# 500hp with a tune? LOL so misleading **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [February 4, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/500hp-with-a-tune-lol-so-misleading/208870 "2011-02-04T14:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![See4Ways](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@See4Ways](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/See4Ways)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/500hp-with-a-tune-lol-so-misleading/208870/1 "2011-02-04T14:55:00Z")
[http://buffalo.craigslist.org/cto/2149460971.html](http://buffalo.craigslist.org/cto/2149460971.html) ---
**Author:** ![nytalonTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nytalontsi/32/5399_2.png) [@nytalonTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nytalonTSi)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/500hp-with-a-tune-lol-so-misleading/208870/2 "2011-02-04T15:03:33Z")
Awesome lol. I wish I would of known that all I need was a “tune” for 500hp when I had my e36 haha. Damn I wasted all that money. ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/500hp-with-a-tune-lol-so-misleading/208870/3 "2011-02-04T22:50:17Z")
People who don’t know what actual tuning is, refer to anything done to a car a “tune” … which is where “tuner cars” comes from… or “tuning” something up. Total BS though. lol. ---
**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/500hp-with-a-tune-lol-so-misleading/208870/4 "2011-02-04T23:07:47Z")
The missing second gear “only slightly affects the drivability of the car” ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/500hp-with-a-tune-lol-so-misleading/208870/5 "2011-02-04T23:19:44Z")
^i wanted to email him about that… haha. ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/500hp-with-a-tune-lol-so-misleading/208870/6 "2011-02-05T05:40:00Z")
it will run 10’s ---
**Author:** ![See4Ways](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@See4Ways](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/See4Ways)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/500hp-with-a-tune-lol-so-misleading/208870/7 "2011-02-05T06:15:25Z")
i bet it would even without 2nd gear, i bet the clutch is in great shape after all those 1-3 shifts ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/500hp-with-a-tune-lol-so-misleading/208870/8 "2011-02-05T06:26:47Z")
I went and looked at this car a few months back. It was the biggest piece of shit I had driven in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![boosteds13sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boosteds13sleeper/32/5912_2.png) [@boosteds13sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boosteds13sleeper)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/500hp-with-a-tune-lol-so-misleading/208870/9 "2011-02-05T07:17:56Z")
Lmfaooo yes hahaha ---
**Author:** ![93gspeccivic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/93gspeccivic/32/5137_2.png) [@93gspeccivic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93gspeccivic)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/500hp-with-a-tune-lol-so-misleading/208870/10 "2011-02-05T11:22:03Z")
> [@craigslist "bob"](#): > > If I didn’t have as many projects as I do I would keep this car for a builder :picard: ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/500hp-with-a-tune-lol-so-misleading/208870/11 "2011-02-05T12:01:59Z")
Is $3,000 worth it after fixing all the fuck ups?