people mention it all the time. It appears that there's lots of interesting stuff that you can do with it to "customize" your car.
What's one cost? Any way to emulate it using a laptop and a cable of some sort?
Thousands. Around 2.5, AFAIR.
Any way to emulate it using a laptop and a cable of some
No. You can get some access to some functions with some of the programs out there but not the full programmability of the Tech II from what I've heard.
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