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Having worked on one brand of high line Euro import for 21 years now I have seen things change in ways I would have never thought of. I do feel your pain. The new cars are hard for the dealerships to work on and next to impossible for the back yard shade tree guys. The cars I work on every day now have networks that the computers work on. Depending on the year of our cars there are between 12 and 25+ control units and 4+ networks running them. I fix as many problems with a software upgrade and I do by replacing a part. If something happens to the network you may spend hours or days finding the problem. I have no proof but I think the factories (ALL of them) are doing this to slow down or stop the independent shops from getting to big.
As bad as some days/weeks are I should also say that I work for a good dealership now and this way of life has earned me GOOD money over the years. Few in my family or my wife’s family have my level of income. Not bad for high school and trade school.
Allen
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07-18-2005, 10:07 PM
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