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milage correction computer
needforspeed - 12/10/11 at 09:32 PM

diagnostic computer for milage correction and diagnostics of instroment clusters. i bought this about 6 months ago but change of jobs means it isnt going to get used, comes with a massive box of cables and a full instruction dvd with pictures etc etc can do a HUGE amount of cars! link - http://ucables.com/ref/TACHO-2007 after £150 delivered for it cost me alot more than this!!

needforspeed - 17/10/11 at 07:19 PM

upski

needforspeed - 21/10/11 at 06:12 AM

bump

britishtrident - 21/10/11 at 06:27 AM

Call a spade a spade

Clocking is illegal.

McLannahan - 21/10/11 at 09:33 AM

Clocking isn't illegal and can be done for legitimate issues such as second hand clocks or new dash clocks into a car.

What is illegal is misrepresenting a cars miles once it's been clocked. So legal to clock - not legal to sell and not inform seller.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/eastmidlands/series11/week8_carclocking.shtml

http://whatconsumer.co.uk/forum/consumer-rights-television-programmes/10391-bbc-watchdog-car-clockers.html

britishtrident - 21/10/11 at 09:51 AM

Yeah right for the the ten in a million legitimate corrections (usually by main deallers) there are 999,999 wide boys who want to lop 40,000miles off an 80,000 mile E46 to double the value.

McLannahan - 21/10/11 at 11:02 AM

quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Yeah right for the the ten in a million legitimate corrections (usually by main deallers) there are 999,999 wide boys who want to lop 40,000miles off an 80,000 mile E46 to double the value.


What? Is that an admission I'm right or just another rant?

blakep82 - 21/10/11 at 11:28 AM

speeding's illegal, yet we're all capable of it. its what you do with the tools available. as said, plenty of legitimate uses.

and what should the mileage actually belong to? thew chassis? the engine? the clocks?

I've got a ~90,000 mile enigne, in a chassis of unknown milage, with all the suspension of also unknown milage, same with gear box, new prop, new half shafts, and a speedometer which shows 0 miles. is that essentially clocking? or is it right becuase the speedo is new?

[Edited on 21/10/11 by blakep82]

Steve Hignett - 21/10/11 at 10:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Call a spade a spade

Clocking is illegal.


More bullshite...........................

britishtrident - 22/10/11 at 06:31 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Steve Hignett
quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Call a spade a spade

Clocking is illegal.


More bullshite...........................


From your comments it would seem either you are a total innocent look at the world through rose tinted glasses or you like to make a fast buck by fair means or foul.
I my long experience those who use the word bullshite are rarely the the kind who look at the world through rose tinted glasses.

The one of the most common forms of clocking is where a first owner with a high end car less than 3 years old but with a an above average mile mileage gets it "adjusted" down to average miles before chopping it in for a new car, even if detected this is almost unprovable.


[Edited on 22/10/11 by britishtrident]

needforspeed - 22/10/11 at 07:28 AM

shal i repost this for sale for anyone who mite to genuinly want to buy it now as i think you guys have pretty much fu**ed it now! its a perfectly good diagnostic tool for reading keys diagnosing clusters and changeing milage when its incorrect whats the problem get off the bandwaggon!

DRC INDY 7 - 22/10/11 at 12:49 PM

Don't worry mate you always get dickheads on here also know as keyboard warriors

britishtrident - 22/10/11 at 01:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DRC INDY 7
Don't worry mate you always get dickheads on here also know as keyboard warriors


Just because it isn't stealing pension books off grannies doesn't mean it is victimless, in fact for the rest of the vehicles life everytime it changes hands after having its "mileage adjusted" the new owner suffers a loss, how would you like if avehicle suffered an apparently premature cam belt failure because some bright spark after a fast buck had wiped 30k off the clock.

The worst case I ever saw was many years ago an immaculate car that having serviced it from its PDI I knew had over 98,000 miles under its' belt reappeared with a new owner and just over 38,000 miles on the odometer.

JoelP - 22/10/11 at 03:11 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DRC INDY 7
Don't worry mate you always get dickheads on here also know as keyboard warriors


Outrageous.

