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      11-16-2015, 10:05 AM   #67
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MHD cannot flash a map to the car in under a minute, which is pretty important to me when I drive across Texas and need to switch fuel maps at a gas station in the middle of the night. I can display all of the parameters I'm interested in monitoring, perform easy high speed datalogging, and I can simply work with an E-tuner for a protune. I have no regrets in purchasing the Cobb over the MHD.
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      11-16-2015, 11:07 AM   #68
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MHD cannot flash a map to the car in under a minute, which is pretty important to me when I drive across Texas and need to switch fuel maps at a gas station in the middle of the night. I can display all of the parameters I'm interested in monitoring, perform easy high speed datalogging, and I can simply work with an E-tuner for a protune. I have no regrets in purchasing the Cobb over the MHD.
Mhd does all of that, except that switching maps takes 3 minutes. I'll gladly wait an extra 2 minutes to save a couple hundred dollars, do everything the Cobb does, and upload logs from anywhere.
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      11-16-2015, 02:36 PM   #69
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MHD cannot flash a map to the car in under a minute, which is pretty important to me when I drive across Texas and need to switch fuel maps at a gas station in the middle of the night. I can display all of the parameters I'm interested in monitoring, perform easy high speed datalogging, and I can simply work with an E-tuner for a protune. I have no regrets in purchasing the Cobb over the MHD.
my map switching time with MHD is 1:13 according to my map switch yesterday. Plenty of time to run into the gas station and grab a drink/snack or wash the windows.

MHD does all the logging and real time monitoring COBB does.

Plenty of guys are doing custom tunes over the internet.

Maybe you dont understand what MHD is?
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my map switching time with MHD is 1:13 according to my map switch yesterday. Plenty of time to run into the gas station and grab a drink/snack or wash the windows.

MHD does all the logging and real time monitoring COBB does.

Plenty of guys are doing custom tunes over the internet.

Maybe you dont understand what MHD is?
I think either he doesn't know what he's talking about in regards to MHD, or he is trying to make himself feel better over the crazy Cobb price tag.
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I think either he doesn't know what he's talking about in regards to MHD, or he is trying to make himself feel better over the crazy Cobb price tag.
My bad, I was thinking the MHD was more like OFT flashing. I was mistaken. Still, I do not regret purchasing Cobb. I'm familiar with the platform so I trust its capabilities. Lots of monitors that I can actively and accurately follow, which is pretty important to me. Not a fan of gauge hijacking. Maybe in the future I will try the MHD, but for now I'm pretty content with Cobb.
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My bad, I was thinking the MHD was more like OFT flashing. I was mistaken. Still, I do not regret purchasing Cobb. I'm familiar with the platform so I trust its capabilities. Lots of monitors that I can actively and accurately follow, which is pretty important to me. Not a fan of gauge hijacking. Maybe in the future I will try the MHD, but for now I'm pretty content with Cobb.
Though the more I read about MHD... the more I am tempted to try it out right now.
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      12-03-2015, 12:08 PM   #73
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Though the more I read about MHD... the more I am tempted to try it out right now.
It logs and displays gauges for just about every parameter you could need.
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If you already have a decent DCAN cable and a android OTG capable device it's a no brainer. You'll take a hit on your Cobb if you sell it but it still has some value, get it while you can. I had a Procede on a previous car which turned into a $700 paper weight.
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If you already have a decent DCAN cable and a android OTG capable device it's a no brainer. You'll take a hit on your Cobb if you sell it but it still has some value, get it while you can. I had a Procede on a previous car which turned into a $700 paper weight.
I bought the Cobb used so it shouldn't be too much of a hit. And I can be patient with the sale since I can really start the MHD at any time. I've got an LG G4 so I would imagine it shouldn't have any trouble with OTG capabilities. May order the cables tonight.
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The OpenFlash Tablet I was scared was going to leave me stranded with a paper weight.. but luckily you can sell those across platforms so I found a BRZ guy that wanted it pretty quickly.
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I bought the Cobb used so it shouldn't be too much of a hit. And I can be patient with the sale since I can really start the MHD at any time. I've got an LG G4 so I would imagine it shouldn't have any trouble with OTG capabilities. May order the cables tonight.
Smart man buying it used. I have a LG G4 as well and it works great.
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Cobb is basically a dead and dated platform at this point on the N54 which is why it lost most of its resale value.
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I bought the Cobb used so it shouldn't be too much of a hit. And I can be patient with the sale since I can really start the MHD at any time. I've got an LG G4 so I would imagine it shouldn't have any trouble with OTG capabilities. May order the cables tonight.
My best advice is to buy proven cables. The otg isn't critical but save yourself trouble and buy the actual cable from Bimmer software or similar. Amazon and eBay are hit and miss.
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Cobb is basically a dead and dated platform at this point on the N54 which is why it lost most of its resale value.
Right, Cobb is done developing ots maps for this platform but you can still get a custom tune from plenty of tuners out there and will yield the same power if it was tuned using MHD.

For me, I bought Cobb like 3 years ago and I'm too lazy to switch. My car has been pulling like a champ safely with no issues why switch
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Right, Cobb is done developing ots maps for this platform but you can still get a custom tune from plenty of tuners out there and will yield the same power if it was tuned using MHD.

For me, I bought Cobb like 3 years ago and I'm too lazy to switch. My car has been pulling like a champ safely with no issues why switch
It's certainly not the end of the world but you do miss out on all the new development as more and more tables are added to the XDF
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