I’m going to leave this here. The things that float through this man’s head are mostly amazing.
Once again he sums up the diagnostics profession as a distinctly different field of skill from the rest of the industry.
Guns for hire to solve problems for workshops. That is the way.
For some of you I hate to spoil your fun (and profit) but there
is something coming down the pipe that will shock you (mechanics)
but will make the "Customer" jump for joy, and raise their hands
to Heaven and thank God for saving them from the rip-off merchants
in "the Industry".
A.I.
And while John Connor thinks it's a bad idea, I don't. (Well, I
do - but like the other "Customers" I am sick of being taken for
a ride by "professionals" who haven't got a clue, but charge for
that privilege anyway.)
For instance, you can read my recent write-up on removing a Sump
plug, to see how many solutions I uncovered to resolve my problem.
That included about a half-dozen or so in-person discussions with
"professionals" (in parts shops and garages) - and with pro's who
wanted their expensive "cut" in the process. [By the way, that
solution that I wrote up is also a solution for removing "frozen"
O2 sensors; rusted-on wheel nuts (say on old cars/trailers); and
so on.]
Anyway, back to the original point...
Yes; some/many/all of you will likely blacklist me from now on but
the point had to be said. You see, in older days everyone could
work on his own car, often with good advice from a "special" mate
who worked somewhere in the industry, or who was very cluey on how
to get the job/mods done well. You could be called on to help your
mate work on his car too. That process engendered good mateship,
in my opinion. Yes; I think I am talking about the kind of people
you find in this forum - smart and helpful. [Some of the noteable
mentions are: Fu Manchu, lout, The1 ?, acarmody, Brett_jjj, Morton,
Immortality, losh1971 (always makes me feel itchy for some reason),
bradcad, accentstencil, ephect, wortus, Jxfwsf, Lex, mpower, Cheap6,
BlackVXGTS, krusing, and a host of others.]
The modern engine... No; the modern car was designed as a cash cow
for the big car companies. There's your problem!!
Look at the complexity! Why? What is the end game, the outcome?
Less work on the engine? Cheaper components? Cheaper cars? Less
pollution? Safer? Less damage to environment to build them?
Better service outcomes? .... Nup. Nup, and nup!
I don't get it. Well; I mean I get it, but "it" can't be justified
by the reality.
For an interesting comparison, note the process and outcome in this
interesting video on EFI vs Carby...
[Consider "computers" as a kind of comparison. It used to be that
you had to get your nerdy mate to help out to set up your new PC, or
fix it when things went wrong. Now? Now you throw it away and get
another one. Now your phone does it all anyway. It's all "smart". Get the
drift here?]
When I say, A.I. is coming, it might be either via "diagnostics", OR
the car has in-built A.I., and may work out exactly what is wrong and
tell you/owner what to do to fix it. That kind of "smart". No more
mechanic-guy is the only one who "knows" the answer, and you have to
pay him a top price for the privilege.
Just sayin'...
boombaby
