Do I need vcds ?

[NIGE28]

Hey all just wondering if I need to get vcds or is it something to live without ?

 

[Tj 0785]

If you like to do jobs on your car it's worth having if your the type that takes it to the garage when you think something wrong then no
Me personally I have the cheap £10 eBay one don't get all the benefits of the full version butt will do till I invest in the full vcds

 

[NIGE28]

Can you use it to adjust certain settings aswell rather then just reading error codes ?

 

[Tj 0785]

It can only scan a few s sections can't do a full scan can't use measuring blocks it is pretty limited I've used it for testing 4wd and clucth switch and alarm/central locking

 

[NIGE28]

Maybe I won't bother then. Going to look into fis control or mfa-xp instead

 

[Tj 0785]

I wouldn't with the cheap eBay version but the full version is definitely worth it you can recode locking/ radio /test level motors use measuring blocks log data runs and other things with it but I think the fis just gives fault codes don't know if you can recode and you can play snake

 

[Tj 0785]

Ignore half of that the fis does more than I thought although you can't recode things with the fis like you can with vcds

 

[adrenalin84]

if you are gonna stay with vag, yeah defo worth it, i dabble so i only borrow other peoples when i need to

 

[Nilz]

It is worth it if you are staying within the vag group, alternatively have a look at Carista, you can do alot with it now and it's always evolving, it's also alot cheaper.

 

[And]

Depends what you want to do. This gadget is getting more air time (https://obdeleven.com/) and at £50 is worth a punt. It does your diagnostics and long coding plus some short cuts that are embedded in the apps function. I went for it over VCDS purely down to cost; it may not be VCDS but it's pretty close.