Steve Hignett - 22/10/11 at 03:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by needforspeed
shal i repost this for sale for anyone who mite to genuinly want to buy it now as i think you guys have pretty much fu**ed it now! its a perfectly good diagnostic tool for reading keys diagnosing clusters and changeing milage when its incorrect whats the problem get off the bandwaggon!


Yeah sorry about that mate, it was not my intention to participate in drawing this off-topic in any way. It's just that when someone acts like a total keyboard warrior from up on high, it tends to get my goat. There are plenty of legitimate reasons why a clock is reset, so to use such black-and-white terms like above, is just sensationalistic. Strangely enough, not unlike some of his other posts!

I had the clocks reset that I bought for my '06 plated kitcar as I couldn't get a set of new clocks to go with my new chassis and new engine that I bought................

YODI - 23/10/11 at 01:54 PM

It was so obvious this post would turn to s**t

Let the guy sell his kit, it does more then mileage correction aswell, and its not illegal to correct mileage.

Just because the tool can be used to break the law so can every day things like the car your about to get in, shall I nick you for speeding now then?? Shall I arrest myself for murder because I have 3 guns??

Seriously guys we are all adults and know what it can be used for, its unfortunate that in this case the majority use it for illegal purposes but why kill the guys advert when he has done nothing wrong.

UncleFista - 23/10/11 at 03:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DRC INDY 7
Don't worry mate you always get dickheads on here also know as keyboard warriors


You're right, the "dickheads" who don't have a point and resort to personal insults/namecalling.
Luckily we don't have many on here, in fact, in this thread there's only one so far..

We don't need these kinds of posts on this forum

needforspeed - 23/10/11 at 03:07 PM

thanks for the good replys here

fazerruss - 23/10/11 at 03:40 PM

What else can this unit do?
Im after a dianostic tool that can reset any and all service and error lights on all cars inc BMW,SEAT,FORD,CITROEN?

service spanner/reminder
airbag/SRS lights
dtc codes

Was going to get an autel 702 but if this does more then I might be interested.

Cheers

needforspeed - 23/10/11 at 07:39 PM

sorry this wont clear faut codes

rhinopower - 13/11/11 at 08:32 AM

Will this unit do audis? It doesn't list them

Thanks

needforspeed - 13/11/11 at 08:08 PM

these are the audis it can do

Model A2 VDO
Model A3 / S3 VDO before model 2000
Model A3 / S3 UKNSI
Model A3 / S3 VDO model 2000 cluster plug
Model A3 / S3 VDO model 2000 clip
Model A3 / S3 Magneti Marelli model 2000
Model A4 / S4 VDO before model 2000
Model A4 / S4 UK NSI
Model A4 / S4 VDO model 2000 cluster plug
Model A4 / S4 VDO model 2000 clip
Model A4 / S4 Magneti Marelli model 2000
Model A4 Bosch model 2001 clip
Model A6 / S6, old model C4, before 1997
Model A6 / S6 VDO, new model before model 2000
Model A6 / S6 UK NSI
Model A6 / S6 VDO model 2000 cluster plug
Model A6 / S6 VDO model 2000 clip
Model A6 / S6 Magneti Marelli model 2000
Model A8 / S8 before 1/1999
Model A8 / S8 after 1/1999
Model TT before model 2000
Model TT model 2000

rhinopower - 13/11/11 at 09:34 PM

It's mostly for older cars? Pm me your best price, I'm quite interested

Ben_Copeland - 20/11/11 at 05:16 PM

u2u sent

snowy2 - 22/11/11 at 10:34 AM

Some of the discussion here highlights a problem often encountered when i am asked by family to check out a car. on any “modern“ car ( post 1980 ) mileage is an almost useless assessment of a cars condition it is the number of cold starts that should be considered. not something that is easy to find out. When i worked as a mechanic we bought a fleet of ex reps cars (cavaliers) all at about 100k miles and one car at 6000 miles that belonged to an old lady that car was the one that everyone wanted to buy, and we had it back in our workshop more often than most of the staff! the car was returned so often we traded it off site to another dealer it was an absolute dog.....pretty but so unreliable. the ex reps cars only showed up for servicing and mot‘s. anyone who buys a car based on mostly the mileage is looking to get ripped off and almost deserves what they get.