Carly Connected Car | An Honest Review on My BMW

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Carly's scanner and free version of the app with standard OBD features are compatible with cars that have an OBD2 port. To see if Carly's advanced features - like coding or manufacturer-level diagnostics - should work with your car, check out their website. To access these additional features, you'll need to get their yearly license.

[@mBaggins]

Carly is a bit of a rip off. Nowhere on its website does it CLEARLY state that it's a subscription service charged annually. When you go to checkout the checkout button is the first thing you see. You have to actually scroll down and only then do you see it saying that its a subscription service billed annually. Luckily i saw this but they know exactly what they're doing here. Also at the time of writing this it costs an extra £40-£60 to add all brands to the device. The annual charge is over £100 which is extremely expensive! The product looks good, but the business model is horrible

[@Bimbii]

I just bought the full version. also not knowing the subscription part. I feel like im scammed :P.

[@mBaggins]

@@Bimbii yeah it's shady sales tactics. Much like manscaped. Most people don't look properly before buying and sign up to something they didn't intend to. I went with Carista in the end. Can subscribe as and when I need the scanner

[@sp4292]

@@BimbiiYep. total scam of a company. Cancel your card etc. Make sure to cancel the sub and keep all emails, screens in case they just take it anyway ( based on other reviews they have. )

[@darkoz1692]

​@@Bimbii- You are being scammed

[@emerel]

I’m glad I’ve done that little research before purchasing it. Subscription was nowhere to be mentioned. For someone like myself who will only use it once a year it’s definitely a no no. Hopefully I can find a hassle free similar device that will do the same job while I’m paying just for the tool and not any shady subscription fees. Thanks 🙏

[@stephengraham6194]

Hi Luke hope you’re well any new videos planned for 2023?

[@Kingdonnerkebab]

Hope you are keeping well mate, nice to see a new vid from you.

[@Mobi666]

It's a rip off!!!! Because you didn't say it's a yearly subscription and not a 1 time cost, and they like to hide this fact on their website...

[@theaylesburycyclist8756]

How are you doing, Luke? I hope you're okay. Haven't seen you post a new video for some time.

[@CarmTaglia]

Wouldn’t issue a refund for an auto renewal. I contacted the day it hit my credit card. They said I need to cancel 30 days in advance. Would not issue a refund. Also fried my ECM on my 01 BMW. Didn’t clear codes on my 22 Santa Fe. Had to use an old school scanner.

[@RichDasix]

I really hope you're all good Luke.

[@jacky_1479]

I heard through a reliable source that he is going through a transition at the moment. There was obvious signs of this in some of his videos now that I think of it.

[@Kingdonnerkebab]

Hope all is going well mate, not seen a vid from you in a while.

[@albertoblas86]

He's fine. I was worried at first, but after doing some research, I found him on Facebook, and our buddy is doing fine.

[@Kingdonnerkebab]

​@@albertoblas86 thanks for that news much appreciated. Glad to hear he is doing good.

[@stevenjones19-m8i]

Hello Luke,nice to see you back on the channel,what a handy gadget to have this Carly,to adjust or check the car is brilliant to have.

[@richieRichard613]

What's happened to your work on the car's roof ?

[@danskiiiz]

Is it extra payments e.g buying credits to change things

[@Ottey447]

I hope you’re all well Luke.

[@JayeDee_Gr4]

Are you okay Luke ?. I hope all is well with you.

[@id70b40]

I bought a Carly to use on my Golf in the days when this was pretty much the only IOS option…. It wasn’t great. I could change things but found it difficult to reverse the change. The back up was hit and miss…. Mostly miss. Thankfully OBDeleven bought out their new version of their VAG group specific wizardry which was IOS ready…. The OBDeleven is a better option for VW/Audi. The Carly appears to work best with BMW only

[@raywalsh4028]

An honest reviewer would have mentioned the annual subscription.

[@sleepingwarrior4618]

What's happened to Luke? Nothing for nearly a year now. I'm wondering if he's still with us...

[@traxxasfans]

Looking forward to seeing the roof video

[@roheetpatel8378]

Love it... I wil get on the go for a Carly unit. Great to see you again man.

[@vinaydivakar6688]

I think Carly will always have me paranoid about my car with those many issues showing up!😅

[@vidsinmotionchannel]

I bought a Carly and a subscription, after a couple of uses, I wish I hadn't. The potential to damage the cars' ECU irreversibly is massive.

[@RicardoMoreiraKrahnin]

Thank you

[@martinmeaney340]

Hi Can carly reset maf sensor adaptions on bmw and code injectors ?

[@germancarfan]

Miss your videos, hope you are ok!

