Thread: Before You Pay the Mechanic… Read This

I can't recommend enough having a good diagnostic tool on hand for fault finding and troubleshooting. I was so naive in the beginning and probably wasted a lot of time and money but now I’ve found that having a tool like the Nanocom has been an absolute godsend.
It’s made a world of difference in helping me pinpoint issues with my vehicle before they turned into expensive repair bills.
Read fault codes, monitor system performance, and getting detailed insights into what’s really going on with my car has saved me from being charged for unnecessary work and given me the confidence to take on repairs myself, or at least have an informed conversation with the mechanic about what’s really needed.
There are a few diagnostics to choose from and its really worth the investment.

This post smells a bit scammy to me given its the first even post ... Its not as easy as just reading codes, the understanding of what codes to ignore also matters. I have poogoes here and have purchased in the past a manufacturers clone diagnostic system for them. The errors and codes returned can be volumous and leave you at a loss. If you jump on the forums and find somoene that works at a dealers or specialists, they will see the errors you have and know from experiance what the likely issue is. This experiance is hard earnt though.

There is a reason why nearly every car I've even owned is pre-electronics crap. As soon as cars have gone to CAN bus type wiring where everything is controlled by the body computer rather than simple on/off switches ........ repairing becomes horrendously difficult. This complexity isn't really to improve the cars either, its to simplify and cheapen the production of modern cars while meeting the more stringent regulations strangling the automotive sector.

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Shane L.