rica or bsr

[pjaystar]

im thinking to get one of the above or maybe if you got some thing different please let me know i do like the look of ipd but not sure about the shipping of parts as i want to buy a an exhaust as well i am new to volvos so can you also let me know where you get your parts from many thanks pj

[Tomcat]

You can get a Rica from HLM in Brosmgrove for £150..

[S70T5Chris]

You can get a Rica from HLM in Brosmgrove for £150..

Don't want to kick off a row. But why do you continually promote HLM's pirated software? It's no different than people offering illegal copies of Vadis.

[jt850turbo]

You can get a Rica from HLM in Brosmgrove for £150..

i had hlm sort mine out over three months ago and i have had nothing but pure driving pleasure since, i could'nt recomended hamish and the team enough.. my 280 horses bring a smile to my face on every journey.....

[T5ER]

hmmmmmmmm i see some things dont change lol, do miss the good old banter

[Chad]

Hi there,

i can supply both BSR and Genuine RICA along with support.

the bsr is a bit more 'relaxed' giving a progressive power output......

the rica gives a touch more of a punch on WOT........

BSR also do the 3" downpipe with sports cat.............

hth

chad

[cookie]

perhaps there should be a section for knock of DVD's in the for sale section. How can Chad and others sell Genuine Licensed RICA Software when Mods are promoting pirate versions of the same for 1/2 price

[S70T5Chris]

perhaps there should be a section for knock of DVD's in the for sale section. How can Chad and others sell Genuine Licensed RICA Software when Mods are promoting pirate versions of the same for 1/2 price

Absolutely, it just amazes me.

[Tomcat]

Tssk.... I have no preferences either way, however if someone is selling something cheap that (as far as I know) they are legaly allowed to do then I will mention it, in the end I'm only trying to help you lot save some money. If one of the other tuners had a cheap remap for sale I would be talking about that instead. Cookie, I don't appreciate your comment, Chris, no I don't want to start an arguement either, so can we let this drop please?.

[S70T5Chris]

No, sorry Tomcat, I won't drop it. It's not about preference to any type of remap. If you want my opinion, any of the stage 1 maps are much a muchness, all seem to be safe, and pretty much give the same results. So, yes whilst I agree that price come into it, service, backup and after care are also an issue, and based on that I would opt for an MTE remap, having dealt with Kalmar Union before, I am very confident that should I ever need help they would be there for me. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on that front.

All that aside a, completely different matter is advertising/promoting/suggesting that someone buys software that is not legitimate. HLM are not an authorised RICA dealer, and no longer purchase RICA software/licenses from RICA. However HLM are still selling RICA 280 and 304 remaps for pre-me7 cars. How? Because it is an illegal copy of a RICA file put onto your ECU. No different than a copy of a dvd movie, a copy of vadis, a copy of any other type of computer software. Just becuase it's cheap, doesn't make it right.

If you want to enter into a debate about it, then i'm happy to. If you want to 'drop it' then don't reply, lets just leave it at that.

[Wombatbomb]

This is remarkably simple to deal with. An email received from RICA has been published several times on different forums, stating that any software purchased from HLM since some time last year under the name RICA is not genuine. Therefore, by default, it must be an unauthorised copy.

As has been said already, this is no different to supplying pirated copies of VADIS. If anyone posts questions about getting hold of VADIS on here, or how to obtain the passwords etc the mods immediately delete them. Odd then, that one of said mods repeatedly promotes the sale of pirated RICA software. Sounds distinctly like hypocrisy to me.

[p fandango]

perhaps both of you can have a word with the moderator of your regular forum about removing this copyright infringement

LINK

which is even stickied

[S70T5Chris]

perhaps both of you can have a word with the moderator of your regular forum about removing this copyright infringement

LINK

which is even stickied

who rattled your cage? Lets not try and turn this into another forum vs forum arguement, and try and steer the thread in an irrelivant direction. If you have an issue with another forum, p!ss off over there and air your grievences.

[p fandango]

who rattled your cage? Lets not try and turn this into another forum vs forum arguement, and try and steer the thread in an irrelivant direction. If you have an issue with another forum, p!ss off over there and air your grievences.

doesn't "free speech" count here then lol. I think my post is totally relivant, its showing double standards by yourself

My t5d5 account has been banned, no loss lol

[Tim Williams]

doesn't "free speech" count here then lol. I think my post is totally relivant, its showing double standards by yourself

My t5d5 account has been banned, no loss lol

This is one of your last posts, you can see you are not banned http://forums.t5d5.org/index.php?s=&...ndpost&p=67651

As you can see the post after it is by Tony who is banned http://forums.t5d5.org/index.php?s=&...ndpost&p=67652

[irf]

My t5d5 account has been banned, no loss lol

everyone that gets banned has banned written in their profile/avatar or whatever, same with most if not all forums. yours doesn't. plus i see you logged in their most days which wouldn't be possible if you were banned.

edit. too slow lol. always have that problem!

[Justin]

Right, Chris your out of order with your last comment towards Pedro.
Rightly i agree with what he has posted regarding t5d5, pot calling the kettle.......
You are all very quick to pick holes in vpc, its about time you pointed your observations at other antics

Regarding the topic at hand though, i have to agree with whats being stated, (even if i am not keen on the way its been presented) I have had in my possesion some facts relating to the so called HLM cheapies for some time, however i cannot blanket ban the discussion of them without proof that they are indeed Rica software. Likely yes it is, but as i dont have proof i cannot act, so if someone is in possesion of such then please forward it to me and i will act on it.

pjaystar feel free to start a new thread or continue this

[Loadsamiles]

perhaps both of you can have a word with the moderator of your regular forum about removing this copyright infringement

LINK

which is even stickied

LMAO..

Now thanks to your post there is also a linky from VPCUK to that pirate copy of a Haynes manual...

You've just done what you were critical of....

[p fandango]

LMAO..

Now thanks to your post there is also a linky from VPCUK to that pirate copy of a Haynes manual...

i'm sure with t5d5 being such an honest, genuine forum & with so many of its members/moderators being so concerned about Copyright that the thread won't be there for long

& if you believe that will happen theirs sometime for you to laugh at

You've just done what you were critical of....

i haven't been "critical" of anything, if actually read it (another skill to learn) you would see i never stated any personal opinions in my post. I was merely pointing out the double standards/other intentions shown by some who come over here crying "he can't do that, poor Volvo tuners blah blah"

perhaps you should try & get all the Volvo tuners together & have a fixed price policy if you worried one might be cheaper than the other, or that a competitor can't compete

[Loadsamiles]

i'm sure with t5d5 being such an honest, genuine forum & with so many of its members/moderators being so concerned about Copyright that the thread won't be there for long

& if you believe that will happen theirs sometime for you to laugh at