[@johng7304]

I bought one for £80 for my Audi and had to pay the same again for the subscription. The coding part, which is why I really bought it, did not work properly. I ended up sending it back and got a full refund for everything. In my experience it was a waste of money.

[@leeburford2385]

Same apart from they wouldn't give me a refund. Cancelled subscription. Avoid

[@johng7304]

@@leeburford2385 mine didn’t work from day 1. I’ve got an old OBD11 reader I bought for £14 that does just as much fault diagnosis and clearing wise. Loads of people promote these Carly ones.

[@Bimbii]

How did you manage to get them to refund you?

[@johng7304]

@@Bimbii just sent it back

[@gaffnaldo1]

Luke, how's the health?

[@Thriccerito]

I have the full version carly for Renault (have a brand new horsetruck), and it's horribly usless. Deleting codes show up after clearing, without even starting the engine. I had 120+ faults when the car had only 800km... and cannot code anything, no dpf regen etc. I' have heard it's better for BMW and looks so by this video 😂

[@SA-ms5lx]

Nah is shit also for bmw it show me 160 faults and pdf regeneration fault then i was to a real expert of diagnostic and he said the car is perfect like new just some error about the lights (because i changed the welcome door light )

[@Imtaygzvine]

Hey I was wondering if you know running mycarly for a e46 convertible would it give me diagnostics on the roof errors if there is any?

[@chrispybee]

Hey Luke, not seen a video from you for such a long time - I hope all is good with yourself.

[@steffan5304]

Hope everything's okay man

[@leeburford2385]

It is subscription based & they tie you in knots with the purchase so their "satisfaction guarantee" is worthless

[@jonolid]

Hope ur OK bro

[@roderickjones7479]

Dude...can you do a video about getting Trade insurance...thanks in advance!

[@khalilrazak6486]

Is the Autel ap200 better?

[@Ameenahh98]

If you cancel the subscription, does the coding you do revert back to normal and do those changes stay?

[@YTuberosity]

Of course the coding will stay - they can't do anything over the air.

[@CarlMCL]

What happened to this Channel? I enjoyed watching it.

[@Kingdonnerkebab]

Luke doesn’t keep well buddy just be patient im sure he will be back soon. I miss his videos too.

[@me3projects]

Hey bud any videos coming up?

[@PauLKruZ]

Hello! I see that your car (the audi a4 with multitronic gearbox) is getting off real quick after you stop to 0 km/h , i have a multitronic but my car it takes a bit of power to get off and if i dont accelerate just take my foot off the break my car bearly moves.... is a transmision problem or something wrong with engine?

[@samurilip]

finally a honest review

If you have a BMW bimmercode is another good option that supports coding and you can choose any adapter you like from their list (some are not that expensive and work just fine like the vgate vlinker mc+, which is what I got). The only gripe I have with bimmercode is that it only does coding - they have a separate app for faults and live data and such and it's not cheap either, which is kind of "meh" on their part IMO.

[@sike_productions]

Why the wrecked car? It doesn't really complement what you're talking about. Sorry cant watch this video.

[@nrnccrdn]

VW Group owners - just get OBDEleven, don't bother with Carly at all.

[@joe187976]

Would this do for a skoda fabia

[@nrnccrdn]

@@joe187976 yeah, it does all of VW Group, including Audi, Skoda, Seat, etc.

[@363cgtdbdhdx]

How are you ?

[@stefanryan8176]

Carly scammed me, cancelling the subscription doesn’t matter, they’ll still charge you a year later and refuse to refund. I found an OBDII reader from Aliexpress was better value for money at $30 compared to a few hundred now. Big regrets. Carly blows. 😢

[@neilrobinson5115]

Are you sponsored by Carly,Nothing about the overpriced subscription

[@MatthewMiller-b5e]

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[@johanohberg2216]

Warning! Don't buy Carly! You cannot cancel the subscription. This is not a serious company.

[@jnon1974]

Carly is a ripoff! Do not buy. They will charge you an unspecified "annual fee" of $175 then claim that they cannot refund it because you didn’t submit the cancellation one month before your "subscription" ended. What subscription? Oh, they bury that in the terms and conditions and don’t even tell you how much it is going to be. To find out, they direct you to a link that has no amounts and just puts you into a loop. Don't let them steal your money! Run away! Their customer service sucks.

[@sp4292]

SCAM, SCAM, SCAM of a company. Yearly subscription that you dont notice you sign up for. AVOID at all cost.

[@stephanschrijvers]

don't buy this is really bad. OBDEleven is much better 😂

[@maevehollyn3826]

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[@MASO204]

keep making videos mate, I've just discovered you. Keep that content coming! You sound like you're from my way or near by? (Liverpool)