Today's new cars are basically black boxes on wheels. How do you counter an expensive diagnosis from a tech based on computerized troubleshooting?
On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Just because the car is newer doesn't mean you can't DIY.For instance > Angie's '05 Golf has a check engine light (CEL) on. I've got the VCDS cable > to hook my laptop up to the car, the code, last I checked, was an > implausible signal from the MAF (Mass Air Flow) sensor. The MAF > occasionally reads 0 air flow while the engine RPM is not zero. This might > explain the whooshing noise we hear sometimes and why the car seems down a > little on power. So I'll be ordering a MAF. > Newer cars just need a different set of tools. I for one appreciate the > computer helping me to troubleshoot rather than just throwing parts at the > thing... > -Curt > > From: Meade Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Meade Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 12:42 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Stealers > > Amen! I have bought exactly one new car with a loan in my adult life, and > never again will I have a car payment. > > Lately I've been a little down about all the things wrong with my daily > driver, for which I have little time to devote to repairs. I had been > thinking that it was time to throw in the towel and buy a new(er) car and > give up the DIY aspect of car ownership. Work and family demands on my > time may yet force me in that direction, but this thread has reminded me > why I started down this path 20 odd years ago, and why it is a good path. > > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Kyle Arola via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > That is true, but most of these people will also be living in bondage > their > > entire lives, slaves to the system. That is something I am no longer > > willing to do and have taken drastic measures to make sure I never do. > > But, I am also willing at the tender age of 48 to go to college, finally, > > and to also learn what I need to know to fix my own house, cars (which I > > have always done), and anything else that needs doing on the farm. Self > > sufficiency has never looked so good! > > > > I also understand that most people believe the lie that consumerism sells > > them. Bigger house, newer car, shiny things to make themselves beautiful > > and keep up with the Jones's. All at the low, low price of your entire > > working life. > > > > Kyle > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
