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KraftyPg
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I think the whole dealership angle is more to do with if they can't sell it too you are a greatly over inflated price then it's not something they will openly recommend. Given that a dealership tech is really only capable of operating within the dealership guidelines, no matter how experienced they are, going out on a limb and suggesting to a customer that using something like a scangauge is a good idea could land them in more trouble than its worth.
Having said that there is many other options available (mainly overseas) that are similar to scangauges but are a lot more powerful in that they can overwrite the ECU.
For those with the right toys you can download the entire software package that dealerships use and run it on something as powerless as a netbook, connect it to the car and do everything dealership tech can do. The biggest decision on doing this is which software package to get as there is two choices and all of the main manufactures use one or the other but the likelihood of your dealership telling you which one (or possibly knowing which one) they use is extremely unlikely.
Having said that there is many other options available (mainly overseas) that are similar to scangauges but are a lot more powerful in that they can overwrite the ECU.
For those with the right toys you can download the entire software package that dealerships use and run it on something as powerless as a netbook, connect it to the car and do everything dealership tech can do. The biggest decision on doing this is which software package to get as there is two choices and all of the main manufactures use one or the other but the likelihood of your dealership telling you which one (or possibly knowing which one) they use is extremely unlikely.