Car Coding Reading
Car Coding Reading
Vehicle Coding
A number of people may be familiar with vehicle coding especially those of you who may think of yourselves as petrol heads however, the vast majority of people will not know what this may involve or that even car coding as a service was even possible. It's a relatively new thing so not a common phrase yet in car parlance. However at Mobile Mechanic Reading we try to keep a breast of most car enhancement options so that we can provide car coding in Reading to our customers if required.
Most people will assume that some of the features on their car are fairly fixed based on the model they have. Whilst programmes such as 'pimp my ride' have made many people aware that a vehicle can undergo many alterations and additions lets just say most of the examples seen in such programmes are not the most subtle. Increasing tyre sizes, fitting a lighting system inside and out of the car would be classified as modifications. Vehicle coding is much more subtle than this in primarily focuses on the electronic interface of your vehicle and how it interacts with some of the existing parts or functionality of your car. Some enhancement may also require some modifications too which we'll cover in a little more detail below.
Car Coding
Car coding predominantly focuses on making alterations or adjustments to the initial factory settings of you particular car model. Alterations to the software can change how reacts and interfaces with other components or visual displays . Some of your cars initial settings may be related to local regulatory requirements but many others will be to do with the model you have. Most of you will be aware that a particular model will have a different name, letter or number to distinguish a combination of engine size and vehicle specifications. Some older examples are, L, GL, Ghia, GT others such as Audi have A4, S4, RS4, and more recently you may come across a mixture for a particular model such as the Vauxhall Crossland where there are the SE, Griffin, SRi Nav, Elite, Elite Nav, Ultimate Nav. Across these different model you would be hard pressed to spot the difference until you get inside. You will probably see that the most basic model the SE will have a number of blank buttons whereas the Ultimate Nav will have non. You will be paying for different extra features in the Ultimate Nav which are not available on the SE model.
A simple analogy for car coding is taking your SE and upgrading it to a Ultimate Nav.
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Coding Car Options
So hopefully you have a better appreciation of what vehicle coding is all about what sort of changes can you make?
Whilst you may already have some ideas base on what a friend or partners car can do and yours can't - currently but there may also be some aspects of your car which you may find slightly irritating or annoying and just wish it could be changed.
One example of changing a software setting is altering your automatic Start/Stop function. Whilst the default is to always start of as ON you can change this to always start of as OFF.
We can make changes to the defaults on your touch screen and warning alerts, so changing the sound setting for noise or duration.
You may be a little frustrated with the factory settings for your lights and wish they would not be on so often in clear daylight which will reduce their longevity and require replacing earlier (sometimes you may suspect that the manufacturer's default settings are motivated to encourage purchasing spare parts more frequently rather than safety?!).
More practical or safety enhancements could involve tweaks to the wing mirrors allowing them to fold in when the ignition is off or lowering when the car is put into revers to help with rear visibility. Adding a warning sound if you car rolls backwards is a good safety feature. Another aspect related to electronic hand brakes is to remove the auto-hold setting which many drivers struggle with.
You can set the car doors to auto lock when a certain speed is reached. Adjust the warning signals relating to seatbelts, especially if you are someone who uses your rear seats for transporting heavy items and your car constantly thinks you have a passenger in the back seat.
Allowing all your windows to close with a double or long hold of your remote key is a popular choice as is the changing the default for lights coming on when locking or unlocking the car.
If you have a digital display this also enable more changes to be made such as adjusting your speed to be the actual speed rather than the slightly inflated default. Fuel consumption settings, when gear change settings kick in in different drive modes, how incoming calls are shown and prioritised and what you see on your dashboard screen in relation to your driver screen.
Whilst not ever option is listed here, those that are may not be possible for you particular vehicle. However we can discuss these with you. Simply enter you details in our contact form including your registration number and we'll come back to you with possible options.
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