Our friends over at the Taurus enthusists
web site are trying to get a OBD II group
buy together, a cool scanning tool. You can read about it at
http://www.obd-2.com/ and
the Taurus sign up is at
http://www.tauruscarclub.com/obd2.html A group buy gets a 40% discount, which
is an awesome price for this scanning
tool.
Here is a note I wrote about it recently,
which explains everything I have learned
about it. The guy already has about 16-18 people, and 20 people are needed to get
the 40% discount.
Carl
In regard to this software, here is what I know, OTHER than what is on the web site.
This is the web site:
http://www.obd-2.com/ The cost depends on w what you get. One interface (one car group) at the
discount price is about $79 I think. All 3 interfaces (all cars) is
about $98.
What he is selling is the little hardware wire interface, the software is
free off of his web site. I've seen the software work on my car, it is
very cool.
It tells you codes, clears codes, but also does a TON of ther stuff, like
tell you sensor voltages, speeds, tac, graphs, tons and tons of stuff.
I'm going to use it mostly for the codes.
As far as needing a laptop, you need a computer and long enough serial cable
or ether cable, depending on what interface you buy. A laptop would obviously be easier, but I intend to get the triple combo
with the ether cable, then just run that out a window from my inside home
office PC and out to the car. It will be a little hassle, but it will
work and is MUCH cheaper than a new laptop.
So for like $100 you get to read the codes out of the car, which usually costs like $60 or more for each read at a garage.
For anyone that wants to join the group by (like a 40% discount) go to this web site
http://www.tauruscarclub.com/obd2.html and sign up yourself. Look at the web site
http://www.obd-2.com/ for
all the details.
