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Cthulhu · 04-15-2009, 10:58 AM

You're really only seeing 8/100-200 hours of driving...

4000 miles / 100 hr = 40 mph

4000 miles / 200 hr = 20 mph

I wouldn't be too happy with knowing 4-8% of my car's ECU history. Find out if the reflash is from Lotus maintainance. I would think that they should have a repair history for you VIN number. When I called, they were very up front about the information they had.

I wonder if the following scenario is possible: have the ECU reflashed, idle it for about 6 hours, then drive it for an hour before producing the attached ECU dump. It looks like there are a few high revs at 2:40 and 3:30 run time. Also, the avg throttle position shows that only 3 hours of idle are possible, and that there were 4 hours + of driving at 1.5-15% throttle.

Edit: Is the odometer engaged with power off if the car is towed by the front hook? Would the spinning rear wheels add mileage? Is anyone honestly this stupid?

04-15-2009, 10:58 AM	#12 (permalink)
Cthulhu Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Garden City, Long Island (New York) Posts: 551	You're really only seeing 8/100-200 hours of driving... 4000 miles / 100 hr = 40 mph 4000 miles / 200 hr = 20 mph I wouldn't be too happy with knowing 4-8% of my car's ECU history. Find out if the reflash is from Lotus maintainance. I would think that they should have a repair history for you VIN number. When I called, they were very up front about the information they had. I wonder if the following scenario is possible: have the ECU reflashed, idle it for about 6 hours, then drive it for an hour before producing the attached ECU dump. It looks like there are a few high revs at 2:40 and 3:30 run time. Also, the avg throttle position shows that only 3 hours of idle are possible, and that there were 4 hours + of driving at 1.5-15% throttle. Edit: Is the odometer engaged with power off if the car is towed by the front hook? Would the spinning rear wheels add mileage? Is anyone honestly this stupid?