ive used the mercedes me app to track my car for valet and even myself. The app has always been accurate. if they can edit ecus I am sure they can edit a video.
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Looking at the addresses you posted, all but one are in an exactly straight line that originates from the Eurocharged shop. The South Erie address doesn't line up, but it was also later that the other addresses.
I'm willing to bet that the car lost GPS signal, sensed no changes in direction, and the Mercedes ME app assumed you just drove in a straight line from the Eurocharged shop while the car was running on the dyno. Pretty simple explanation. |
Originally Posted by raudiace4
(Post 7760627)
Unrelated but bruh how did you have a 2008 996 when Porsche stopped making them in 2004?
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Originally Posted by taeko63ess
(Post 7760943)
Update: Eurocharged called me with proof on camera that the car never left the shop. Lesson learned, never trust Mercedes me app. My apologies to Eurocharged if I made you guys look bad
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So when you have a problem fixed on your car or have the car tuned, you do not trust the shop to drive your car to make sure it was repaired correctly or to make sure the tune file is right on the street?
I understand people do not want strangers going out and doing 100+ mph pulls or smokey burnouts in their car, but some of this stuff is ridiculous. That app is absolute garbage by the way. I worked at the dealer for years and it was nothing but problems. I know they are a big company, but it would be nice if you tried to make it up to them with a positive review or something. There is nothing more frustrating for a business owner to be bashed over something that never happened. |
Originally Posted by layzie12g
(Post 7762004)
So when you have a problem fixed on your car or have the car tuned, you do not trust the shop to drive your car to make sure it was repaired correctly or to make sure the tune file is right on the street?
I understand people do not want strangers going out and doing 100+ mph pulls or smokey burnouts in their car, but some of this stuff is ridiculous. |
Originally Posted by NYCSoiL
(Post 7761482)
Never had an issue with GPS and Mercedes ME app, it was always super accurate for me. Someone is lying here
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Originally Posted by theclutch
(Post 7763041)
I smell "payoff" or "settlement". No way in hell the Mercedes ME app would have a "phantom" trip...
Look at the addresses listed earlier. Plot them out on a map. They are in a straight line leading from the Eurocharged shop. And the line is perpendicular to the direction that I'm assuming the dyno is set up (pulling straight into the garage doors). |
Originally Posted by layzie12g
(Post 7762004)
So when you have a problem fixed on your car or have the car tuned, you do not trust the shop to drive your car to make sure it was repaired correctly or to make sure the tune file is right on the street?
I understand people do not want strangers going out and doing 100+ mph pulls or smokey burnouts in their car, but some of this stuff is ridiculous. That app is absolute garbage by the way. I worked at the dealer for years and it was nothing but problems. I know they are a big company, but it would be nice if you tried to make it up to them with a positive review or something. There is nothing more frustrating for a business owner to be bashed over something that never happened. |
Originally Posted by msd3075
(Post 7763311)
If it lost GPS signal while inside a metal building and then used the speed/telemetry data from the car during a dyno run, then yes, it very easily could be confused into a "phantom trip".
Look at the addresses listed earlier. Plot them out on a map. They are in a straight line leading from the Eurocharged shop. And the line is perpendicular to the direction that I'm assuming the dyno is set up (pulling straight into the garage doors). |
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Originally Posted by taeko63ess
(Post 7760496)
Hey everyone, i''ve never tune any of my car before so if this is a stupid question, please excuse it. I dropped my car off at Eurocharged to have them do the downpipes and ecu. This morning I check the mercedes me app driving journal and it show me the car have been driven for almost an hour. I look up the address of the place that he was driving to and one of them was a dentistry place and a house in some neighborhood. The car is still at a house in a neighborhood and not at Eurocharged. Does this look like he took it out for a joyride? He also exceeded 55mph speed limit that I set and the roads he was driving on is only 40-45 mph limit.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...5bd30ad2e7.png Notify police and file report |
It's absolutely crazy how trigger-happy so many of you are simply because an app told you something. Please see the attached pics, and then try to tell me this isn't a "phantom trip" as someone else coined it earlier.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...6e0a510f0d.png https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...fb5caa0976.png |
^^^ Yup! Unless the car is that fast now that it flew!
