technologic

Okay so I have a 1997 A4 1.8T Qauttro. I have owned it since 2002 and still love it. I am a pretty competant home mechanic but have learned that you need a vag com to really work on the car. I wish I would have bought one long ago as it would have payed for itself by now. So I went to ebay and looked. I was epecting to spend upwards of 500 plus bucks on something resembling a fancy version of the OBD tool I paid 90 bucks for. However what I found is a cable and software running anywhere from 30 to 80 bucks. Are these legit? Is this what a vag com is? If so that would be sweet as I could just take one of my laptops in the garage, however I am skeptical. If they are this cheap why wouldn't everyone have one?

1200RT-P

Those are not legit.

These are: http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/interfaces.html

technologic

Thats more like it. Okay, should I get the 250 one or 350? If I get the 250 one my car is old enough it looks like I would need the KEY/KII-Series unit. Is that correct? These prices still seem very reasonable. Will I be able to perform a throttle body adaptation with these units? Thanks

bearthebruce

The KII-USB would work just fine with your car. So you know, that interface will work with models from 1995.5-2005.5 and with an adapter can go back to around 1990.

Yes, you can do a throttle body adaptation along with any other factory level diagnostic procedure that can be done with the factory tool. You can code modules, you can do bi-directional testing using the output tests, you can view live data, you can do basic settings and adaptations.

technologic

kewl! Thank guys. Love this site.

rare

This little gem works great.
Fit's in the glovebox and comes with a carrycase and cables

http://www2.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.16926