Volkswagen - Cheap Diagnostic Kit

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Mon 3 Mar 2008 20:15
Cheap Diagnostic Kit - Honestjohn
What do Backroomers make of this?

Dear potential customer, garage / service owner:
Please visit www.worldiagnostic.com for information about products
you will possibly need for your work. If you don't find this
information useful, please just delete this message.

More examples:

Tacho Universal 2007 (version October): 1020 EUR
VAG-COM 704 (HEX-CAN USB): 90 EUR
VAG-TACHO 2.3: 130 EUR

BMW GT1 PRO: 2130 EUR (delivery cost included)
LAUNCH X431: 1800 EUR

KEY COPY TOOL PRO: 290 EUR
Universal TV ACTIVATOR: 600 EUR

We ship directly from factory.
We use DHL / UPS / TNT courier services with tracking numbers.
We accept Paypal, T/T and more payment options.
We offer online support for our customers.

Worldiagnostic.com is not acting against original manufacturers and
is respecting them very much.
Tools listed in our website do not break copyrights, as they only
are constructed and work similar to famous tools. Names are used for
easier identifying only. Software is not sold together with tools.

NOTE: we additionally make professional quality chip tuning files
for turbosiesel engines (EDC15, EDC16, DDE3/4, etc.), we NEVER use
files from database - every file is made "by hand".



Thanks for understanding.
Yours,
Worldiagnostic.com team
www.worldiagnostic.com
info@worldiagnostic.com
Skype ID: worldiagnostic

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Mon 3 Mar 2008 20:47
Cheap Diagnostic Kit - NARU
Don't know if the products work, but I'm always nervous about using products from companies who don't give physical addresses on their websites.
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Mon 3 Mar 2008 21:27
Cheap Diagnostic Kit - Screwloose
Tools listed in our website do not break copyrights as they only
are constructed and work similar to famous tools. Names are used for
easier identifying only.


So these are Chinese copies of the products advertized...... They "work similar...." Hmm...

I can't see their support and back-up for Vag-Com being comparable with the likes of Derek at Ilexa. The tool is only part of the deal; support is crucial.
Software is not sold together with tools.


Without the, copyright, software they're just ornaments. Buying a scanner is only the tip of the iceberg; constant, expensive software updates are needed. The manufacturers probably make a loss on selling the tool - it's the regular £800 for the updates that pay the bills.

Regional limitations on access to updates from the likes of the dreaded Launch X-431 [itself just a load of cynically blagged dealer's software] mean that your shiny copy will be useless in no time. Many manufacturers produce individually-coded updates that will only install on one serial-numbered machine.

So; in a nutshell - just one more scanner company ripping-off the gullible beginners. There are several hundred others just like them to waste your money with too....

Edited by Screwloose on 03/03/2008 at 21:30

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