"After convincing the dongle to connect (even though most of the car was not present on the CAN bus) it was able to show some diagnostics information about the

"After convincing the dongle to connect (even though most of the car was not present on the CAN bus) it was able to show some diagnostics information about the ECU." I am picturing this as a scene out of a '50s sci-fi horror movie. The mad scientist with a power steering controller on a tray in his lab. :-)