Re: VW equilivent to the Hondata (Gerapudo)
nope, nothing like the Hondata out there for VWs. The VW tuners need the chip business to keep the lights on. There are tuners capable of making such a product, but will probably never come out with one for fear that someone might figure out how to make and sell chips. If you look at the way Hondata structures their products, they still do "chips", as not everyione can throw down 1100 bucks, then have the knowledge to tune the car. But for those that do, the option is there.
AEM is about to realease a whole slew of plug and play ECUs for a bunch of cars. The 1.8t Golf/Jetta may be on the list, but I won't say till I know for sure. Of course, that doesn't do you a bit of good, and I will probably have converted to full stand alone by then, but if it comes out, it would be a start in the right direction.
As for typos, I can see 3 in your first post, but who's counting
[Modified by 1.BillyT, 1:29 PM 11-28-2001]