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Michael G. McCarthy
This CD is a complete VW and Audi CD. ?It has a pretty thorough parts list for ALL models from the 70's through 2001.
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There is some idiosyncratic stuff on this disc though. ?For example, I've looked up parts on 1999 and 2000 EVs and the CD will return a "no part number available" message. ?However, I can find the SAME part on the '93 and then get the correct part number (and I'm talking about the exact same part, like a particular bolt that is obviously identical on all EV's from '92 to present). The CD also has some pretty decent navigation tools and a nice bookmark feature (too bad the bookmark feature does not work across the ENTIRE disc -- you need to be within a particular model to see the bookmarks for that model). You also can assemble and printout parts lists. ?Today I'm going to try printing out a short list of parts that I'm sure will have to be special ordered and then fax them to the parts guy Jack at my local VW dealer. ?Hopefully he will order the parts without my having to drive in and order the parts over-the-counter. One other thing, the CD is pretty fast. ?I have slow old PC that only supports the big screen you need for this CD to work (1280x1024) in 256 colors (which is fine for the CD) -- I don't have a real fast CD player either -- and still the whole process of working the disc is pretty fast. You can also see which parts are discontinued as they are greyed out in the menus. (BTW, you DON'T need to actually burn a CD to make this thing work. ?You can install the whole thing on your harddrive and it will work the same, and even a bit faster. ?An intallation using a CD requires about 50MB of disk space for files that MUST be installed on the harddrive anyway. ?An installation using the harddrive only requires about 410MB total for the installation. ?So, if you have an extra 360mb of harddrive space, it might not be worth the hassle of burning a CD at all.) Mike ---------- From: Bennett <6bennett@...> To: ev_update@... Subject: Re: [ev_update] Re: ?VW Parts CD Date: Thu, May 25, 2000, 8:37 AM I'd be more than willing to pay for this CD if they were made available |
