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Independent Smart specialist in Yorkshire or nearby ?
« on: July 18, 2017, 04:28:43 PM »

The independent in Leeds has closed down leaving me with no independent Star Machine operator nearby.Anyone have an answer to this?
« Last Edit: July 19, 2017, 11:40:11 PM by CrazyG »
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Re: independent SMART SPECIALIST IN YORKSHIRE OR NEARBY
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2017, 06:22:27 PM »

there is scott auto tech on dolly lane who is a merc specialist
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Re: Independent Smart specialist in Yorkshire or nearby ?
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2017, 09:37:38 AM »

It is Scotts who have closed down
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Re: Independent Smart specialist in Yorkshire or nearby ?
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2017, 07:56:59 PM »

thats news to me cos last time i was there... i was at MOT city last month and i do recall scott auto tech being open for business.

there is BM auto care in pudsey
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Re: Independent Smart specialist in Yorkshire or nearby ?
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2017, 11:16:14 AM »

B&M in Pudsey have a Star machine but do not have software for Smarts
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Re: Independent Smart specialist in Yorkshire or nearby ?
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2017, 04:25:07 PM »

Juist rang the Herbie Hospital who were neighbours of Scotts. Confirmed Scotts haves closed down
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Re: Independent Smart specialist in Yorkshire or nearby ?
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2017, 10:44:54 PM »

B&M in Pudsey have a Star machine but do not have software for Smarts

Eh ?  I've not seen a Star machine that hasn't got the suite of all the MB
range of vehciles (such as Unimog to name but one rare type) on it !

Thats not to say it will have, but then I guess it depends if they've
subscribed to the whole lot.  I'll ask and see what info I can find re
the Star and the options available and post up whatever I can find.
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Re: Independent Smart specialist in Yorkshire or nearby ?
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2017, 08:09:07 AM »

apparently herbie hospital have shut... or changed names or ownership
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Re: Independent Smart specialist in Yorkshire or nearby ?
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2017, 12:14:16 PM »

Herbie Hospital were answering their phone yesterday, but who cares, all they did was confirm that Scott Autotech have closed
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Re: Independent Smart specialist in Yorkshire or nearby ?
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2017, 01:45:13 PM »

you could try MOT city. they have a snap on modus which works just the same as the mercedes gear.
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Re: Independent Smart specialist in Yorkshire or nearby ?
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2017, 04:07:08 PM »

The Snap On machine will talk to a Smart but it wont reteach the automated manual transmission clutch.
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Re: Independent Smart specialist in Yorkshire or nearby ?
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2017, 05:56:54 PM »

really?!? thats not the impression i was given by the owner... and the snap on rep that comes round

there are different levels of snap on diagnostic machines and the modus model is the all singing and dancing portable version
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Re: Independent Smart specialist in Yorkshire or nearby ?
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2017, 06:20:56 PM »

of course the sales man will say it does it  :P

just like those who say they can map a brabus

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Re: Independent Smart specialist in Yorkshire or nearby ?
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2017, 12:27:52 AM »

I can confirm that the SnapOn 'Modus' is not capable of doing
what an MB Star can do, in fact; in capability terms; it can only
achieve about 1/8th of the level of diagnosis and actions of the
MB Star...and it most certainly cannot do a clutch re-teach for
any of the Smart model range.

How do I know this...
The guy who developed was an old friend of Rob at S2smarts, and
he visited Rob with the finalised pre-production test model of the
Modus, as he asked Rob if he wouldn't mind organising a few Smart's
to try the machine out on, to see what it could do and how it fared.
At the time, the cars provided were one of Rob's 450 (ForTwo's),
a Roadster, a 451, and a 454 CDI AMT that I owned at the time and
were at S2 and available.
Testing soon showed up the vast capability differences between
the machines, which was quite surprising as the SnapOn was a big
step up from previous machines not only in capabilty but also; dare
I say it; the price of it as well !  It had to be honest fared really well
according to the guy on every other make and models from other
manufacturers, but it had not done well on the other vehicles of
the MB range that it had been tested on.

So, as per Problemchild's previous post...
of course the sales man will say it does it  :P

just like those who say they can map a brabus
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Re: Independent Smart specialist in Yorkshire or nearby ?
« Reply #14 on: August 16, 2017, 10:17:53 AM »

Any further info on Star machine (Smart capable) owning independents neraer to Leeds than Birmingham(120 miles)? Car needs a service etc NOW
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