Can't justify genuine VCDS, cheap one then!

[white91]

Has anybody got a link to a cheap VCDS?

Load on eBay or Amazon, can't really tell if they all do the same thing or not?




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[irish_ram]

Don't think it is allowed to post up knock off ebay cables on here.

However the cable I use works but it is not an original cable and as far as I am aware does everything a genuine cable does.

But I have read posts where you are taking a risk because it could mess up your settings not being genuine. But you would expect any risk with something that is not genuine whatever it may be 

[jacobrownoly]

I bought one of Amazon for £30. It's great! Came with the Ross tech cable too. I only use it to scan and log car.

[white91]

I'm only going to use it to do a few comfort mods, like beep with the alarm, one button locking etc. Might take a punt for £30


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[r5gtt]

It's not allowed in certain forums but I can tell you I bought one from Australia and it's a 14.10 version original ross tech cable and does everything 
Amazon one works the same as members of the tt forum use the same and even ebay ones with the correct software works to as I have one of those also 

[patpong_pete]

It's not allowed in certain forums but I can tell you I bought one from Australia and it's a 14.10 version original ross tech cable and does everything 
Amazon one works the same as members of the tt forum use the same and even ebay ones with the correct software works to as I have one of those also 

any one got a link to the 30 pound ones

[john87]

Come on folks, don't be tight!

If it wasn't for people buying the genuine cable and supporting the team who developed this extremely useful tool, then it wouldn't exist.

I bought the original HEX-CAN cable and have probably made the money back on the amount of people I've done scans and changes for.

Anyway, I'm not sure I'd be happy plugging an unsupported cable into my cars' ECU 

[Ditto]

I'm only going to use it to do a few comfort mods, like beep with the alarm, one button locking etc. Might take a punt for £30

Have you seen the Carista app? For the price of a Bluetooth dongle and a £15 app you can configure all the comfort settings via your phone as well as read off fault codes. Works a treat

[white91]

Come on folks, don't be tight!

If it wasn't for people buying the genuine cable and supporting the team who developed this extremely useful tool, then it wouldn't exist.

I bought the original HEX-CAN cable and have probably made the money back on the amount of people I've done scans and changes for.

Anyway, I'm not sure I'd be happy plugging an unsupported cable into my cars' ECU 

I think around £300 for the cable is pretty steep for the average home user, however if I was charging then maybe I could make it pay.

[r5gtt]

We can only pay what we can afford to with wages being cak and prices always rising.

I'm happy with my £47 14.10 version 

Sorry to the guys who pay the full amount 

[Rossimac]

We can only pay what we can afford to with wages being cak and prices always rising.

I'm happy with my £47 14.10 version 

Sorry to the guys who pay the full amount 

Meh - that's a crap reason.

The price on gendan.co.uk has remained the same for 2 years (as long as I've been around anyway) at £265.

If your wages are cak, maybe a GTI with mods isn't for you?

[john87]

Come on folks, don't be tight!

If it wasn't for people buying the genuine cable and supporting the team who developed this extremely useful tool, then it wouldn't exist.

I bought the original HEX-CAN cable and have probably made the money back on the amount of people I've done scans and changes for.

Anyway, I'm not sure I'd be happy plugging an unsupported cable into my cars' ECU 

I think around £300 for the cable is pretty steep for the average home user, however if I was charging then maybe I could make it pay.

If you look after your cable though, good chance you'll be able to sell it on for no less than £200.. so if you pay £270, it's not really cost you very much at all, even if you make no money doing favours for other VAG owners   

[ephemeross]

Making your money back is easy, it pays for its-self. Plus like John said, you can resell it for pretty much the same price.
You also get full support from Ross-Tech if anything goes wrong and free updates.

[Kam88]

i got one from Amazon works perfectly 

[mvb12]

These fake cables do not do everything.

When you need security passwords you will find out that you will be locked out if you do not have the genuine cable.

Do you really think a £30 cable can do exactly the same them as a cable 10 x the price?