Great. But what caused the problem in the first place?
Irishrover
Well-Known Member
:hysterically_laughiBBS guy will be like a dog with two c**ks when he reads this thread.
Wait for the big discount guys and gals !!!
Wait for the big discount guys and gals !!!
paddocks1967
New Member
iam glad that you have got it to work,i still cant get mine to work,but i know mine's will work someday.
lil_gibbo89
Active Member
What does it actually do ? would it automatically reset the ride heights to default ?
Well considering it consists of a two quid plastic case filled with three quids worth of chips and resistors and maybe a diode or two and costs £60.00 + it should give you a full service and valet. But it reads and deletes fault codes all on it's little own as i understand it. You would be much better off with the lead and programme on a laptop, so you can read the fault codes and rectify the fault, so it does not come back again, so you don't need to pay £60.00 + to reset the fault codes on ASDA car park.
Have you ever driven your car on it's bump stops? I have and the thought of hving to drive 50 miles home bouncing out of my seat is enough to buy it. I have the leads and they work but I cannot drive around with my laptop in the car it is a work laptop and if I got it stollen it would be a nightmare.
Yes but not for fifty miles. Not knocking it from a usefullness standpoint very handy. But £60.00 + for what can be no more than £5.00 of bits is a little on the steep side. Just saying it would be better to use the EAS software and cable on a regular basis repairing any problems and not just wiping them off and forgetting about it, to keep on top of things. A well maintained car is a reliable car. It of course it does nothing for a burst air bag. It is designed to run a car with occasionally re-occuring faults rather than rectifying them.
I agree on the cost side, they are terribly expensive. When I used the cables and software for the first time I was very pleased but then realised if it happened again I would have to drive home to get the laptop before fixing. I then imagined how inconvenient this would be if I was out fishing and this happened and I had to drive home the 30 miles on the bump stops. It was this that made me decide to get the kicker. Last night the EAS crapped out and luckily it didn't drop to the bump stops so I did drive home where I plugged it in.
I think the problem I have is due to a sensor as the compressor works very well. Normally I have put the dog in the car or unloaded something from the back. When I start the car up the car doesn't rise and often it takes a drive of a few miles for it to sort itself out.
I think the problem I have is due to a sensor as the compressor works very well. Normally I have put the dog in the car or unloaded something from the back. When I start the car up the car doesn't rise and often it takes a drive of a few miles for it to sort itself out.
Rick-the-Pick
Active Member
They're great little tools.
I have thousands of pounds worth of diagnostics & i even have a kicker in my glovebox.
I have thousands of pounds worth of diagnostics & i even have a kicker in my glovebox.
Yeah a good little tool at, well lets give the bloke 150% profit, and say £25.00 but £60.00 + is taking the ****.
OXO
Well-Known Member
I don't agree. The price of a niche product like this isn't the cost of the bits.
It's the cost of the bits,
plus the time to assemble,
plus the time to test it,
plus (and this ones the biggie) the contribution to the design and development
plus the cost of support and warranty.
£60 is cheap.
Tell yu what - you design and build a better one and sell it on here for £25 and yu will be on to a winner
Tell yu what - you design and build a better one and sell it on here for £25 and yu will be on to a winner
I think many people could do that mate. It's the software these criminals charge you for not the transistors.
So its criminal to have the knowledge to be able to write the software now, is it?
Why dont yu just get of yo arse and do it. It aint rocket science - just hard work. Or dont you like hard work?
It is every mans right to have minions do work for him, just as it is your right to be a sarcastic bastard.
No sarcasm.
Just get ****ed orf with peeps sitting on their arses and complaining that they should be given stuff with little or no effort.
I pulled out of the computer repair market several years ago after getting sick and tired of peeps screwing up there machines and when told how much to fix, always knew of a "mate" who could do it cheaper/better/quicker. In the end I told em to take them to their "mate". Invariably got em back a week later totally ****ed!
As I said - if you dont like the way summats being done - do it better! Thats how Richard Branson and Alan Sugar got started - you mite be the next.....
Just get ****ed orf with peeps sitting on their arses and complaining that they should be given stuff with little or no effort.
I pulled out of the computer repair market several years ago after getting sick and tired of peeps screwing up there machines and when told how much to fix, always knew of a "mate" who could do it cheaper/better/quicker. In the end I told em to take them to their "mate". Invariably got em back a week later totally ****ed!
As I said - if you dont like the way summats being done - do it better! Thats how Richard Branson and Alan Sugar got started - you mite be the next.....
Datatek
Well-Known Member
I quit the computer industry for similar reasons, microprocessors for industrial control were a much better bet.
Software is what makes the money and it's where the major development costs are as you know.
now that you,ve all spat your dummys out£60 for a bit of kit thats potentially gonna get you out the sh*t in the middle of nowhere is a handy bit of kit and well worth the money.i may even treat meself to one once everything else is sorted.yes yoy probably could make it for less than the cost of a few jars but i and probably most of the other members have,nt quite got the brains.wammers is quite right to say you can,t go around masking problems up on these cars if you have a fault-sort it.but i do believe nik b did,nt buy it for that reason he bought it has a get me home fix.there you go thats my bit.
£60 for a bit of kit thats potentially gonna get you out the sh*t in the middle of nowhere is a handy bit of kit and well worth the money.i may even treat meself to one once everything else is sorted.yes yoy probably could make it for less than the cost of a few jars but i and probably most of the other members have,nt quite got the brains.wammers is quite right to say you can,t go around masking problems up on these cars if you have a fault-sort it.but i do believe nik b did,nt buy it for that reason he bought it has a get me home fix.there you go thats my bit.Rick-the-Pick
Active Member
£140 for an RF receiver
£150 for a key fob
£130 for a fuse box
Diagnostics between £50 & £120 an hour
To complain about £60 for a tool that resets your air suspension leaves us in great doubt about that person's integrity.
You don't deserve to drive a Range Rover.
£150 for a key fob
£130 for a fuse box
Diagnostics between £50 & £120 an hour
To complain about £60 for a tool that resets your air suspension leaves us in great doubt about that person's integrity.
You don't deserve to drive a Range Rover.
