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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What I didn't even know that was stuff you could even do

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Kinda depends on the car. Volkswagen cars are pretty "hackable" with OBDeleven which is a wireless interface for the hilariously named "VAGCOM" protocol.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

OBDeleven

Hang on, have I being saying this wrong for years? I thought it was OBDII or OBD2 ?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is OBD2, OBDeleven is a Bluetooth dongle you plug into it