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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 06:33 PM
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Which Scanner

I am looking for a OBD II scanner and am torn between the laptop setup or the Equus 3140.

Anyone have any experience with the laptop software,(autotap, scantool) or some of the others?
 
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 08:14 PM
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My wholly unrelated (microscopes, etc) experience with laptop-based tools is that they typically can do more things than a handheld tool, but you have to ask yourself if you want to whip out the laptop every time you need to scan codes or whatever.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 08:26 PM
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That could be a pain, my only concern is my check light flickers during hard acceleration, it does not stay lite. I don't know if the hand scanner will catch the problem after the fact.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 08:41 PM
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yeah, the code should be saved. go to autozone and get a free scan. i got the edge evolution, tuner/scanner/guage cluster/ect...
 
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 08:48 PM
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I've been using Products for a few years, laptop. love it.
 
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