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Originally Posted by dghii

The Durametric is great but a $50 code reader is still a usefull item to have in your garage. Given that it will work on a variety of cars besides our beloved Boxsters makes it a good value.

^^ This!

After 8 years of ownership and lots of diagnostic questions on both my Boxster and a fleet of service trucks, I find the $60 Actron OBD II to be exactly the right tool for my needs. I have yet to be shut out in an accurate diagnosis with this simple tool. I have no use or need for a Durametric and I think they can actually do harm by misinterpretation of the vast amount of information they provide by most of us regular Joes.

If I owned a Porsche repair shop I would own the pro model and be completely trained on it's use as a tool for every day diagnostics. As a once or twice per year troubleshooting device for a DIY I think Durametric software is way overkill.

Others will surely disagree. YMMV

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Don't forget that you have to have a Windows laptop to go with a Durametric.