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Old Aug 2, 2011 | 11:15 AM
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hi! i just bought an audi a8l. well this is my first audi so i started to check out forums for audi and the world vag-com showed up alot and by what im reading is vag-com is some kind of mod for audi. So can anybody tell me exactly what vag-com is and what can i use it for. thank you
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Old Aug 2, 2011 | 11:46 AM
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Vag-Com is a program for your computer along with the correct cable will allow you to interface with the cars computer. Allowing you to read what some error codes mean, diagnose issues on your own, make repairs(rear brakes, and everyone's favorite make modifications.
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Old Aug 2, 2011 | 12:40 PM
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for the providers of VAG Com. I think they had some kind of trademark issue causing them to use a different name, but it's how most all of us refer to it.

http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/

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hi! i just bought an audi a8l. well this is my first audi so i started to check out forums for audi and the world vag-com showed up alot and by what im reading is vag-com is some kind of mod for audi. So can anybody tell me exactly what vag-com is and what can i use it for. thank you
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Old Aug 3, 2011 | 11:18 PM
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which package of vag-com should i get?
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Old Aug 4, 2011 | 05:03 AM
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this is a common one

http://store.ross-tech.com/shop/VCHUC.html


if ur in NYC area i can lend you mine...
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on the car side. Most probably get the USB interface on the PC side. Only obscure reason (besides owning some ancient PC) for the alternative COM interface would be to run Lemiwinks (a freeware tuning program), which no one on this board seems to mention/use.

Net, probably this one: http://store.ross-tech.com/shop/VCHUC.html
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