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Just another reason why I'll continue to drive my 20yo vehicles until they physically wont run anymore or just rust apart...
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LOL I have a 07 Cayman and an 08 WRX that both require computer interface to do certain things.. I invested some money into scanners so I could reset service minders, some sort of no where near where things are technologically now...
Cars are so complex that it can limit how much and what the independent mechanics can do.. My friend Bill has worked for Porsche and BMW, has owned his own shop for almost 40 years...
He spends thousands of dollars a year to have the latest scanners/software to be able to do more than simple things on modern cars... He knows that telling a customer they need to go the the dealer to complete a repair is a no-go....bad business
I've invested in some scan tools... I have an Icarsoft, Autel, a Durametric (somewhere)..and the Torque app on my phone with a OBD ll Bluetooth dongle
And have access to a PIWIS
I also have a timing light and a dwell meter, a vacuum gauge.. stethoscope.. old skool stuff
The scanner I got for my Cayman is pretty thorough
Oil reset, electric parking brake, battery management, electronic throttle, steering angle, abs bleeding, injector set up
I should have ponied up a few more bucks to get a universal scanner, but still this one does have the ability to work with 15 current generations of Porsche
And yes I actually did use it today.. I just started noticing a intermittent miss on my Cayman..