Just because I HATE HATE HATE NPR....
National Proletariat Radio.
Haha!!!!!
Farmers are finally figuring out what shadetree mechanics have been dealing with for years.
What a stupid law
Just because I HATE HATE HATE NPR....
National Proletariat Radio.
Haha!!!!!
Stupid law, greedy lawyers.
I just thank god that I’m getting to the age where I won’t have to buy an overpriced. Technological nightmare of an automobile.
Retirement sounds better everyday.
Appears maybe he should consider making his next purchase from someone other than John Deere.
Easy Fix, My friend builds Race Cars out of brand New Camaro’s and Mustangs, they install their own computer with their own software on it and just bypass the factory one. works great.
Svenske ping!
How can this be illegal? And if it is, then that law needs to be repealed.
It’s time to start disobeying these evil laws.
So now a farmer has to know how to jailbreak tractor computers?
Seems to me there would be a solid market for aftermarket computer conversions for farm implements.
This does not apply to cars. Federal law requires the manufacturer to provide the same tools and online manuals their dealers use. Hyundai puts all their manuals and parts lists online, free to all. Toyota/Lexus/Scion will sell it to you. The Techstream intelligent tester can be had for a mere $8000.00 The shop I work for has one.
Time to get Congress to fix the copyright laws.
This article is the reason I bought/kept a 57 Bel air and my 67 Camaro.
Good example is my next repair. Camaro has a clog in one side of the carburetor idle mixture. The fix will be to unscrew the idle screw, shoot in some gum out and compressed air, and if that doesn’t work, swap out to a spare carburetor. Worst case Total time about 1 hour 45 minutes, cost zero.
Now imagine if it is a new car. Maybe the computer diagnostics catch it, maybe not, if you can read the output. It could be clogged injectors, could be the computer, if you could get to any of them in a cramped engine compartment. If you yank the battery cable you likely have to reset the computer. So, you probably are stuck taking it to the dealer where you are out anywhere from $100 to $500, plus your time.
That pays for an awful lot of gas. Now this article is telling us, you won’t even be allowed under the hood. And the GPS will tell the Feds everywhere you go.
Nope, I’m just going to soup up my old cars, a lot cheaper in the long run.
Just like I can’t run my printer until every last micron of ink that I bought is used up and can’t refill it because it has a clock or whatever it’s called.
And this is one of the many reasons I bought all new tractors that were ahead of the computer controls. Not a big farm and does not require complex tractors.
I don’t need washing machines that call my cell phone if they are out of balance either.
Things have gone way too far.