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Can you be a little more specific? I find modern cars to be funnier just because of the closed source stuff. It's more rewarding (for me, at least) when i figur

by xedsvg 9y ago

Can you be a little more specific? I find modern cars to be funnier just because of the closed source stuff. It's more rewarding (for me, at least) when i figure out a can bus message or how to flash my ECU with diy adapters.

amelius 9y ago
That sounds more like IT-work than mechanical engineering.
icantdrive55 9y ago
Yea--you can do it with the right adapters, but it's a pain. Reflashing the vehicle's computer always runs the risk of bricking the vechicle, or having it fail smog. Most of the downloads negate any warranties. I don't even know the legality of a lot of the downloads. The fun is gone for myself. I'm not going to buy a four gas analyzer, just to work on my vechicle. I'm looking for a new car for a relative, and I hate the current models. He hates the current vechicles. His last new dealership car was a '62 Corvette convertable. He was 17 years old when he got it. He saved for it by working at Safeway, and a loan from his father. Could anyone imagine going from a Corvette to a these vechicles? He sold the Corvette when he had me, something I still feel bad about. If I could talk, I would have talked him out of it. Plus--they bought JC Penny furniture, which was thrown away years later. I feel like I'm throwing away 30 grand on a computer on wheels. And it's not even a computer, or code I respect. When I buy a fun vechicle, I just look for pre-1974. I told him, I'm not sure I can work on this new vehicle. It will not be like the past. And I went to automotive school in the 90's. I noticed the average buyer couldn't care less about repair. I just cringe when I see that dealership $230/hr rate. It don't understand being conned out of money, but when it comes to certain items(vechicles, giving realtors 3 percent, cell phone plans, blah, paying for refills, etc.) people just pony up the cash? Maybe I'm just getting old, but when I was in my teens, I hated, kinda knew when I was being taken advantage of.

by xedsvg 9y ago

amelius 9y ago

That sounds more like IT-work than mechanical engineering.

icantdrive55 9y ago

Yea--you can do it with the right adapters, but it's a pain. Reflashing the vehicle's computer always runs the risk of bricking the vechicle, or having it fail smog. Most of the downloads negate any warranties. I don't even know the legality of a lot of the downloads. The fun is gone for myself. I'm not going to buy a four gas analyzer, just to work on my vechicle. I'm looking for a new car for a relative, and I hate the current models. He hates the current vechicles. His last new dealership car was a '62 Corvette convertable. He was 17 years old when he got it. He saved for it by working at Safeway, and a loan from his father. Could anyone imagine going from a Corvette to a these vechicles? He sold the Corvette when he had me, something I still feel bad about. If I could talk, I would have talked him out of it. Plus--they bought JC Penny furniture, which was thrown away years later. I feel like I'm throwing away 30 grand on a computer on wheels. And it's not even a computer, or code I respect. When I buy a fun vechicle, I just look for pre-1974. I told him, I'm not sure I can work on this new vehicle. It will not be like the past. And I went to automotive school in the 90's. I noticed the average buyer couldn't care less about repair. I just cringe when I see that dealership $230/hr rate. It don't understand being conned out of money, but when it comes to certain items(vechicles, giving realtors 3 percent, cell phone plans, blah, paying for refills, etc.) people just pony up the cash? Maybe I'm just getting old, but when I was in my teens, I hated, kinda knew when I was being taken advantage of.