Cobb tune porsche 996 turbo

Hi i sell my cobb tune for Porsche 996 turbo. I bought it this spring but I sold my car. Like new

680$US!

if you have question please let me know.

 

The price should reflect the costs associated with marrying the Cobb unit to a new vehicle - which is $100 or $150USD.

Also, is it for a standard or X50 turbo?

Cheers,

 

Thought A/P worked regardless of vin with standard OFS maps. Only custom tunes were tied to the vin..

 

No, they are tied to the car - I wanted to use another one I had for two cars... Cobb said no.

But for $395 + $150 I could, and they would...

I also remember there being a Stage 2 map for the X50, but it also seems to be lost in the ether.

 

No they aren't tie to the car. The Cobb can be use on any Porsche 996 turbo.

https://www.cobbtuning.com/products/...sche-996-turbo

 

I believe that once you go through the updates and load the map onto the car, it is married to that car.

I believe this for two reasons:

1) I tried to read an engine code (light) on a friends 996 and the Cobb would not let me do it, not connect, etc.

2) Cobb are crafty - they will let you re-license, but you have to pay for the privilege, as noted above.

Also of note and asked above, is this unit for a standard 996 or an x50? They will not work on opposing models, so this is relatively important info to potential buyers.

 

Seller can hook to a computer and unmarry I believe

 

So, as it was married to my car, it wouldn't read another?

 

You have to hook up the cobb unit to the car it is "married" to and remove the tune which divorces it from that car and allows it to marry another. It can only be married to one car at a time no polygamy! IF you do not remove the tune you can contact cobb and that is when you have to pay!

 

So that is why it wouldn't read buddies car, got it, thanks for the clarification.

I thought once you went through the update process when it was new, and then uploaded the tune to your given ride, it needed to be reset, regardless of whether or not the tune was removed from the original car.

So why the $395 and $150 charges?

 

Im pretty sure those charges are for units that did not get "divorced" from the car! Like a lawyers fee for the divorce!!

 

So really what I am hearing is that as we don't know whether this unit is for a standard car or an x50, there is also no way to prove that it has been 'divorced' from its previous installation, until you have the unit in your hot little hands.

I read that as a high risk purchase then.

 

Expect to pay the reset fee here. The one I purchased, the seller had correctly unmarried

 

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Exactly. What the seller needs to clarify is if he un-married the Cobb tune and tuner from the car before selling...

If he did (and did it correctly), it's a fully functional tuner that can be used on another 996 Tuirbo without issue or additional fees from Cobb.

If he didn't, it's a brick and will do nothing unless you pay Cobb 70% the price of a new Cobb tuner for the same vehicle ($895 x 70% = $626.50), essentially making the married tuner worth no more than $100 or so.

It's all explained here:
https://www.cobbtuning.com/buying-a-used-accessport/

Seller, here are the instructions to see if your tuner is unmarried. Perhaps do it and take a picture if you really want to get anywhere near $680 for it?

"The installed state can be checked by plugging the Accessport into any car (any car with an OBD2 port, compatibility for this step is not required) or computer and completing the steps above or with a quick scroll through the main menu. If “Install” is an option, this Accessport is ready to work on another compatible vehicle. If “Uninstall” is an option, this Accessport will not work on your vehicle until it is uninstalled from the previous vehicle or sent to COBB to be re-licensed."

 

Apart from the "is it married" issue, this isn't a concern... A Cobb tuner for a 996 Turbo has available off-the-shelf maps for both regular and X50, though no OTS stage 2 tunes for X50 are available... You would need a custom tune for stage-2 level modifications with an X50.