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scaredofdebt

I was going to build a website to keep track of costs of running a car, MPG, repairs, insurance etc.

Would anyone be interested in using such a site and if so can you PM me if you'd be willing to offer feedback as I go about building it?

The site would be free to use I don't intend charging anything for it.

Cheers.

(I know there's the Fuelly site but that only tracks costs for fuel I think)

worried_jim

scaredofdebt wrote: »

I was going to build a website to keep track of costs of running a car, MPG, repairs, insurance etc.

Would anyone be interested in using such a site and if so can you PM me if you'd be willing to offer feedback as I go about building it?

The site would be free to use I don't intend charging anything for it.

Cheers.

(I know there's the Fuelly site but that only tracks costs for fuel I think)

I'll be happy to help. Good luck.

scaredofdebt

Deleted_User wrote: »

What's going to happen in 10-15 years time when all our current easy to repair bangers are gone and we are left with the cars from today that are not easily fixed?

Will there be a decline in back street indie garages and more people taking 10 year old cars to main dealers for basic repairs?

Good point and quite worrying potentially.

The back street garages will either die or have to pay out for the expensive diagnostic stuff and therefore hike their prices to pay for it!

:eek:

sabretoothtigger

Its not that expensive, I know a (former)garage manager who realised the cost of tests done were a few pounds while they were charging over ten times that

Rolandtheroadie

In 10-15 years, when all our currently easy to repair bangers are gone, advances will be made to allow today's hard to diagnose cars to be diagnosed and fixed.

bodgerx

Deleted_User wrote: »

What's going to happen in 10-15 years time when all our current easy to repair bangers are gone and we are left with the cars from today that are not easily fixed?

Will there be a decline in back street indie garages and more people taking 10 year old cars to main dealers for basic repairs?

People also said this 10-15 years ago.

The 10-15 years old cars that you are now own still have things like multiple ECU's, a plethora of sensors, catalytic convertors etc. that terrified people looking at them as possible bangers in the future.

Cars are getting more reliable, not less. Yes, maybe more complicated, but not necessarily more unreliable.

bodgerx

scotsman4th wrote: »

In 10-15 years, when all our currently easy to repair bangers are gone, advances will be made to allow today's hard to diagnose cars to be diagnosed and fixed.

This already really exists to a certain extent. You can get cheap Chinese ODBII port readers and download manufacturer diagnostics apps.

The guy at my local BMW indie had a copy of the BMW diagnostics software that allowed him to read anything on my relatively new 3 series (2008). I doubt he paid much for it.

That's part of the diagnosis side anyway.

Rolandtheroadie

bodgerx wrote: »

This already really exists to a certain extent. You can get cheap Chinese ODBII port readers and download manufacturer diagnostics apps.

The guy at my local BMW indie had a copy of the BMW diagnostics software that allowed him to read anything on my relatively new 3 series (2008). I doubt he paid much for it.

That's part of the diagnosis side anyway.

As a family, most of our cars are VAG cars (2 Passats and a Bora) so I'm thinking VAGCOM.
I'd looked at Vauxhall stuff before that helped when working on a Frontera.

It's out there, and cheaper than people think.

colino

The non-original code scanner market now appears to have rapidly caught up with the manufacturers; hand-helds, hook ups to laptops, etc., but the most fantastic example is the app for a smart phone that you use with a readily available dongle for the OBD port. Hey presto, all the info on your car presented like a computer game.
Interpreting that information and making a proper diagnosis, well that's another thing.

bodgerx

colino wrote: »

The non-original code scanner market now appears to have rapidly caught up with the manufacturers; hand-helds, hook ups to laptops, etc., but the most fantastic example is the app for a smart phone that you use with a readily available dongle for the OBD port. Hey presto, all the info on your car presented like a computer game.
Interpreting that information and making a proper diagnosis, well that's another thing.

Didn't I just state that, or is there an echo in here