Seeing as I work at the VW Dealer, I decided to d/l the ETKA program that is available on the net. The program is definintely an older one. The website tells of it being a US update over the original euro CD. I even brought the newest CD home from work and tried to update to the newest version, but I'm not a computer programming expert, just a VW freak. Being a 208 MB program, it takes a while to try different things. One update I did actually showed one of the updates, but it didn't work. There is an advantage to having the program of course. It does give an exploded view of the assembly, just like the Bentley manuals. For standard parts, it sometimes gives the dimensions so you can sort out the parts you have to put it back together. It also gives you the year break of the part for your car (that helps a lot at the junkyard). There are a few parts of the CD that you don't get though. There is an ATP field that allows you to enter the part number and it tells you for what cars that part fits on, kind of like a 'buyer's guide' to part numbers. The other thing is updates. Lexcom sends us 10 updates per year, so even new CDs are outdated quickly. If you do d/l the program, you won't be sorry. However, you might want to keep in mind that the part numbers might not be exactly the same at the local Dealer. Rennie VolksDragon@earthlink.net Los Angeles 61 crew cab (911 conversion) 65 convertible (need a project?) 84 vanagon (for sale) 84 vanagon 9 passenger (for sale) 86 synchro 93 fox |
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