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I got thinkdiag-2 last year while it was on sale, it had been sitting on my shelf. I haven't tried it since I didn't have the need for it so I didn't want to start my 1 year free subscription until I need it
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I was constantly worried about theft of my $2k autel scanner. Yes it did everything I needed but not worth the stress of theft. Best part is it's a small dongle that I leave on the seat sometimes with worry. Thieves will break windows for an Autel/snap-on/launch scanner case...
For example will it do a battery registration where the user can enter the Ah capacity instead of picking from a drop-down menu of capacities that are sort of close as I have seen on some tools.
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You mean you have to pay for subscriptions? And are these subscritions for upgrades or will the unit not work after the year runs out?
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I have Piwis3, Mars hooked me up with it. Works awesome!
I can confirm, oil change and maintenance stuff can only be reset via piwis3. I just did it on my '23 TTS.
If anyone needs the piwis and you're local, we can arrange something.
I can confirm, oil change and maintenance stuff can only be reset via piwis3. I just did it on my '23 TTS.
If anyone needs the piwis and you're local, we can arrange something.
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I contacted the owner Uwe at Roos-Tech years ago and asked if he would produce a diagnostic dongle for Porsche. Due to the low numbers in Porsche compared to the VW group vehicles, it wasn't worth his time. But if you YouTube his battery registration amongst other things you can do with VCDS, it was unbeatable for the $287 I remember paying for it.