vag com ? Am I missing something?

[THiNK]

Reading in the forums it seems that vag com is the software you need to basically check all apspects of the car.

What's the difference between the official vag com and then the £4.99 ones on ebay :

http://search.ebay.co.uk/VAG-COM_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQfromZR40QQfrtsZ0QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ32QQlredZVAGQ20COM

Thanks,

CS

[AlanD]

You will have to double check or wait for someone to confirm, but I think you can do more with the office ones and the ebay ones are just limited versions.

[Ridg]

the official lead contains the licence for vag com, the cheap ones don't so you have to find away around the licence or use the "free" functions

[THiNK]

the official lead contains the licence for vag com, the cheap ones don't so you have to find away around the licence or use the "free" functions

I don't mind paying for anything if i use it - just don't want to pay more than i need to. I'll look into the official licence cost of vag com - Might be worth getting it - unless others disagree.

CS

[AlanD]

Depends what you want to use it for. Im pretty sure you can view fault codes and clear them with the free function, which is all I would ever use it for.

[Pennith]

Hello,

When I asked my local VW garage about VAG com they said not to touch it as it can blow airbags and cause all sorts of problems, and if they know you have used VAG com they wont use their official VW diagnostics software on your car.

They Full of S**T ?

[AlanD]

Full of sh!t. They dont want you to get it so they can charge you £40 to do it instead. As for saying you can blow airbags, thats like saying "dont buy a car because you could crash it and die".

There is also no way of telling if you as an individual have used it either, complete and utter bollock$. They might be able to see if VAGCOM has been used on the car, but for all they know that was used when you have a problem or during a service or at any other garage.

What a bunch of tossers some dealers are. Gerrrr

Rant over.

[Rhyso]

i think VAG COM from a supplier here is at least £200 which a rip-off considering the current exchange rate 

there was a group buy for VAG COM on another forum a few months back and its highly unlikely it will ever be run again as over 100 people were involved 

if you can stretch to the official stuff then get it because you'll soon make your money back in performing diagnositics and you then also offer it to other people for a few beer tokens 

i've scanned a few mates cars now and saved them a fortune!!  Did one the other week which turned out to be the brake light switch; £7 later and its sorted

[THiNK]

i think VAG COM from a supplier here is at least £200 which a rip-off considering the current exchange rate 

there was a group buy for VAG COM on another forum a few months back and its highly unlikely it will ever be run again as over 100 people were involved 

if you can stretch to the official stuff then get it because you'll soon make your money back in performing diagnositics and you then also offer it to other people for a few beer tokens 

i've scanned a few mates cars now and saved them a fortune!!  Did one the other week which turned out to be the brake light switch; £7 later and its sorted

This is what i'm thinking as it seems there is no one near me with it.

CS

[rheady]

When i had my car diagnosed at VW b@@@@@ds charged me £70..