Is buying a Tech 2 worth it?

[Rocket Man]

I've had DHL packages come from China that took forever, weeks. It depends on how fast they get through US Customs, not necessarily the shipper. I've seen shit sit at NY customs for 2 weeks, some that went through the same place in a couple days. It seems to be a crap shoot although both times they went through San Francisco they came through in a few days.

 

[Doubeleive]

I don't know I guess things have a learning curve for one, then there's the legal portion of it, lets say you rent one to somebody and they turn around claim it screwed up there bcm/ecm or something then your on the hook for that, might be more of hassle than its worth.

 

[Rocket Man]

I don't know I guess things have a learning curve for one, then there's the legal portion of it, lets say you rent one to somebody and they turn around claim it screwed up there bcm/ecm or something then your on the hook for that, might be more of hassle than its worth.

Or the Tech II comes back damaged. I wouldn't be willing to loan mine out; I learned long ago that if I wanted to keep my tools to never loan them out. It's not worth it. There's a reason I have tools and other people just want to borrow tools.

 

[PG01]

Or the Tech II comes back damaged. I wouldn't be willing to loan mine out; I learned long ago that if I wanted to keep my tools to never loan them out. It's not worth it. There's a reason I have tools and other people just want to borrow tools.

Troof^^^^

 

[UrbanSuburban]

The Tech 2 is a godsend, especially at the pricepoint its selling at. This is a 3500 dollar tool that previous generations have bought. Its also one of the only bi-directional scantools that will read and interact with OBD 1 vehicles. Most if not all only do the reading. In conjuction with the Tech2 you would also need to have a proper shop manual or a AllData subscription as its the shop manual in Electronic form. Its one thing to have a great scanner but you still need the proper info to work with it. Both the GM manuals and the Alldata are designed to work with the Tech 2 and there info is baked in.

 

[swathdiver]

/\ This!

I've always been happy to share tools with friends, problem is I forget that I even lent them out and they forget to return them!

 

[HiHoeSilver]

I've been on the tech 2 hunt. I've seen something about a USB adapter, but can't seem to find the info again. @swathdiver do you know about this?

 

[swathdiver]

I've been on the tech 2 hunt. I've seen something about a USB adapter, but can't seem to find the info again.

You mean this?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000VYJRY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I bought it, works flawlessly with the Tech2 and TIS2000 software on my old HP DV8000 laptop with Windows 7.

 

[chevy529]

I bought it, works flawlessly with the Tech2 and TIS2000 software on my old HP DV8000 laptop with Windows 7.

It works on Win7? Geez!
I read it would only work on WinXP Pro ... so that's what I put together. *sigh*

 

[swathdiver]

It works on Win7? Geez!
I read it would only work on WinXP Pro ... so that's what I put together. *sigh*

I read that too but said to myself, "what the hey", and it works!

 

[chevy529]

Awesome! I should have asked on here .........

DHL took 2 weeks for me to get mine from China. But it sat in Customs for 5 days.
Not bad. It took me three weeks to get stuff from Germany using DHL and the postal system.
Apparently they put it on a pack mule across Canada.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Awesome! I should have asked on here .........

DHL took 2 weeks for me to get mine from China. But it sat in Customs for 5 days.
Not bad. It took me three weeks to get stuff from Germany using DHL and the postal system.
Apparently they put it on a pack mule across Canada.

Link to where you ordered?

 

[Rocket Man]

Awesome! I should have asked on here .........

DHL took 2 weeks for me to get mine from China. But it sat in Customs for 5 days.
Not bad. It took me three weeks to get stuff from Germany using DHL and the postal system.
Apparently they put it on a pack mule across Canada.

I've bought quite a bit of motorcycle parts from Germany and they always sat in customs for 2 weeks. Maybe they put them in a bombproof place and wait to see if they blow up IDK.

 

[iamdub]

I shipped a buddy in Germany 3 heavy packages containing complete Ford 8.8 rear end disc brakes and one axle tube and axle shaft. Took 4 days through USPS.

 

[tuita]

I bought mine from aliexpress.com for ?? $400 CDN plus tax and duty. I believe, and I may be wrong, that any of the Tech2's are Chinese manufactured, mine came with all the "correct" decals of Vetronix, they just weren't applied. Which suggests that all come from the original factory but probably due to contractual obligations cannot be sold as such. At least for the one I bought.

The PCMCIA card slot door didn't go up enough to easily slide it in but it just needed a little "persuasion" and it popped right in. Still closed after I did it.

But I too saw a post where a guy had to cut the door to make his go in.

James. I'm a little jealous you got the case but I just bought a cheap plastic tool box which holds what I need for my vehicle. $18 I live in B.C. which for the rest of western Canada means Bring Cash

Come on,I found gm tech2 hours online,ebay,amazon etc, I think tech2 which sell online is all clone and most from china,I choice chinacardiags.com to buy,they have over 290 reviews also Many people online feedback their gm tech2 clone work well

 

[chevy529]

Link to where you ordered?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/tec...337.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.2b494c4db6C9tw

 

[chevy529]

Come on,I found gm tech2 hours online,ebay,amazon etc, I think tech2 which sell online is all clone and most from china,I choice chinacardiags.com to buy,they have over 290 reviews also Many people online feedback their gm tech2 clone work well

I ... I ... beg yo pahdon!?








with apologies to Foghorn Leghorn

 

[HiHoeSilver]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/tec...337.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.2b494c4db6C9tw

I looked at that one, but I couldn't see (other than the pictures ) anywhere that it specified the software version and got nervous. Yours came 33.004?

 

[chevy529]

I looked at that one, but I couldn't see (other than the pictures ) anywhere that it specified the software version and got nervous. Yours came 33.004?

Yup.

EDIT: They were really responsive to my queries, if in somewhat poor English but better than my Mandarin. I'm sure they would be glad to answer any questions you'd have.

Send 'em a question!

 

[mattbta]

Come on,I found gm tech2 hours online,ebay,amazon etc, I think tech2 which sell online is all clone and most from china,I choice chinacardiags.com to buy,they have over 290 reviews also Many people online feedback their gm tech2 clone work well

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