12-29-2013, 03:54 PM
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jakesbox
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Charlotte NC
Posts: 759
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I love my durametric.m never used anything else though...
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2003 996 Twin Turbo X50, PCCB, polar silver / 2004 996 Carerra Cabriolet, midnight blue, cinnamon leather, IMS Pro / 2003 Artic Silver Boxster - Short Throw Shift, IMS Upgrade, Carerra Light Wheels, De-Snorked with Evoms Cold Air Intake, GHL Exhaust (Sold) / 2002 Seal Grey Boxster - Fabspeed Exhaust, Black powder coated wheels, Porsche stripes (Sold) / 2 -1957 356 A Speedsters (signal red and seal grey) (Sold) / 1989 944 Turbo (m030 S options)
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12-29-2013, 04:42 PM
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recycledsixtie
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Edmonton Canada
Posts: 824
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I have had my 2001 Box base 2.5 years and have never had the codes read. 10k miles and no problems. Does that mean I am living in ignorance if nothing is wrong?
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12-29-2013, 04:47 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Miami florida
Posts: 1,591
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Quote:
Originally Posted by recycledsixtie
I have had my 2001 Box base 2.5 years and have never had the codes read. 10k miles and no problems. Does that mean I am living in ignorance if nothing is wrong?
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Maybe. You may have some stored codes that didn't trigger aCEL that could be a hint of coming problems. But I wouldn't sweat it.
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2000 Boxster 2.7l red/black
Previous cars
1973 Opel Manta
1969(?) Fiat 850 Convertible
1979 Lancia Beta Coupe
1981 Alfa Romeo GTV 6
1985 Alfa Romeo Graduate
1985 Porsche 944
1989 Porsche 944
1981 Triumph TR7
1989 (?) Alfa Romeo Milano
1993 Saab 9000
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12-29-2013, 09:58 PM
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2002 Boxster S
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: PCA Roadrunner Region, NM
Posts: 306
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You can read/clear codes and monitor most data realtime with a bluetooth OBDII device and your smart phone.
But the way I understand it, the Durametric can actually reprogram things like passenger side airbags, temperature display, etc. (Correct me, Durametric users, if I have misunderstood this.)
How deep do you need to go? The generic OBDII tool might well be enough.
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12-30-2013, 02:29 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: It's a kind of magic.....
Posts: 6,614
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Quote:
Originally Posted by silver-S
You can read/clear codes and monitor most data realtime with a bluetooth OBDII device and your smart phone.
But the way I understand it, the Durametric can actually reprogram things like passenger side airbags, temperature display, etc. (Correct me, Durametric users, if I have misunderstood this.)
How deep do you need to go? The generic OBDII tool might well be enough.
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Because Porsche choose to use an unusual diagnostics system, most aftermarket scanners either cannot read many codes, or totally misread them, and cannot clear common MIL's like the air bags, PSM and ABS system codes on Porsche's. It is not unusual for a customer to come into the shop say I have this or that code that I got off my iphone; and when we scan the car, we get something else entirely.
Based upon what people have paid dealers to scan or clear codes, the Durametric system pays for itself the first time the car codes.........
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12-30-2013, 04:18 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Dahlonega , Georgia
Posts: 1,357
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So is the Durametric the go to scanning tool ? Or are there others ? And I thought I read somewhere that the Durametric can only be used on two different VIN numbers ? Any recommended places to purchase ? I'm not needing one right now as I don't even have the car yet but would like to purchase in the future.
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