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The same goes for the outrageous cost of pro sports and the over the top player salaries... buy no tickets or sponsored products and the costs to attend would be much more realistic...
Tesla can remotely add and delete features on their cars
They JD and other makers can keep their CCUs, hopefully owners can continue removing some parts and either a new CCU or reprogramming the existing one. With no warning codes, increased HP, and fuel economy. The tractor would make without the garbage these engines are having to run with.
Equipment owners are taking a serious hit $$$ keeping their machines running. And we are seeing in stores.. The folks with a garden tractor aren't getting any idea of the headache,
I'm always on my soapbox about this, but you know what? It's a lost cause because too few people care or have what it takes to fix stuff anyway, even if it was possible. And they like to buy NEW, and better yet if it's not their fault, they have to buy NEW.
When a company tells me that they don't support something they sold a few short years ago and imply I should buy a new one. I say, I guess in that case I won't be buying anything from you again, and pretty much hang up.
So today I brought the Sprinter to the dealer for its scheduled oil change. Also had them change the fuel filter while he was in there. The bill was 550.00 ish. Although that's spendy for those 2 services..imo.. , What irked me more was when I was there the service writer came over and said "the tech strongly suggests you change your engine air filter. "It's in the red zone" .... I literally changed it myself about 4 months ago..maybe 6-7k miles on it now. ... along with the attempted frint break job and rear break job that "will be needed soon" for $1800.00.... My belief is that in order to get to the fuel filter, the air intake filter box needs to be removed anyway.. they literally need to remove it to do the job I went in for originally..and figured they would try a 250.00 hit to pad the service.
I told the service writer that I find it hard to believe that the AF is bas as I personally changed it very recntly...his face went blank..and he said he couldn't understand why the tech would say it needed to be done. ...