Where is the Cheapest CARISTA available from please
- Thread starter Polly
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Just jumping in here, I'd think that it will cost the same from any source, the dongle can be cheaper at times from Amazon, any new car diagnostic app like Carista will be very carefully protected against anyone changing their official prices - I'd think.
Only thing, the dongles are very cheap, the membership/licence is not transferrable - so no one can sell their membership/licence on, it just stops being used.
The official price is £15.99 with 1 month trial. That will give you plenty of time to put all the changes, plus more, back on. At that price I wouldn't be wasting my time trying to save a couple of quid.
I got mine from Amazon 3 weeks ago. Used the free month trial and changed a few things. Also talks nicely to VagDPF so I can monitor my regens.
Do you keep the Carista in all the time to monitor VAG DPF? I only plug mine in when I get home and it's in the middle of a regen.
Is Carista/OBD11 worth it on a 68 FR Sport (edit...is there much to enable is what I mean as I understand the benefits of error code reading if necessary but I have an old OBD2 for that) and if so what options do most people enable...
I was reading about the setting and think most are already enabled on my vehicle...although I would love to change the headlight washer activation but other than that don’t think there’s much to add? With Carista anyway...maybe more with obd11 but I’m not into manual coding.
I was reading about the setting and think most are already enabled on my vehicle...although I would love to change the headlight washer activation but other than that don’t think there’s much to add? With Carista anyway...maybe more with obd11 but I’m not into manual coding.
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Yes - I leave the dongle plugged in all of the time. You can then open VAG DPF any time the engine is running and have a quick look. It's only when it gets into the 90% zone that you know a regen will be due soon and might want to monitor it more closely. When it gets to that point I'll keep the app open so I can monitor the regen and know when it's done (and see if any coolant have been sprayed out of the expansion tank due to a heater matrix issue).
I also use inCarDoc Pro to monitor a few bits. I only really got it to monitor my coolant temps as the dashboard one is rubbish. Anything between 75 degrees C and 102 degrees and it just sits at 90.
I've also used the Carista app to tweak the usual suspects:
Dual dial sweep
Chirp on lock/unlock
Rear DLR's
Mirrors fold on lock
I've found the Carista dongle and other apps to be really helpful, particularly for monitoring DPF regens.
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