<VV> now age of vehicles

[Harry Smith]

The circuits, lights included are now all on a Buss system. More diagnostic
fun! I work at a dealership and I am amazed at the way some people treat
thier cars. Thet are just throwaway appliances to most people. All I hear
all day long is "that's too much money" or "I don't need that", all I can
do is smile and write it up.
Harry

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Jay Maechtlen <jaysplace at laserpubs.com>wrote:

> On 12/13/2013 11:57 AM, shortle wrote:
> > That is more than .002 cents Bob. As far as a "$100 per hour parts
> replacer" you may look for a different guy. In my shop we charge $90/hour
> and if we put a part on your newer type car and your car is not fixed we
> will take that part back off the shop and put it back on the shelf. Most of
> my inventory for customers cars is just that but there is a small amount
> that is used for diagnosis purposes. For those people on fixed incomes
> remember I didn't fix your income just your newer type car. Since I only
> work on 1 kind of car (VOLVO) it is easier to stock/repair/diagnose than a
> shop that wants to work on every kind of car. Oh I also just renewed my
> subscription to the Volvo on line service system for 1 year for a little
> over $7,000.00. Yeah yeah I know: that is my problem. My suggestion to the
> poor broke motoring public is DON'T DRIVE A CAR.
> > Timothy Shortle in (cold) Durango Colorado 81301
> >
> That's a non-trivial cost of doing business!
>
> It seems the complexity is a cost of having these amazing vehicles,
> versus cars that were simpler, heavier, slower, and much less crashworthy.
>
> How many 'computers' does the typical new (or late model) Volvo have?
> Just counting the ones you can access using the diagnostic systems?
>
> are they still using one wire per function for tail lights, brake
> lights, etc., or are those networked too?
>
> regards
> Jay
>
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> Jay Maechtlen
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