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From: "Geo." 

for $100 or so you can buy a hand held diagnostics thing that lets you read the
error codes and reset the check engine light. But all the ones that let you
tweak engine parameters have the limitation of only allowing you to do so for
ONE car. It's like a licensing issue. My friend bought one, tweaked his chevy,
I wanted to tweak mine too but the stupid thing refused saying it was already
used on his car.

Geo.

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
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> Most of the shops I've been in the diagnostic reader is universal, one box
> for every  brand.  Where have you been that it's not?
>
> --
>
> Glenn M.
> "Geo."  wrote in message
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>> "mike"  wrote in message
>> news:6ttcp2dingfptojbmi99s1sisml2sfcij3{at}4ax.com...
>>
>>> ~Where do you want to go today~ takes on a whole new meaning.  I wonder
>>> how long before Microsoft prevent me from driving my own car due to DRM
>>> restrictions?
>>
>> Speaking of DRM and cars. What I want in a car is the ability to read the
>> disgnostic system so I don't need a mechanic to hook his computer up to
>> tell me that the stupid "check engine" light is on
because my gas cap is
>> loose.
>>
>> It pisses me off that the devices like this that you can buy are DRM'd so
>> you can only use them with 1 car. WTF, like when I buy a wrench you get
>> told you can only use it on one car? It's a frellin tool, using
>> copyrights in this way should be patently illegal.
>>
>> Geo.
>
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