Datalogger opinions?

[eslai]

Does anyone have any opinions/recommendations on the various dataloggers that are avaialable for these cars? I found this one that seems fairly thorough for basic diagnostics and some OBD-2-like datalogging:

http://www.durametric.com/

Not sure if folks online have a favorite of any sort or what not.

[MNBoxster]

Hi,

The Durametric software is the preferred diagnostic software aside from the actual Porsche PST2 or PIWIS which cost tens of times as much....

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[eslai]

Thanks for the info. It looks like a pretty mature product.

[jci-joe]

This looks like a cool product but I would be interested in hearing from those who have purchased it. Did it give you the right info. Looks like it gives you the power to make changes which could be good or bad depending on your knowledge and expertise.

[z281974]

The only problem with the Durametric is that it now (since October 2006) appears to be limited to use with only 3 cars. So if you want to help a few friends out and/or get a another Porsche you may run into trouble. Its not totally clear on the Durametric site as to the interpretation of "3 cars", so i would clarify that with them before purchase.

Tom

[eslai]

Ooo... good eye, Tom. I didn't notice that the non-professional model had that issue.

"The enthusiast version stores the vehicles identification number of car it is attached to into the hardware. This limits to tool to be used on only three(3) cars. Enthusiast versions cannot be upgraded to professional versions."

That is a little... annoying, but I can sort of understand the logic. If you're buying it for club use, $600 is not a bad thing. If you have more than three porsches in your garage that you need to datalog, $600 is not a bad thing--besides you'd probably need all the different connectors anyhow.

In any other case, $250 is a good deal. Generally the cables alone can cost $100+ for even a basic OBD2 datalogger.