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lol you actually managed to fit something in the stupidly small gloveboxes we get?

alexperkins wrote:lol you actually managed to fit something in the stupidly small gloveboxes we get?

when i say other stuff = couple of pens ,screwdriver and a few cds and a code reader with booklet

To ceedubya, what was the name of the device you got? and roughly how much does it cost?...sounds pretty good to me!...thanks alot

i guess you cant do stuff like re-align the throttle body, reset steering wheel center point and things like that on the readers?
i have to say that would be pretty cool if you could.

so which one is the best to purchase? vagcom or the other one?

how do they both work?

are they both little boxes that plug into the port on the car and purely just give you a code which you then co-ordinate to a fault?

How much do they both cost?


sorry bout all the questions but they both look quite interesting and useful!

soz for the late reply but

NAZPOLOGTI wrote:To ceedubya, what was the name of the device you got? and roughly how much does it cost?...sounds pretty good to me!...thanks alot

this is the one i have just bought so i can read newer cars with can-bus =

http://www.alpha-bid.com/product36.html

i also bought the adaptor to use it on obd1 style cars

i guess you cant do stuff like re-align the throttle body, reset steering wheel center point and things like that on the readers?
i have to say that would be pretty cool if you could.

you can just read fault codes etc and cannot adjust anything

so which one is the best to purchase? vagcom or the other one?

how do they both work?

are they both little boxes that plug into the port on the car and purely just give you a code which you then co-ordinate to a fault?

How much do they both cost?


sorry bout all the questions but they both look quite interesting and useful!

i have vagcom and a code reader and hardly ever use vagcom

vagcom is very good for most things - but the code readers are alot faster, easy to use, and you can keep it all in your glovebox ( you get a storage bag too)

^mine^ cost £36 delivered with the obd1 adaptor

ceedubya wrote:
^mine^ cost £36 delivered with the obd1 adaptor

so this one is a little box with an adaptor that plugs into the socket underneath the ash tray, and will read out any fault codes which you then look up to find out whats wrong?

Tim_GTi wrote:

ceedubya wrote:
^mine^ cost £36 delivered with the obd1 adaptor

so this one is a little box with an adaptor that plugs into the socket underneath the ash tray, and will read out any fault codes which you then look up to find out whats wrong?

yip

ceedubya wrote:

Tim_GTi wrote:

ceedubya wrote:
^mine^ cost £36 delivered with the obd1 adaptor

so this one is a little box with an adaptor that plugs into the socket underneath the ash tray, and will read out any fault codes which you then look up to find out whats wrong?

yip

sounds good, may invest!!!

And what difference does this have to vagcom?

Its quicker, but on the downside can only clear faults. Not code keys, adjust headlights, throttle body alignement etcetc

alexperkins wrote:Its quicker, but on the downside can only clear faults. Not code keys, adjust headlights, throttle body alignement etcetc

so vagcoms more complexed? Is that a little box with a screen on too? how much is it?

VAGCOM is software - a laptop is required for it Licence is about £80 quid for it

alexperkins wrote:VAGCOM is software - a laptop is required for it Licence is about £80 quid for it

ahh, what about the cable? where you suppose to get the software from?