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General => The garage => Topic started by: Mileymk6 on 22 July 2022, 20:40

Title: OBD readers
Post by: Mileymk6 on 22 July 2022, 20:40

Hi
Looking into getting an obd reader and was wondering what peoples experience has been

Carly looks good but seems a bit expensive plus yearly subs.
Carista same but a bit cheaper to buy buy still yearly subs
Top don as recommended by YouTuber chops garage seems good but a lot more money but no subs, seems you can’t change stuff on car like running lights and beeps on arming etc

Any opinions or alternate suggestions

Ta

Title: Re: OBD readers
Post by: JSYGTI on 28 July 2022, 06:48

I got my Carista OBD reader yesterday, there was a deal on Amazon and it came down to £15. I’ve also got 1 month free access, then £49 a year thereafter.

Seems good so far, plenty of scope for changing things if you want to.

Word of warning though, I made a rookie mistake… after about 45 minutes of messing about with it, I drained my battery  :embarrassed:

Turns out the battery wasn’t holding charge and was 11 years old, new battery now fitted and all is well in the world again.

Title: Re: OBD readers
Post by: smak85 on 01 November 2022, 08:21

I've always used VCDS - Thankfully I bought the unlimited VIN version when they were pretty cheap still.