auto enginuity VS snap-on scanner???

ok well the deal is i need some cash and am thinkin about selling my snap-on scanner.but at the same time i need the scanner.what exactly can the autoE do?do i need to buy seperate software for each vehicle i work on?i payed somewhere close to 5,000.00 for the snap-on scanner a few years ago.i dont charge people for hokkin it up and finding the problem.so its kinda pointless to have spent that much on something i dont make much money off of.the main reason i bought it was for use on my 95 f350.since i now have a laptop i really wouldnt need to have both the laptop and the scanner with me all the time if the autoe will do everything the scanner does.do i have to pay a yearly fee just to use the software?


and if you can tell me what i need to buy from them that would be great.i do alot of ford diesels including my own,alot of the late 90s to present vehicles.ford,chrysler,gm,honda,toyota,bmw,mercedes,nissan.


im sorta getting out of mechanic work.so i really have no use for the snap-on scanner anymore.as long as i can scan my own vehicles ill be happy.

I'm told AE doesn't look at all live data paramaters..

all i really care about useing it on is my truck.if it does others thats cool but not needed.im tired of helping people out with it.i dont make a dime off of it.i do it as a favor and hope to get the repair job and end up with nothing.so now its 150.00 for me to use it on somebodies car.ive done enough favor for people.now that i need a favor they all run from me.im going back to it being all about me and screw everybody else

I have the AE and I can't think of anything it doesn't do. You will need the Ford specific diesel program for your truck. It has a couple of features like a quarter mile function that will time you through the 1/4 mile, anywhere. Go for it.

Dave

I have used the AE software for over two years since I bought the truck. I just found out it works with any car/truck with an ODB2 port and will read and record all ODB2 parameters with no special extras such as those for the Diesel. I fixed an issue with the SES light on my wife's DTS a couple of weeks ago traced to a cracked vac line and helped my neighbor this past Monday on his little Ford powered pickup where the O2 sensors were shown to be dead. Great software!

ya im gonna do it.gonna sell the solus first though.want 1500 for it,i payed near 5,000 for it 3 years ago.does up to 2004domestic,asian and one other.it has a scratch on the face and a dark spot in the lcd.it needs the sreen replaced.still perfectly useable as is though.i use it almost daily.so please if you can sell it for me id appreciate it.