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Originally Posted by Furryhobnob
Agreed, will check on here or audi sport for a second hand one I think
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Some info that might be helpful. The old (V1) VCDS is perfect and had no limitations on the number of cars it can be used on. It works fully on cars up to 2015-ish and is limited after that.
The new (V2) come in 3, 10 and unlimited VINs (3 or 10 VIN can be upgraded to unlimited). They work on all cars up to the present day. Both will work fully on your car.
As the V1's are unlimited, they have started fetching silly money (£250+). They will lose support in the future but at the moment are fully supported. There have been a couple on sale here at a reasonable price of around £150.
The V2's are circa £225 for 3 VIN and £299 for 10 VIN. They will also remain to be supported. Personally, Ii would buy a V2 unless you can get a V1 for less than £180. Just to add, the new V2's only use a VIN if you change a parameter via coding or service reset etc. Fault scanning does not use a VIN.
Hope that helps