Carmd

jfpdlt01 · January 25, 2011

I was watching tv the other night and seen a paid program come on. I normally don't watch them, but I was quite interested. The CardMD was the product. First time I have ever seen this or even heard about it, so not sure if it is new or something that has just been kept quiet a while. If you are not familar with it, CardMD as quoted from their website, "CarMD is the only system to provide you with the tools and real world knowledge from thousands of trusted and skilled ASE Certified Technicians. Let CarMD give you the peace of mind that comes from never paying for overpriced auto repair bills again!" www.carmd.com

Wondering if anyone else has seen this? Does it work or is it pretty much like every other product that is on paid programing? Anyone have any thoughts or comment????

[email protected] · January 25, 2011

Looks like a cheap ass code reader you can buy at walmart for 60 bucks to me. If your engine light is on, it reads the codes and tells you what's wrong. Nothing new..................at all.

old-chevy-dude · January 25, 2011

hmm, seems like every other OBDII reader out there with the added benefit of the troubleshooting database, $150ish for all the hardware and add ons. then $29 a year (for 3 cars) for the premium service access to the database or pay $2.99 per incident.

http://www.carmd.com/50.4/Article/Compare-...CarMD-Solutions

old-chevy-dude · January 25, 2011

Looks like a cheap ass code reader you can buy at walmart for 60 bucks to me. If your engine light is on, it reads the codes and tells you what's wrong. Nothing new..................at all.

it's a bit more than that, with a paid subscription of course, you have access to a full trouble-shooting database, however read the disclaimers, Full Size and Heavy Duty trucks are excluded until model year 2010..

so it won't work on any of our trucks pre-2010.

[email protected] · January 25, 2011

I can do the same thing with my elm or diablo and the help of a google search, though. For free.

old-chevy-dude · January 25, 2011

I can do the same thing with my elm or diablo and the help of a google search, though. For free.

understood, but you are of about 5% of the world that can.. this device would be for those that aren't so saavy, and besides if someone has a tuner this would be useless for them..

this is intented for the common every day person that doesn't understand what modding a vehicle is, they just think a car/truck is a machine to get them from point a to point b and don't want to be ripped off for repairs..

for what it is, it far exceeds the off the shelf pep-boys OBDII reader.. however the flip side is that most people aren't smart enought to work their "smart" phones so this would be one of those ways for them to phuck things up worse.