It works well and you can use it as wifi or as the cable version…so it’s basically a win win. They also have an app created for smart phones. I sold my cable and bought that because you can use it on any device with an Internet explorer. You also might want to look into the new Rosstech wifi dongle.like say for boost it can do Radio coding and it can disable seat belt chime. NT500 does log data and you can view live graphs while recording, it shows show actual vs requested values. If a new device has come out that seems to do everything the old one does at a fraction of the cost, it seems like a good idea to consider it.Īctually, FOXWELL NT500 VAG scanner is verified coding like a charm. I certainly don’t do everything on the cheap as a habit – I like to buy the best but I’m also a practical and curious hobbyist. Mine would likely stay with the car, so resale value doesn’t mean anything to me. The draw is -$200 and it’s easy transported and kept in the car.Could keep it in the car all the time”just in case”. Aside from being cheaper, is being compact and self contained.If you want to make sure you can do everything and anything and never be stuck for functionality…that’s where you pay the extra. If all you want to do is read/delete codes and do some output tests I’m not sure there would be much beit in paying an extra $150 for VCDS so it could be worth a go. I can’t immediately find how good the documentation with this scanner is. The biggest advantage of VCDS is the very extensive wiki on the Ross-Tech site which has pretty much everything covered in a simple enough explanation. I think VCDS definitely has the edge in terms of logging capability, but it’s certainly also handy to have a standalone device that doesn’t require a laptop. Depends how much you really want to do with it. It seems pretty user friendly on the Foxwell site.
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