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Originally Posted by Zooks527
Yeah, 5 minutes once you buy a cable, get the software, load it, learn the interface, get a token, and so on. If you have no interest in coding anything else, it's sure not just 5 minutes.
This is about 30 minutes all-in, including opening the package. There's also no footprint left in the ECU that you've done anything to the car, as the ASD module continues to answer diagnostic polls and all values remain at factory default.
Or, because plugging a harness in means you won't find yourself writing threads like these: http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...t=after+coding
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...t=after+coding
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...t=after+coding
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...t=after+coding
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Yep. Altering the ECU of a car is quasi-legal. A recent Supreme Court ruling seems to allow it by consent of the owner, but the ruling is not very specific. Also, if you lease, do you own your car? Nope. If you finance, do you own your car? Not really ...
The harness is basically like using a USB cable with your phone: it's your property and it's completely removable, but it can still mess up your phone -- also your property. With coding, well, you mess up and you're on the hook for the mess -- which is the car. Personally, I'd rather have a dead phone (or a dead amp module) than a dead car ...
For some it's just not worth the risk. Don't trivialize coding just because you understand it. Some simply aren't willing to go that distance in that specific direction.