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My brother-in-law said we're making cars too hard to work on and it's our own fault
He's not a mechanic, he's an engineer, and we were talking about my 2019 F-150's coolant leak. I was complaining about the plastic thermostat housing buried under the intake. He looked at me and said, 'You guys keep buying the special tools and the factory scan tools, so why would they stop?' He pointed out that twenty years ago, a shop might have refused a job that needed a $5000 computer. Now we just get it. It made me think about the last time I turned down a BMW job because I didn't have ISTA. Maybe he's got a point about us just accepting it. Do you think there's a line we should have drawn, or is this just the way the trade goes now?
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taylor_fox14d ago
Consider how much safer and more reliable cars are now. Those complex systems need special tools to fix them right. Maybe we're not just accepting it, we're keeping up with progress.
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kellygrant14d ago
But what if you can't afford those special tools?
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