The Smart Car Re-map Experience

It was on a dark wet night at the Churchillian, during a Pompy (Portsmouth) club meet that the deed was done. Paul and Liam of smarts-r-us were down from Nottingham and it had been arranged that I would attend for my smart car re-map to be installed.

My Mk6 Pulse was just 4 months old and it was about to have major surgery. What was going to be done to my pride and joy ?

Well it was quite simple really. Liam pulled his bag of tricks from the boot of his smart, laptop, leads and connecter. We opened the passenger door on my smart and he bent down leads in hand. In just a few seconds the connection was made and the laptop booted and a system check ran to ensure car and laptop were communicating. [pay]

The big moment came very quickly and it was no turning back. With the button on the laptop pressed the program started to load and the dash lit-up like it was Christmas.

Dancing light from the dash I am assured was the program resetting the ECU. Well it was all over in a few minutes.

We packed up and went into the pub for a chat. What air filter ? and should I get a scoop? were the topics. Yes a K&N air filter and a scoop were next on the list.

Well the drive home from Portsmouth to Winchester was a real bum clincher. With a new top speed of 98 mph and increased torque I had to adapt quickly. The improvement was considerable and the 6^th gear had suddenly become useable at  50 mph and up hills. My face had a fixed grin for days.

With in a week the air filter was fitted and acceleration was smoother and a scoop a few days after that, provided a further smoothing of the gear change.

I have driven with the re-map at the time of writing for 2400 miles, on all types on journey including central London for the L2B. The low end torque is incredible but you can get caught out if you use full throttle in lower gears as the power delivered requires speedy gear changes. I assume that this would not be an issue on a smart with automatic transmission, which I do not have. In the mid range I find the car responsive, delivering power at low speed in 4^th to high speed in 5^th . The top end is well balanced, 60 mph in 6^th  with smooth power delivered all the way to max speed. This provides a comfortable and confident motorway experience.

Many club members are looking for a definitive which one is best re-map report. I have found numerous providers and researched what technical claims can be supported with physical data. I found nothing other than that provided below by smarts-r-us. As a result decided to have my own test done.

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