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Your i8 remembers far more than its fault codes

Its control units keep their own history: how the battery has aged, cell by cell; how and when it was charged; how it was driven; when the fault memory was last cleared. Phasekoda reads all of it and explains it in plain language.

Join the beta See the sample report

How the beta works

  1. Sign up - a few multiple-choice questions about the car, about two minutes.
  2. Download the reader - one Windows program. It only reads: it cannot change, clear or code anything in the car.
  3. Read the car - car in P, ignition on, laptop connected with an ENET cable. About a minute. The program saves one sealed file that only we can open.
  4. Upload the file on your personal page.
  5. Get your report, free, and tell us what you think.

We need a broad mix of cars

The first round is 3-5 testers: EU, UK and US cars, pre-LCI (2014-2017) and LCI (2018-2020), Coupé and Roadster. You need an ENET cable ("BMW ENET OBD2 to RJ45", about €20) and a Windows laptop.

The report is a dated record of what the listed control units held at the time of the read. It is not an inspection, a valuation or a recommendation to buy or sell.