Vag com again!!

[chriskaven]

Im thinking about buying Vag-com and have a few questions - Even after performing a search!;)

Is Ross tech the cheapest place to get the basic cable (£120 approx?)
+ 7m extension cable for desktop PC (£12)??

I also read that most of the good features are only available in the registered version?? Is this correct??
On the Ross Tech website it states that the registered version was $99-499.
is the $99 version sufficent??

The features that appeal to me are datalogging and monitoring of things like inlet temps, exh temps, boost etc. Also the torque calculation would be nice:p

What other features are available that people have found really useful??

[Fl@pper]

theres a cable on sale on e bay if i remember rightly


here it is (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2438948981&category=30921)


and here too (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=43989&item=2439027848)

maplin is the best bet for the cable extension

i got a 2 metre one for around £4

[John]

Originally posted by chriskaven
Im thinking about buying Vag-com and have a few questions - Even after performing a search!;)

Is Ross tech the cheapest place to get the basic cable (£120 approx?)
+ 7m extension cable for desktop PC (£12)??

I also read that most of the good features are only available in the registered version?? Is this correct??
On the Ross Tech website it states that the registered version was $99-499.
is the $99 version sufficent??

The features that appeal to me are datalogging and monitoring of things like inlet temps, exh temps, boost etc. Also the torque calculation would be nice:p

What other features are available that people have found really useful??

The $99 version when it is fully registerd is the full product, the others packages just use a dongale as part of the interface cable so that you dont need to register the software the licence key is held within the interface cable.

I use the odb tool with registed vag-com the chepset way to use a great product that i could find, to do any data logging is you will need a laptop. (7 metre extension lead and a full throtle run in 3rd just dont work :D )
:cheers:

[chriskaven]

Thanks for your help guys!:)

I got the impression that you could view recent data stored on the chip? or you could instruct the ECU to log certain parameters to its own memory??

[smithrc]

fraid not...

data is logged on the fly.
fault codes etc are stored...