Thinkdiag OBD2

[andrewwynn]

First impressions: way way better than foxwell.

On E53 the coding is pretty limited but I have access to a lot of things I haven't in the past such as enable/disable the setting of the seat moving to memory position with selected key etc.

The whole system and presentation is first rate, feels like opening an Apple product.

The initial setup was simple but there was no description how to activate the subscription so it wanted to charge me $40 to access the BMW section.


The next morning all the $40 prices turned to "open" so it just figured it out so if you buy one with the 1 or 2 year subscription just set it up at night and plan to play the next day.

All the mechanic tools are abbreviated so I have no idea what most are yet and many don't apply to e53 but a major part of buying was to access things on e70 like magic parking brake etc.

The system stays functional though power cycle so don't need to unplug the dongle to jump start it like typical 237(?) Dongles

One of the main things I want to do is doable the moronic steering wheel moves every entry to car.

I'll take some screen recordings on the phone. The graphing looks nice but so far cant find a way to show multiple items and no editing of the impossible to read fonts.

A - overall review so far and does do as claimed. Of course it can only access the modules available over OBD but it's a big step up over foxwell and I always have my phone on me.