bretti_kivi
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I had a copy of the software back when it was called VAG Com and required serial. I updated to VCDS Lite when that particular machine died and was unimpressed. That must have been around... 2009? I'd not really needed it again until I needed to remove error messages to pass our equivalent of an MoT a couple of years back. That's when I got very annoyed with the limitations of Bluetooth dongles, software and which software could actually delete the errors (the version of Torque I found could not; Carista also refused and I no longer have a machine with RS232 so VCDS was out).Why go on about the limitations, while ignoring the things it can do?
Have you actually installed and used VCDS Lite?
Limitations are important to allow someone to make an informed decision. OBD11 is cheap but requires their dongle (not so cheap). VCDS wants Internet (not necessarily a given) and it's limited in numbers of VINs these days. Carista is mobile only and at least one of the softwares only works on Android not iOS. It's all important to those who don't have access to an iPad, Windows 10 machine and / or an Android device.
If it works for you, great. I've seen enough problems with Serial drivers being supboptimal to be very wary of cheap hardware.
- Bret