Without a doubt in my mind, the most essential tool for anyone calling himself a VAG enthusiast is VAG-COM. As accurately defined by Wikipedia and the most basic way to describe it, VAG-COM will perform most of the functions of a number of expensive tools available only to official dealers like the VAS-505x series diagnostic tools. In the past this has prevented owners and many small repair shops from performing some tasks such as diagnosing problems, diesel ignition timing, modification of convenience options such as automatic door unlocking, coding a replacement ECU or key to the vehicle and monitoring of many vehicle sensors for diagnosing problems. It is also the only way we have to tinker around, self-diagnose and basically get more a more personalized vehicle. First thing on the agenda has been disabling the DRL (daytime running lights), enabling up/down windows and sunroof through remote and disable seatbelt chime… Not that I don’t wear my seatbelt; I always do even if it’s just to back the car up- call me crazy. However, when you are inside the car tinkering around, that seat belt chime is pretty annoying.
Thanks to Brian for the help. :)
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