Originally Posted By: HerrStig
Originally Posted By: CKN
AS effective as those on BITOG that just throw parts at a repair.....
And the dealers don't?
A little story: A buddy of mine that has since retired from running around the Country with the NHRA circus, has been a Salesman at a BMW Dealership for several years. He tells me that when he started there, they still had Tech's that were capable of diagnosing and fixing problems. Gradually, all of those capable Tech's have left to start their own repair businesses.
What the BMW dealership is left with, are parts-changers that hook up a scanner to read any codes, and then proceed to just replace assemblies until the problem eventually (hopefully) goes away.
It can get pretty expensive for those people whose cars are out of warranty..