&
& The trend towards requiring a $10,000 diagnostic computer to do basic
& automotive maintenance bothers me very much. I've got to believe that
& the market will take advantage of the OBD-n standards, and encourage
& third party manufacturers to make cheap diagnostic tools for the DIYer.
&
& Ron "Still Needs One For The '95" Rader
&
& P.S. That $200 interface out of the JC Whitney catalog (don't remember the
& name) is a step in the right direction, but as a 'one size fits all'
& solution is far too limited in functionality. I'm willing to buy multiple
& testers for multiple automobiles IFF they provide most of the functionality
& of the factory testers.
I think this is one of the main ideas behind OBDI and OBDII.
Standardization. That part of it at least is good. A good
diagnostic system that I could use to fix my car would be great.
As for transmitters, they could be a cellular phone that could call in
to a modem when something went wrong. There are coke machines that
call in on the phone when they need refilling. The technology is there.
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