"Bob" <fweem1974@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Jim Warman wrote:
>> A C-note to hook up the scan tool? Those guys are ballsy.... Why,
anyone
>> with nearly 10G tied up in one scan tool would insist on recouping
their
>> investment is beyond me...
> $100 for 2 minutes will recoup his investment in 200 minutes. Then $100
> for 2 minutes is pure profit. Poor Poor Ford Dealer. bOo hoo.
Regardless of whether the 10G cost is justified or not, using a
full-featured scanner to simply pull out stored DTCs is an overkill. The
$200 toy that the boys at Autozone use is just as good for that purpose.
Even if they used that toy instead of their 10G machine, the dealer****p
has
a large overhead, employs a receptionist, service writer, (hopefully) well
trained technicians, ca****er, etc, etc; and all of those spend some time
with the customer. So it makes sense for them to charge a minimum
diagnostic
fee, regardless of how tiny the actual job is. But with that in mind, one
does not go to a dealer****p to read DTCs, for the same reason that one
does
not check into a hospital to have their blood pressure tested.
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