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Old 08-30-2024, 12:06 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Hamstuh View Post
Highly Noted. Regarding the ICarSoft Scanners, do you happen to have any word on those and if its worth a buy
Not a fan; like a lot of other "global" OBD II scan tool makers, the claim to offer brand specific models with all kinds of desirable capabilities; only problem is that many of these brand specific capabilities turn out to be "available in a future update", that never seems to materialize. Sales people regularly show up touting them, and when we tell them "show me", they can't.

At least with the Durametric system, they show a matrix chart on their website by year and model for all late model Porsche vehicles, and tell you what it currently can, or cannot do. They do regularly update and add features, but they DO NOT make claims they cannot support. A perfect example is the service mode functions for the PDK, literally nothing but a PIWIS can do it because of how deep Porsche buried the code for how this system works because they don't want people messing with them.
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