Hey everyone in the Austin area. Come check out The Highball with us tomorrow Thursday Oct 15th. Bowling, Skeeball, Karaoke, Dinner, Drinks…. There isn’t much missing here.
http://www.facebook.com/highballaustin
Location:
1142 S. Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX, 78704
Phone: 512-383-8309
Mon – Sun: 4:30 pm – 2:00 am
Come hangout with us and channel your inner “Dude” with some white russians and a few rounds of bowling!
We’ve decided there is no time like right now to help everyone get a closer to their ideal performance goals.
Cipher is dropping $100
Osiris Flash is dropping $100
Osiris Standard and Tuner are dropping $200
Contact your local Pro Tuner today, get your vehicles over to them, and save money NOW.
GT Motorsports and Uprev Tuning are announcing the availability of the first Twin Turbo kit for the 370Z.
We’ve worked hard to produce the software the GT Motorsports needs to make this kit the best and first full kit available on the market. Contact Sam @ GT Motorsports today!
Original story on Automotive News (subscription required) As posted by Jonny Lieberman on Autoblog:
Recently one of our bloggers raised the hackles of many a commenter by announcing to the world that he preferred driving a Nissan Versa to the new 370Z. You can hear the whole exchange on Autoblog Podcast #140. To protect this poor blogger’s identity, he shall remain nameless (we’ll call him Jonny X for short. No, too obvious. Let’s go with X Lieberman). Point is, obviously this person is out of his mind because who on earth prefers driving a economy car like the Versa to a Z? Turns out Nissan’s Mr. K.
Yutaka Katayama, known to American Datsun/Nissan fans simply as Mr. K, will be remembered for two very important cars: the 240Z and the 510, both of which are now considered classics. Mr. K turned one hundred years old on September 15, but age hasn’t tempered his mind. In fact it seems sharper than ever. Talking about the new 370Z, Mr. K calls it, “So-so.” He continues, “Very different from the 240Z. First, it’s very heavy, and it’s also very expensive.”
And not only does Mr. K feel the car new Z is too expensive, but that it’s not actually living up to the Japanese sports car legacy laid down by the 240Z, “I’d like to have a sports car like the Miata. The Miata is taking the place of the 240Z.” Harsh. But check this out, “Katayama has a 350Z in his garage but prefers to drive the family’s Versa compact.” And there you have it.
Mr. K would like to see the Datsun nameplate come back, and with sportier cars. “The fun of driving cars is the same as riding a horse. We need a car that is like riding on horseback. We are making robots. Robots don’t like human control.” Even at the ripe old age of one hundred, Mr. K just might be around to see his wish come true, “I just entered the 100s. I have a long way to go.”
Interesting. Nissan is developing a zero emission vehicle, and hasn’t played much in the game of “hybrids” outside of the Altima (based on Toyota technology).
http://www.nissan-zeroemission.com/EN/
They plan on unveiling the vehicle this Sunday so stay tuned. So far they’ve shown off a Versa and Cube based test vehicle, so I’m pretty sure it will share that global platform.
If you are buying a used Osiris Standard or Osiris Tuner system, you need to make sure the the person selling it is actually giving you more than just a Cipher cable. There are a few steps you should take to try and reduce the chances you’re paying for something you’re not getting.
Buyers:
Have the seller contact us with a Cable License report. We can verify that the cable license report shows the license has been returned to the cable.
Check the sellers ratings, if you’re buying it on ebay, or from a forum they will usually have some sort of rating system.
Use a payment method that allows you to protect your payment if the item arrives and the license is not on the cable.
Uprev is not responsible for used products that you buy and we will not discount product or give product away because you were duped.
Remember there is a $50 fee for us to send you a new base tune for your vehicle. If you’re taking it to a Pro Tuner for a dyno tune they will have their own fees associated with doing this, contact them before hand for pricing.
Sellers:
Make sure you contact us to make sure the license has been returned to the cable.
We will not add a license to the cable because you forgot to return your car to stock before you shipped the cable. It is your responsibility to send the product as described.
Be nice and make sure you update the Cable Firmware before sending it.
Lets see here. June was a pretty busy month at Uprev and our pro Tuner list just keep growing.
Performance Motorsports East signed up at the beginning of June and have out paced all our other Pro Tuners in their first month.
Quartermile-R in Japan. Thats right, Japan. One of the best tuners in the entire country now sells Uprev. We’re ecstatic about it.
Abbey Motorsports out of the UK, well known in the GTR community. They just got up and running, Mark can’t wait for us to release the new R35 software. We can’t blame him.
Hydra Performance from Lebanon signed up at the very end of June. We’ve been talking to them since SEMA last year. Omar and Xavier are really looking forward to growing the Automotive Aftermarket and Performance community in Lebanon.
Simply amazing how much exposure we’re getting right now. People are starting to pick up our products and apply them to vehicles all over the world and it’s been amazing how receptive their customers have been. We have a number of other Pro Tuners coming on in July too, including Portugal and Taiwan. International sales have just started and the products are flying off the shelves.
Yeah thats right, we at Uprev are more than willing to burn the midnight oil to take care of Taxi Cab drivers everywhere.
This is a 2004 Crown Victoria NYC Taxi Cab brought to us by our friend Balu Sajeevan. Yes it’s authentic, 325,000 miles, in bad need of some new rotors, pads and a caliper.
NYC and Uprev represent
Michael Schumachers Ferrari FXX
Amazing.
We’re adding some new color decals to the store. They’ll be added in over the next two weeks. You’ll still get the color selection when ordering Osiris Standard or Osiris Tuner, and you’ll also be able to order replacement decals.
We’re hoping to get feedback on different sizes and adding colors. These are the colors the material is available in.
http://www.oracal.com/products/all-colors.asp?seriesID=202
http://www.oracal.com/products/all-colors.asp?seriesID=184
If there is a specific color or size you’d like we can offer it. Minimum order on custom colors is $50 and must be done through rich@uprev.com