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Old 02-27-2020, 07:36 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Tcoat View Post
A reader is a great tool if you have the skills and resources to actually fix the issue it identifies.
It is an OK tool if you just want to know what the issue is before you take it to somebody else to fix.
It is a worthless tool if you do not understand what the issue is or what to do even after pulling the code.
For 99.9999% of the driving public owning a reader is a complete waste of time and money.
Oh I don't know about that. To me that's either a $70 "Diagnosing Fee" somewhere, or a $20 bluetooth dongle on Amazon plus Torque Lite. If all the code means is "you forgot to tighten the gas cap" then I think most people can pull that off. Bonus if it's just "little stuff" a few times throughout the life of the BT dongle. They might also accidentally learn a few things and fewer people might get ripped off at sketchy garages in bad situations.

Just a thought anyways, I know most people are way too lazy to bother.
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