03-07-2013, 02:58 AM
Chakravartin wrote:
[quote=M A V I C]
[quote=Markintosh]
In California, auto parts stores are no longer allowed to loan or rent code readers...
What the heck is the logic for that?
'Same logic as with any state-sanctioned monopoly put forth under the guise of public safety: Lobbyists give good green.
This is one of those things everybody assumes is true, but nobody can actually point to the law in question. I'm sure the law they're afraid of breaking is not about ODB scanners, but about being an unlicensed and unregistered emissions repair shop. They can lend you a scanner. What they can't do is tell you how to fix the problem and then sell you the parts, because then when they're wrong, the customer's path to recourse is all messed up.