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Originally Posted by oldnick
no VCDS around here
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If anyone is desperate I have an ancient laptop that I used to run VAG-COM on (for many years), complete with serial OBD-II lead. Free to a good home! 
It's battery is dead so you have to run a long mains lead out to the car, but apart from that it works fine. IBM ThinkPad of some variety, built like the proverbial brick privy so almost indestructible, running Windows ME.
Has various versions of VAG-COM on the disk. One of these was properly registered and most definitely worked, but I deactivated it to upgrade to VCDS-Lite on a Windows 7 laptop.
Also has VCDS-Lite installed but not tested. If anyone is interested I'll plug it in and check that works OK, I expect it will.
As you presumably know the unregistered version of VCDs is still pretty useful. 
If you can't be bothered with a mains lead you can probably buy a power adapter that will generate the 16V DC it uses and plug into your car 12v power outlet. I have one for my W7 laptop (Dell 19.5v) and it's quite handy, not least because the laptop then runs in mains power mode so doesn't keep trying to dim the screen or shut things down (and yes, I know I could override that).
Maybe I should stick this in the VCDS section?
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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