is one superior over the other? I don't have either right now but I'm going to have to buy one in the near future as I am going to expand our shop to doing a little car repair(s) and will need a scanner. Domestic and Japanese.
what year cars you work on really makes what system you use and limits it.see that's just it, I'm not gonna have a full blown Dealer style shop. I'm just opening up the last 2 bays of the building to do some auto work. Got lots of requests from accounts (and one-timers alike) to do some auto work. I don't think I'm gonna need the double throwdown max zoom dweeb version out the gate. If it grows then I guess I could upgrade(?).
I guess we'll have to be a jack of all here. Most of my fleet customers vehicles that we'll probably be seeing are the ones out of warranty so I'm guessing about 3+ years old. All of their warranty stuff goes to the dealer(s).what year cars you work on really makes what system you use and limits it.
i.e. The Snap-On MT2500 is readily available fairly cheaply around the market but is limited to '86-'03 cars with the correct equipment and chips. I saw one on ebay a couple of minutes ago on fleecebay for $500
no cars from Bavaria are in my circle, none! but thanks for the input.Snap on modis does abs, german, reset bmw maintenance schedules, awesome but pricey
is one superior over the other? I don't have either right now but I'm going to have to buy one in the near future as I am going to expand our shop to doing a little car repair(s) and will need a scanner. Domestic and Japanese.
Thanks Mike. I was in no means being exclusionary with my SnapOn/Matco title, was just hitting the big 2 for illustrative purposes. The last time I tried to get with the MAC dude here on multiple occasions was like pulling dinosaur teeth. Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence and the third time is an act of war. I didn't know that I had to beg someone to come by for me to give them some of my money in return for a product. I went back to Matco who was/is Johnny on the spot when it comes to tools. But IMO this is an entirely different thing. Auto repair is not my cash cow, towing and recovering big rigs is (70%). Most of my big truck customers have small(er) support and admin vehicles too. I'm going to branch out to auto repair on a small level regardless but I just cant stand a $5000 scanner right now if you know what i mean...Apparently you don't have a Mac dealer around. Without getting into a 10 page sales pitch, we have code reader/ scan tools ranging in price from $60 to $8000.
I would recommend a Taskmaster.($1399) It does most of what the $3000 Mentor does in a smaller package and lower price. http://www.search-autoparts.com/searchautoparts/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=175007