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Old 02-25-2006, 09:10 PM
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Default Autotap, anyone used it?

who has used it??

What did you think of the software? Worth the cost? downsides?

I'm think of the laptop version (as opposed to the scan gauge that looks good on the 00+ interiors).

opinions welcome.
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I played with one at the National Meet...I used Allmatige'* Palm based one...its basically like a Scan tool, but will also store data....AND you can also Pull OBD 2 codes with it
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I haven't used it, but I've been investigating different scanners for some time. I've decided that the AutoTap with the ATENDOM upgrade is likely to be the one that I will purchase. This is the link for the enhanced GM data.

http://www.autotap.com/enhanced_parameters_gm.asp
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I haven't used it, but I've been investigating different scanners for some time. I've decided that the AutoTap with the ATENDOM upgrade is likely to be the one that I will purchase. This is the link for the enhanced GM data.

http://www.autotap.com/enhanced_parameters_gm.asp
yup, that is what I would get, 289ish for the basic + the GM enhanced.

now we just need someone with the low down on this.
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Originally Posted by BillBoost37
Bump...Opinions wanted badly.
I just have to know, it'* kind of got me curious. What'* the deal with the "bump" that I see in posts everywhere, what does this mean? Maybe I'm just slightly slow in the skull, but I haven't picked up on it yet.
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Originally Posted by BillBoost37
Bump...Opinions wanted badly.
I just have to know, it'* kind of got me curious. What'* the deal with the "bump" that I see in posts everywhere, what does this mean? Maybe I'm just slightly slow in the skull, but I haven't picked up on it yet.
it moves a thread to the top of the page in hope that someone who knows something about the topic wont miss it, and then respond.
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I've used it before on my lumina and we used it in Thom'* truck. My buddy has it and if I can get a hold of him and borrow it, and get a working laptop, I told you we'd go out and test it out. I liked it when I used it. Found out the computer has 500 less miles on the car than the OD.
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Originally Posted by JimmyFloyd
I've used it before on my lumina and we used it in Thom'* truck. My buddy has it and if I can get a hold of him and borrow it, and get a working laptop, I told you we'd go out and test it out. I liked it when I used it. Found out the computer has 500 less miles on the car than the OD.
I know we talked, I wanted to see if other people had opinions too.
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My dad had one up until a few months ago. That is what we used to tune his car for the first few years, and it worked very well, I really don't have any complaints about it. The reason he switched is because he went to an LS1M with his palm which means no load times for the computer or anything like that. Its much easier. But IIRC the autotap is available for a palm which would probably not be a bad unit.

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