erWin Online Technical Info

[D2Beetle]

Well, last month my VW online technical manual has been transferred to erWin from eBahn and I find erWIn's setup cumbersome to use.

Does any ORG member use or know someone who does use erWin, that can give some pointers on how to use it?

[NBTurboFreak]

I just signed up fro a free account and poked around a little bit. I love how I put in new beetle(usa) 2001 and it gave me some results for the 2.5l, and that there is no free content for the 98-2003 NB models.

Just my .02

[D2Beetle]

Thanks for your .02 worth...

I liked the Bentley version better, as it was a Windows Explorer Directory tree layout, which made it easy to navigate and I could find anything for any NB from '98 through '09; no VIN was required.

I'm not happy with it and there will be a steep learning curve due to its design, but I understand why they did it... Copyright issues... for those of us who want to be a DIY, we are going to have to pay for the privilege. My subscription is up for renewal and I have asked what it will cost; it would not surprise me if they have subscriptions by Model Year... i.e. '98-03, '04-06, etc...

[D2Beetle]

Well I went to renew my yearly NB Tech subscription and I choose not to and here is why...

The previous vendor (Bentley/eBahn) offered various subscriptions; daily, monthly and yearly and broken down by VW models/platforms. So I choose only the New Beetle Yearly; which cost me $100.

erWin does not offer a model/platform specific subscription; it is all or nothing and there are but three choices; daily, monthly and yearly. So I chose not to pay the $1100.00 for the yearly or the $225.00 for the monthly, or the $35.00 for the daily.

I did e-mail them asking if they had a model/platform specific subscription and they were succinct in there response.

So I ended up getting the the DVD Rom Tech manual instead and now I'm ready to remove the 1.8T cylinder head.