īoth my cars are 99 facelifts, so it looks like the usb cable is the way to go. After this start though, it appears that I may be pushing my ability somewhat.
I've been reading up on the foxwell 530 for a while but wanted to try the Inpa laptop route initially to perhaps enable more advanced coding, relating to a specific issue on my 2.8 project (coding module, eep1 fault on the binacle and subsequent mileage correction. I did recently read that thread and noted it in my little BMW reference book, but obviously hadn't taken in the information sufficiently.