Cant wait! Trying to hold off on ordering a Data Systems Controller for $1k!

 

Me too! Here's a question for you. If Carista figures this out, would you be willing to pay a flat fee, say $50-100 to activate/unlock this feature in an updated Carista Pro? I would. It would be a bargain compared to the Data Systems controller. The Data systems module may have some advantages (such as changing height on the fly, I don't know), but I can live without that.

The reason I am asking is because if Carista realizes there is a sizable market ($$) for this feature, they may try harder and/or sooner to find a solution. I think there are many people with 2007+ 460s with air suspension who would be interested in this product.

 

I would absolutely if it got it to production.

 

I paid $100 to turn off daytime running lights at the stealership....

 

It probably took them all of 2 minutes to do that. I would think dealerships would offer this type of tech service as a perk of visiting them for other stuff. I know my St. Louis dealership has a tech person in the waiting/sales area to assist owners with questions about their Nav and infotainment systems, and adjusting settings like this could be easily done by that person as a complimentary service without the service folks involved. I don't know whether my dealership would do it for free, but I hope they would, at least for loyal customers.

Well, you should get the Carista App and adaptor. I think it's worth the money.

 

Please don't give them any more ideas as to how they can jack up the price even more. The "in app" upcharges and "subscription" killed them for me.

 

I have no stake in Carista or other products being promoted on CL. But think about it: What is the source of revenue for a company making an App like Carista, especially if folks are interested in a feature like air suspension control that would otherwise require purchase of a $1000 product from another company? There are no ad sales or clicks that they can chase in their apps. It's unrealistic to expect a company to invest, say 50 hours on development and much more on testing etc., and not have a means to recoup their investment. I don't know the size of the market for the Carista App or its adaptor, but I will venture that the market size for a feature like the suspension setting controller in the Lexus LS is no more than 5000, probably far less. And that includes 2007-2016 MYs. Moreover they may have to write and test different codes for different MYs, so honestly, I can't expect a company to invest at least 10-20K and not have the ability to make a profit. So, I am perfectly willing to pay extra for a feature like the suspension controller. If Carista is part of a bigger and rich company (I don't know), then I might approach this issue differently.

I know I am going off on a tangent here, but why do our fighter planes cost 100s of millions each? The companies recoup their research and development costs and add on a very healthy profit onto each aircraft. That is only to be expected in these niche markets.

 

Ha! The Donald is putting stop to that!!!

 

We're definitely not a part of some other rich company We're a tech start-up.

We have yet to evaluate the technical and business feasibility of a potential suspension leveling tool. comotiger's analysis is more or less correct - we do have limited resources and we have to prioritize the features and functionality that we implement. But we do plan to investigate this and we should have more info for you guys within the next few months.

 

Thanks, Carista! I am holding my breath

 

I do have it and I bought the pro edition for $19.99

 

Great, did you just buy it? If you had Carista all along, why did you take the car to the dealer to turn off the DRLs?

 

Actually I pd to have them turned off on my IS. I wound up buying carista for my LS after the fact..

 

Wish I could get it all to work but no go. The OBDII I purchased on eBay wasn't compatible with Carista app (even though it appeared to meet all requirements, v1.5 ELM327 Wifi for iPhone). Wondering if there are any other OBDII on Amazon that actually work with the Carista app? If not I'll wait to see if the Carista adaptor goes on sale again...

 

Looks like on sale again this year at Amazon for Black Friday.
Even better than last year at $27.99!!
Just bought.