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Tech 2
« on: 14 November 2009, 17:12:19 »
Hi

I've been told I need to find a tech 2 in order to resync my new key fob?  I assume I can just contact a Vx dealer and they can do it for me.
Any idea on cost?

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Re: Tech 2
« Reply #1 on: 14 November 2009, 17:17:27 »
Yep - expensive.  Try one of the members on here with a tech2  :y
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Re: Tech 2
« Reply #2 on: 14 November 2009, 17:26:23 »
Thank dbug

is there anyone in the Wiltshire area?
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Re: Tech 2
« Reply #3 on: 14 November 2009, 17:30:57 »
Guess Kevin Wood is your nearest Tech2 - Hamps I think.
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Re: Tech 2
« Reply #4 on: 14 November 2009, 17:32:24 »
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Guess Kevin Wood is your nearest Tech2 - Hamps I think.

As i posted on the other thread  ::)

Either Alton, Hampshire or Brackley on the Oxon/Bucks/Northants border

Be cheaper than taking it to a dealer  :y
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Re: Tech 2
« Reply #5 on: 15 November 2009, 16:22:07 »
Please don't laugh at me!!!

But I notice that they sell Tech2 on ebay. Would this answer my key problem
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Re: Tech 2
« Reply #6 on: 15 November 2009, 16:25:48 »
A genuine Tech2 as used in VX dealerships is circa £2500 upwards.

The e-bay 'Tech2' is an alternate that uses a laptop and software of unknown foreign extraction but cannot do all the functions of the real thing.  Such as keys.  Fine for limited things - someone with one will do doubt elucidate - but like a certain fizzy drink, you cant beat the real thing!   ;D
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Re: Tech 2
« Reply #7 on: 15 November 2009, 16:26:06 »
But why buy, when you can have it fixed and make new friends along the way???? ;D
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Re: Tech 2
« Reply #8 on: 15 November 2009, 16:28:17 »
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A genuine Tech2 as used in VX dealerships is circa £2500 upwards.

The e-bay 'Tech2' is an alternate that uses a laptop and software of unknown foreign extraction but cannot do all the functions of the real thing.  Such as keys.  Fine for limited things - someone with one will do doubt elucidate - but like a certain fizzy drink, you cant beat the real thing!   ;D
big words for a sunday eh h21
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Re: Tech 2
« Reply #9 on: 15 November 2009, 16:35:14 »
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A genuine Tech2 as used in VX dealerships is circa £2500 upwards.

The e-bay 'Tech2' is an alternate that uses a laptop and software of unknown foreign extraction but cannot do all the functions of the real thing.  Such as keys.  Fine for limited things - someone with one will do doubt elucidate - but like a certain fizzy drink, you cant beat the real thing!   ;D
big words for a sunday eh h21

Got loads of them stored up, just dont want to use them all at once.....   ;D
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Re: Tech 2
« Reply #10 on: 15 November 2009, 16:48:42 »
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A genuine Tech2 as used in VX dealerships is circa £2500 upwards.

The e-bay 'Tech2' is an alternate that uses a laptop and software of unknown foreign extraction but cannot do all the functions of the real thing.  Such as keys.  Fine for limited things - someone with one will do doubt elucidate - but like a certain fizzy drink, you cant beat the real thing!   ;D
big words for a sunday eh h21

Got loads of them stored up, just dont want to use them all at once.....   ;D
...........and there's no harm in promulgating a few either! ;)
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Re: Tech 2
« Reply #11 on: 15 November 2009, 19:29:52 »
A proper Tech2 (standalone diags tool) and a cheapo tech2 (cheap chinese device needing a laptop) are miles apart. Hence why one is £30, the other is 100 times that price ;)

See FAQ section, there is a description of readers :)
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Re: Tech 2
« Reply #12 on: 15 November 2009, 19:57:57 »
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A proper Tech2 (standalone diags tool) and a cheapo tech2 (cheap chinese device needing a laptop) are miles apart. Hence why one is £30, the other is 100 times that price ;)

See FAQ section, there is a description of readers :)

TB, mine was £27 delivered and it does programme replacement keys, it also removes the old stored data of the key/s that originally came with the car but are now lost/stolen etc. which is a boon if you have lost your spare/s and are worried about getting your car nicked. ;) :y
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Re: Tech 2
« Reply #13 on: 15 November 2009, 20:01:22 »
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A proper Tech2 (standalone diags tool) and a cheapo tech2 (cheap chinese device needing a laptop) are miles apart. Hence why one is £30, the other is 100 times that price ;)

See FAQ section, there is a description of readers :)

TB, mine was £27 delivered and it does programme replacement keys, it also removes the old stored data of the key/s that originally came with the car but are now lost/stolen etc. which is a boon if you have lost your spare/s and are worried about getting your car nicked. ;) :y
I suspect I know what one that is.

2 things:

a) Illegal copy, no discussion on this site

b) It makes a right mess of programming - it makes a mess of some ECUs (as in renders them unusable). Beware!
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Re: Tech 2
« Reply #14 on: 15 November 2009, 21:01:37 »
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A proper Tech2 (standalone diags tool) and a cheapo tech2 (cheap chinese device needing a laptop) are miles apart. Hence why one is £30, the other is 100 times that price ;)

See FAQ section, there is a description of readers :)

TB, mine was £27 delivered and it does programme replacement keys, it also removes the old stored data of the key/s that originally came with the car but are now lost/stolen etc. which is a boon if you have lost your spare/s and are worried about getting your car nicked. ;) :y
I suspect I know what one that is.

2 things:

a) Illegal copy, no discussion on this site

b) It makes a right mess of programming - it makes a mess of some ECUs (as in renders them unusable). Beware!

Already read & understood from earlier posts TB :y  but from what little I mentioned in my last post I could have been refering to anything, even the fabled and much maligned £5 egay paperclip!!!  :D ;D ;D ;D ;) :y
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