Well I take back my apology. You’re a self-aggrandizing prick. And you do post ALL the time about some stupid record. I guess if that’s your only accomplishment in life, you should brag about it. It does NOT make all you say gospel and I’d tend to doubt anything coming from your mouth, at this point, as you’ve displayed the ability to skew any argument to match your assumptions - exactly the type of person you DON’T listen to.
Have you used this new product? No. Are you blindly suggesting something else? Yes.
As far as asshole things to say. Railroading someone, insisting that there is NO WAY this product could even compare when you have NO experience with it…ignoring the fact that I stated I would not resell whatever device I purchased (It would stay with the car, so this derails your resale argument). That, bud…is an asshole.
What actual information have you provided besides trying to swing your ego-laden time slip around.
Just so you can get a life-lesson from this thread. The correct thing to say would have been either nothing or, “I don’t have any experience with it but I like VCDS, which has a good track record.”. Let me know when you need help generating any replies to other threads without using your time-slip, I’m good at it.
Just buy the $200 Foxwoods tool to save a little cash, because that is what you want to do. Then test it next to VCDS and give everyone the comparison you want so badly.
You pretty much have zero experience with either option…and no one fucking owns the fox well tool, what does that tell you?
Buy it, test it, you’ll be one of the only people with it so good luck having a user base to share info with. You’ll realize you should have just listened and you’ll have a Rosstech cable in a month.
Again we don’t really care, it’s your money.
Next time you start a thread you should say…
“I’m going to start a discussion about a scan tool that no one has and I don’t want any opinions or an actual discussion at all. I want everyone to say “try it out” because it is cheaper and congratulate me for thinking outside of the box.”
I’m sorry this wasn’t clear enough of a question for you guys:
“Anyone know how well this stacks up? Seems a little more friendly and they mention being able to run various diagnostic tests (flap position test?). Not to mention, it’s less expensive.”
Anyone KNOW how well this stacks up? If the answer is no, then say no. Don’t read between the lines and try to make it more complicated than it needs to be.
lol at the guy who is trying to save 100 bucks on his RS4.
Good luck Jeff. You and quattroRS4/mariomolliere/paidshill for PES/scam artist with 4 usernames and multiple classified ad scams/your best boy are made for each other.
The best part is Jeff is not only cheap as fuck, he’s as dumb as a rock too. He is trying to save money for a basic scan tool so he can read/scan codes and have a basic scan tool. You can get that for $30 at any parts store, or you can get a $20 bluetooth dongle and pay $5 for the torque app.
But yeah, buy the $200 thing to ‘save’ money.
As for logging with that cheap piece of shit, good luck. Of course you probably don’t need to log with your racing motorsports pedigree. You just touch the car and it tells you how it’s running. The rest of us need some reasonable computing power to run logs on our cars. The likes of which that piece of junk won’t do. I can’t wait to watch you observe the ‘live datastream’ on that 2" screen lolol.
You sound like a jilted woman - Stretch the story, pull from other threads with nothing do to with this and make shit up all to try to prove a point… you mad? And of course, you sound like you’re an expert on what it will NOT do now…and you still haven’t touched one. You’re a moron. Oh wait, you hold some meaningless record, I’ll believe anything you say. Fuck off.
It’s so apparent that you’re blind to anyone else being correct about anything. You clearly do not know what you are talking about, as the device has already been proven to do a lot more than a basic scan tool…but you like to make it seem like I’m wrong by making shit up? I’ve seen your type before, little-man syndrome is what we call it.
Read, actually READ the links that I posted to get educated, if that’s even possible.
you keep talking about my stock RS4 1/4 mile record for some reason…I posted it to show you that you’re an asshole. You claimed I made an opinion about buying my RS4 exhaust from JHM by clairvoyance, and not by testing. I showed you that you’re wrong and showed you the process I went through.
I did such extensive testing because I realised that most RS4 drivers were guys like you…carbon buildup blamers who can’t drive for shit. So i didn’t trust that the RS4 runs 13.3 @ 105, and I went to see for myself. Turns out it doesn’t.
Wrong. I stated that your exhaust example was not the same and I used my own example…
"You should try to use a more appropriate scenario. So you have some racing wheels. They have never bent and served you well until one day you rack them up. There is new brand of wheels out that are half the price of your old ones and seemingly the same specs. Now…you might just get the wheels that you had before because you know them well but you cant convince me for a second that the fact that your old wheels work well for you means that you automatically know that the new wheels don’t have any advantages.
If you’ve accomplished this type of clairvoyance - can you come to Florida and buy me a lottery ticket?"
You’re a god in my eyes…and your own, apparently. And everyone that cant pull a 12 cant drive for shit.
again, you make things up to satisfy your own arguments. I’ve not even taken the RS to a track yet. Reading comprehension isn’t your strong point, but at least you can drive.
Mind if I interrupt this turd joust and give my first hand experience that’s somewhat relevant to the original topic?
At my collision repair shop we have used a few different scan tools over the years. For the most part we need a scan tool to read and clear airbag, ABS, and check engine codes. Besides suspension work related to accidents we do very little mechanical work. We don’t do much logging or diagnostic troubleshooting. I’ve owned a few different Audis over the last 9 years but when I started modding my S4 I was looking for something that could do more than the basic functions. I did some research and ended up buying the VCDS cable and software for myself and the shop. I was impressed with the ease of use and the amount of information available to help use and learn about the software.
When our older Cornwell tech force tool died our sales rep showed us an Autel DS708 and a Foxwell tool, can’t remember exactly which one. They were similar in function and ease of use but our rep recommended the Autel so we went with that. Both tools were reverse engineered, worked on all makes and had “full” function on VW/Audi. On our Autel tool there was recently a massive Audi update. I’ve played around with it to see if stuff like coding convenience features is available. It appears to be but it’s a pain in the ass to do. With logs when you save the file there is no easy way to export it, its basically stuck in the tool. Unlike VCDS, info to help you with the functions of the tool are basically impossible to find. If you contact support you’re most likely going to be talking to someone in China. I know they are different brand tools but this is probably what you would be dealing with with the Foxwell tool.
Spend the extra money and avoid the hassle of being a guinea pig on an unknown tool. There are basically no downsides to the VCDS.
