hey. i know those of you who have gone to an automotive class know about this....

or some who work in dealerships have heard of it


alldata is a site you go on to find out anything about any car made in the last 20 years.... sure they miss a few things, but on newer cars like the cobalts, it will have just about everything you need to know about it...


for example, i need to know the torque specs for my wheels, trans mounts, and engine mount. so i go on alldata and it tells me


the only problem is subscription is expensive as ****....
anyone know a way around it, like torrent? or anyone have an account they want to share.? or something? haha. it was a great program i used when i used to work at a shop, and now that i dont have access to those resources, i feel bummed out. google doenst have the answers, and it gets tiring to search on CSS forums all the time, and some times, i dont even find what i need. lol


also, if you know of any other programs like alldata, let me know.

 

No idea but i hope someone does! Subed

 

I could give you my work account to log in....

 

I used this in my auto body class.
It's bad as ****, but sure as hell expensive.

 

Would n e 1 be willing to share with the bulk of us?

 

Lol

 

ya I don't think anyone would be willing to give there PW to their account. Its like a $5000 account depending on how many users you have and if you go for everything including auto body lol. I know they offer subscriptions for individual vehicles for a year for like $26.95 or something like that. Its not a bad buy and you get everything that a regular shop gets minus the shop hours of course

http://www.alldata.com/vehicle_owner/

 

you can get access for your type of car only for like 20 a year or something.

 

$26 for a year and 45 for 5 is "expensive as ****"

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I think you do get the hrs becasue its the same data base.

 

hey if you get the hours that's a killer price lol. I just don't think they would throw that in mainly because its more of the repair side and not for the estimate side.

 

nooo. not just for 1 car... i want the actual subscription based account which is 3000-5000 dollars a year..

and their is no way in hell 26 dollars will have everything for my cobalt like the other one does.

 

I has the autoboy which covers it all. I use it all the time at work. Only thing they would do if I put the password out is change it give it to me again then keep process going.

 

how would they know if you let someone else use the password?

 

They can track the ip address

 

I don't see why anyone would want the whole database, to ad another car is only 17bucks if your working on someone else car make them pay for it ,that's what i do.

It dose have everything, Because I'm pretty sure its the same database.
It just doesn't have the shop management stuff

 

you sure? it tells me part number of tools i need if special tool is required?
it tells me size of nut, torq specs of everything, etc???????

 

I don't think it has nut sizes but trq specs and most special tools yes

 

everything but bolt sizes, and im sure thats a liability thing most manuals don't from my experience. It even has prices for some replacemnt parts, hrs that should be charged ,and skill level. and it has a feater to add your own notes.

 

all data does not have everything that the service department's SI has. i know this first hand because i used both for many years.

 

Dealers have there own database.
Most other shops will use a service like alldata. Alldata may not have everything but ,i spent a good weekend just looking over all the info it has on my car. everything from oil changes to to how to shim the transmission during an overhaul. way more info than the average diyer is ever going to use.

for me it worth the 30bucks just to check it out. if you search google you can find discount codes ,i think i paid like 15bucks.

 

cool. thanks a lot. im going to check it out. !

 

im well aware of what both have and what they don't have. like i said i used both for many years lol

 

just purchased for 1 year for 2010 cobalt ss turbo. if you guys need any info, send me a pm!

 

Yep..... SI is above and beyond anything else out there. I've used both as well and the only reason to use alldata....... is because you can't get SI.

I really miss my dealerworld account..... I didn't realize how much I used GMVIS until i no longer had access to it .

 

ya the only time we would use alldata when i worked at the dealer is if we had an off make vehicle come in and we were doing work on it. other then that it was all SI. i technically still have access to it all thanks to my 2 brothers still working at that dealership lol