[SGVLUG] OBD can usually be rented

[Michael Proctor-Smith]

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 4:06 PM, John E. Kreznar <jek at ininx.com> wrote:
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> "Steve M Bibayoff" <bibayoff at gmail.com> writes:
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>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:26 PM,  <bb.odenthal at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Yes.  Autozone loans them for free.
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>> I thought they stopped that because of the liability issue.
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> Maybe they're afraid a renter will reverse-engineer the device and
> gain forbidden knowledge. :)

Just going to point out that there is no Forbidden knowledge involved,
as I said earlier. Congress actually got something right they required
that the ODBII port exist, that it be of a common design and location.
Also that the protocol talked be "published"(documentation is not free
and in fact I think is expensive), there are several differant SAE
standard but every car sold in america after (i think) 1997 must have
ODBII port. All this so that independent mechanics would be able to
work on cars.

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