Don,t know exactly what you call them but what does everyone think about these handheld "Code Readers" you see on Ebay for sale and also Sealey make one(damn expensive though).

I don,t have VAG-COM as i don,t have a Laptop only a PC at home.

Are they worth buying? do they really work just like VAG-COM?

Sorry to ask but was wondering about them.

VAG_COM will do more and diagnose better than anything except the dealers 5051 or 5052 tool.

The handheld tools are better than nothing though, but some can't read any VAG-specific codes, and most won't be able to do coding or adaption.

As I see it the ones sold on Ebay are about as much use as a return ticket on the Titanic.

The Sealey one is a little better as you can reset the service interval with it but I think it works out rather expensive if you only mean to use it occaisonally.

I found a VAG-specific unit that looks interesting. Was thinking about getting one tbh - small enough to have on hand in the glovebox, lol.

see: ecutool

HTH

Bas