons
4mpg X 14 gallons = 56 extra mpg per tank of gas
56 X $3.30 = $185
$500(cost of chip) / $185(money saved)= 2.7

So after about 3 tanks of gas the chip has paid for itself.

If that still doesnt work, you can always find a used chipped ecu in the classifieds for $300-$400.

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Wrong math,
+4mpg = 56mpg/tank
say 25 mpg (original) vs 29 mpg (chipped) - doesn't matter the numbers, only that they are 4mpg different.
$3.30/gal/ 25 mile/gal= $0.132/mile
$3.30/gal / 29 mile/gal = $0.114/mile
0.132-0.114 = 0.018 = $0.02/mile saved with the chip
$500 /$0.02/mile = 25,000 miles. The chip pays for itself after 25,000 miles, not 3 tanks.




A Math Riddle:

Three people go into share a hotel room. the room costs $30, so they each pay $10.
the manager thinks he should give them a better deal, so tells the bus-boy to go give $5 back to them.
the bus boy can't split the $5 evenly three ways, so he gives each of the people $1 back and keeps $2 for himself.
so the people paid $9 each, and the bus boy keeps $2.
$9 x 3 = $27 + $2= $29.There was $30.Where did the other dollar go?

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make sure your parents get you impact graded ones. and onepoint8tees calculations are basically on the spot. and getting a job at like autozone or something will help haha.

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Seems right to me.... But, if not, I guess I shouldnt have skipped math class to go get high all those times in high school..........

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My math, $0.25 for a diode, $40-100 for a mbc, $40-80 for a boost gauge. Those look more appealing to me. :)

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u skipped math i skipped english and look at the grammer in my posts