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Old 02-11-2009, 10:40 PM
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Default OBDII Scanners, Laptop or Handheld???

So lately I've been visiting the local Autozone a lot...for them to read my dummy light.(Four times in the last week) Well I started looking at the different kinds of readers on ebay and across the internet...

I was just wondering what people thought of the different readers. The one i was looking at was a cable that with the right software you can read all the different sensors.

Here are some links to some of the different ones i found...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ORIGI...motiveQ5fTools

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...3AIT&viewitem=

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ENHAN...motiveQ5fTools

Just wondering which would be best or if any one has any opinions...
 
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Old 02-14-2009, 10:08 AM
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Old 02-14-2009, 06:48 PM
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http://www.ross-tech.com/

get the Vag-com from them and use it with a laptop. Anything else is generic and not as good

You just need the USB cable, it has the license built in, then you download the software onto your laptop
 
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Old 02-15-2009, 01:12 AM
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I was wondering if it would be worth it to buy the cable from them. Despite the cable only being $25 on ebay, I think I'll just get the kit from ross-tech... Thanks again!
 
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