"REAL" Scantool

[PJ]

I'd be willing to bet the prices will come down, seems like eventually that happens to everything.  It wasn't that long ago that even basic scan tools were pretty expensive now you can pick them up for $10-15.

I'm really surprised that manufacturers are still using OBD2, that came out in like... 95 or something.  Can you imagine if we were all still using Windows 95?  Technology related stuff just doesn't hang on that long typically.

I'm not sure what cars he is talking about that basic scan tools won't function on, my truck is 2018 and the cheapo scanners work on it.

That being said I can't imagine ever forking over $1k for a scanner.  I like to do my own work on my cars but no way I would get my money back on that.

The basic ones read codes just fine, and can provide some basic diagnostic information.  I use them too.  I have like 3 different ones.  He even advocates for using the inexpensive ones for some things, but when you look at the amount of info that he can get from the better scan tool, it is leaps and bounds better.

Not to mention as cards are getting newer and newer, you have to reprogram the computer for trivial stuff requiring something better than the basic one.  I see this more and more when watching his videos.  I will have to keep my ears open for an example of what I mean to share.

When you talked about running Windows 95, I thought of this article.  I remember when this happened and I was floored...  Note, this article is ONLY 5 YEARS OLD (2015).

https://arstechnica.com/information-tech...s-airport/

That is crazy!  How are some of these things never upgraded? Growing up I remember using Windows 3.1...I think it was pretty close to the "You've got mail." days.