AMDS diagnostic laptop

[Vantagemech]

Ive refrained from posting on social media on what happened a few weeks ago at our workshop but thought I'd post on here just in case anyone sees or is offered any Aston specific equipment.

We had a theft, and much more, but basically 2 full sets of Panasonic toughbook GT4 AMR/AMDS laptops were stolen. As you can understand these bits of kit are not readily available to buy and apart from the fact they both have security passwords, they are pretty much useless to anyone else.

If anyone has any information it would be gratefully received, though I would imagine they are more than likely in a car boot sale or been stripped for bits.

Thanks

[BamfordMike]

Vantagemech said:

Ive refrained from posting on social media on what happened a few weeks ago at our workshop but thought I'd post on here just in case anyone sees or is offered any Aston specific equipment.

We had a theft, and much more, but basically 2 full sets of Panasonic toughbook GT4 AMR/AMDS laptops were stolen. As you can understand these bits of kit are not readily available to buy and apart from the fact they both have security passwords, they are pretty much useless to anyone else.

If anyone has any information it would be gratefully received, though I would imagine they are more than likely in a car boot sale or been stripped for bits.

Thanks

That's really rough news Steve, hope the law finds the culprits, brings them to justice and you can rebuild your set-up without too much disturbance.

The annoying aspect is, and you are correct in saying, apart from use on a race car, the race car laptops are completely useless / won't work on road cars. It's a small circle the kit could be used in, so if anything does surface the community should get to hear of it and suspicions arise.

[dave-the-diver]

I'm sure this is unrelated, but vaguely reminded of this thread when I saw this on Ebay:

https://tinyurl.com/lm5qmlq

David

Edited by dave-the-diver on Tuesday 11th April 15:37

[Vantagemech]

Thanks for pointing that out, identical kit but the race version is a slimmed down version.This is a full dealer version - still cheap at the price being asked. The leads are £1500 on their own!.