[Shags]

Golden Motors,

Agree with ima2nr...seems like a great product, but you have priced it higher than I can justify spending. Also agree that with the price of 12Cs being pretty reasonable, many of the owners (to include myself) are not fortunate to have very high incomes and we have limited resources to spend on our cars. I've been eagerly watching your development of the product and was looking forward to getting this capability. I'm finishing a rebuild of my car, have a few things I could use this for (airbag reset, service reset, key fob programming, etc) but the high initial cost coupled with the recurring cost are just too much.

Our McLaren community (especially the DIYers) could really use a product like this at an affordable cost and it could enable more small shops to work on McLarens...both of which could help us all with our operating costs of these awesome cars.

Seems like your development costs are sunk and your cost per sale are minimal. IMO, if you set the right price point you would be postured to make a higher overall return than trying to sell just a few of them at high cost.

If you can get it down to $1000 and no/minimal recurring costs, I would be in...and I bet there would be many more takers.

Thanks for developing the product...hope you can get it down to an affordable price!

Shags

 

[Shags]

I am once again in total agreement with ima2nr! I am going to have to go to the dealer shortly for an airbag reset and key fob programming...would have been nice to put that money into the diagnostic tool. Sure would make a great Christmas present...I hope you can reconsider the price...thanks!

Shags

 

[Shags]

Once again I find myself aligned with ima2nr...and in the exact same position. I just made an appointment with McLaren Denver for next Monday to reset my airbag light, program a spare key I got from XPRD and reset my service interval since I have completed the annual service myself...I really wish the diagnostic tool was affordable at the right value point as ima2nr discussed. Probably a couple hours labor which is $350 I would have liked to put to this diagnostic tool...not to mention the inconvenience (and time) of bringing it to the dealer instead of doing it in my garage!

Also like ima2nr, I am grateful for those developing capability for the DIYer...and as an early customer I would be understanding of growing pains as the software was refined. While the $2200 is a bit more than I would like to pay, the "renting" aspect driven by the $600/year is a deal breaker for me...also what happens if you just decide not to keep the program going, then we are out the $2200...after the year the software reverts to the same as my $99 scanner.

Thanks ima2nr for keeping the dialogue going...sooner or later someone will make a tool available for guys like us (like most other exotics already have available) and I think whoever does this will have a great business! Thanks to Golden Motors for developing the tool...let us know if you can reconsider the price and annual fee!