Hi guys,
I though this would be the place for my little experience, do not hesitate to move it to a more appropriate section if needed.
I went to see a car I was interested in the other day, a fully equipped A6 4F Avant Quattro 3.2 FSI in Switzerland, not too many kilometers on it, but loads of options like AAS, AAC, MMI High, Electric tailgate, Memory seats, full black exterior package and so on. Not very impressive for the US drivers perhaps, but in Europe we quite rarely see options that account for one third of the original invoice amount, especially those kind of extras on a MY07. That also means that a lot of those modules can have errors in them...
So, as always, I was there with my laptop and my favorite HEX-CAN cable!
The car dealer shows me the car, I take a quick look around and then ask "do you mind if I run a scan of the error codes on the car"? And the guy goes "wow but what are you planning on using for that, do you have a Bosch tool"?
me : "No, it's my laptop and a diagnosis cable"
dealer : "I do not want you to connect that, what if you have a virus on your laptop, it will inject it to the Audi! The only tool for diagnosis I trust is Bosch, look I have one it's the only thing I put in my safe". And the guy shows me inside his safe, indeed only this green machine.
dealer : "This is worth more than 5000€, not like you cheap cable from internet, anyone can get one online for 50€"
me (puzzled) : "My cable is not a cheap thing from the internet, it is from a well known company called Ross Tech and use to cost something around 300€, don't tell me it's cheap!"
The car was still worth it so I arranged for a test drive. With my laptop bag around the shoulder. As soon as we were out of the yard, my passenger was opening the laptop and me plugging in the HEX-CAN
If you wonder, I did buy the car, the price was unbeatable and it return absolutely no errors
But man, was I pissed that this guy called my cable cheap!
I though this would be the place for my little experience, do not hesitate to move it to a more appropriate section if needed.
I went to see a car I was interested in the other day, a fully equipped A6 4F Avant Quattro 3.2 FSI in Switzerland, not too many kilometers on it, but loads of options like AAS, AAC, MMI High, Electric tailgate, Memory seats, full black exterior package and so on. Not very impressive for the US drivers perhaps, but in Europe we quite rarely see options that account for one third of the original invoice amount, especially those kind of extras on a MY07. That also means that a lot of those modules can have errors in them...
So, as always, I was there with my laptop and my favorite HEX-CAN cable!
The car dealer shows me the car, I take a quick look around and then ask "do you mind if I run a scan of the error codes on the car"? And the guy goes "wow but what are you planning on using for that, do you have a Bosch tool"?
me : "No, it's my laptop and a diagnosis cable"
dealer : "I do not want you to connect that, what if you have a virus on your laptop, it will inject it to the Audi! The only tool for diagnosis I trust is Bosch, look I have one it's the only thing I put in my safe". And the guy shows me inside his safe, indeed only this green machine.
dealer : "This is worth more than 5000€, not like you cheap cable from internet, anyone can get one online for 50€"
me (puzzled) : "My cable is not a cheap thing from the internet, it is from a well known company called Ross Tech and use to cost something around 300€, don't tell me it's cheap!"
The car was still worth it so I arranged for a test drive. With my laptop bag around the shoulder. As soon as we were out of the yard, my passenger was opening the laptop and me plugging in the HEX-CAN

If you wonder, I did buy the car, the price was unbeatable and it return absolutely no errors

But man, was I pissed that this guy called my cable cheap!