Re: [Phys-L] Car repair, making/hacking, etc.

[brian whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

On 4/13/2013 2:57 PM, Jim Deane wrote:
> I get the feeling that nothing I say or refer to will change your 
> mind, so I'll likely post no more on the topic. Some people asked for 
> a link to the $30 bluetooth OBD2 interface. My interface is actually 
> more than a decade old, uses a serial port, and cost about three times 
> as much.
/snip/

It must be fifteen years ago, but when I was the one and only software 
person modifying the C-5 simulator series, I was amazed when the 
maintenance supervisor there responsible for the efforts of possibly 15 
techs, upped and left to work for an automobile dealership close to his 
home town. This was a comparatively well-paid job: rather more than some 
high-school teachers, I fancy.    He was a sharp cookie: and I asked 
what he would be doing, he said he would be diagnosing and fixing cars 
with the new electronic tools. I was aghast then, but I understand the 
need now.

I suspect in fact, that Jim Deane is a more competent mechanic than most 
people who make a living in that line of work.
Yes, you ARE special, Jim!   :-)

Brian W
Altus OK