Eurocharged is legit, they have their own beasts to joyride lol. We work with them here and there, good people. |
Originally Posted by msd3075
(Post 7763616)
It's absolutely crazy how trigger-happy so many of you are simply because an app told you something. Please see the attached pics, and then try to tell me this isn't a "phantom trip" as someone else coined it earlier.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...6e0a510f0d.png https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...fb5caa0976.png WOW!!! This isn't right.... They took your car on a helicopter ride and didn't tell you about it!!! Dumbass app.... |
Originally Posted by theclutch
(Post 7763669)
WOW!!! This isn't right.... They took your car on a helicopter ride and didn't tell you about it!!! Dumbass app....
its funny how how so many people are ready to get the pitchforks out... :smash: |
Originally Posted by msd3075
(Post 7763616)
It's absolutely crazy how trigger-happy so many of you are simply because an app told you something. Please see the attached pics, and then try to tell me this isn't a "phantom trip" as someone else coined it earlier.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...6e0a510f0d.png https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...fb5caa0976.png Now, now...don't let Occam's Razor get in the way of some good conjecture, mudslinging, and righteous indignation :rolleyes: |
Originally Posted by msd3075
(Post 7763616)
It's absolutely crazy how trigger-happy so many of you are simply because an app told you something. Please see the attached pics, and then try to tell me this isn't a "phantom trip" as someone else coined it earlier.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...6e0a510f0d.png https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...fb5caa0976.png I think a few members of the Iphone generation don't understand how old school vehicle GPS systems work. If the vehicle GPS loses signal it uses compass and vehicle speed to plot the coordinates via dead reckoning. The app interfaces with the onboard GPS and reports what Command is telling it. This is the exact reason I can drive downtown amongst the skyscrapers and Google maps will completely lose my coordinates while my vehicle GPS will just become less accurate. If the dyno location interfered with GPS signal this is exactly the result you should have expected from the vehicle GPS. There is nothing wrong with the tuner's integrity nor is there anything wrong with the app. Fv<king user error to the nth degree here. Explanation of dead reckoning for kiddies who don't know what a non-virtual map and compass are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_reckoning Moral of the story, TECHNOLOGY IS NOT MAKING US SMARTER!!! |
Originally Posted by jj18
(Post 7763543)
Notify police and file report The police are busy. maybe work on reading comprehension and critical thinking skills instead. |
Glad it worked out. I just purchased a Texas EuroCharged Tune and it should arrive next week. They are waiting for their MyGenius order to arrive. I’ll be loading tune myself. Funny, I just called over the weekend and registered for Mercedes Me and it looked cool since it's FREE.
Eurocharged has a great long term reputation and lots of experience on these cars which is why I chose them. Every company will have a few bad reviews and customers that experience issues. As long as once there is an issue, they address and correct it. |
Weistec took my car for a few days. They did some hard running dragy runs to confirm some real time data. No problem with it. Test away!
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Originally Posted by taeko63ess
(Post 7760496)
Hey everyone, i''ve never tune any of my car before so if this is a stupid question, please excuse it. I dropped my car off at Eurocharged to have them do the downpipes and ecu. This morning I check the mercedes me app driving journal and it show me the car have been driven for almost an hour. I look up the address of the place that he was driving to and one of them was a dentistry place and a house in some neighborhood. The car is still at a house in a neighborhood and not at Eurocharged. Does this look like he took it out for a joyride? He also exceeded 55mph speed limit that I set and the roads he was driving on is only 40-45 mph limit.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...5bd30ad2e7.png |
this is the first i've heard of this app, which years does this apply to and how do i use it?
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Originally Posted by taeko63ess
(Post 7760943)
Update: Eurocharged called me with proof on camera that the car never left the shop. Lesson learned, never trust Mercedes me app. My apologies to Eurocharged if I made you guys look bad
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Originally Posted by skim7x
(Post 7760603)
Meh, I personally don't care about those things... I'd rather the shop drive it for a while so that any problems that arise will happen with them and they can fix it rather than it happening on my drive. As long as it's not like, >50 miles I don't really care... even 50 miles is whatever. And as long as there is no damage to the car, I wouldn't make a big deal out of it, personally.
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Originally Posted by mrguitar
(Post 7835284)
can someone tell me how to see this type of trip detail? i'm not sure if it's a different app than mercedes me connect, but i can't find anything other than overall trip summaries...
Also the valet protect that alerts you each time the ignition is started or stopped gets turned off after once instance. So when my car is at the dealer and they are crapping around with it for a week for some mundane task that should take 3 hours, I have to reset the thing a million times for Valet and Trip Diary. |
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