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Why don't cars have diagnostic software loaded onto their infotainment centers?
  • I disagree... Error codes from the OBD port are usually system-specific. They make troubleshooting very easy if you use online resources... I just want a quick readout on the included hardware.

    Not a fan of dongles and such. I own a few different 'Amazon specials' and the UI feels like hot garbage (given I use them maybe 1-2x a year at most).

  • Why don't cars have diagnostic software loaded onto their infotainment centers?
  • They don't want to maintain the software for it.

    That's fine, I just want the error codes displayed on the existing screens. No software necessary for that. Maybe a simple script at worst..

    Also, they simply don't want you to know.

    They want it to be known, otherwise there wouldn't be fail codes output to the OBDII port....

    It's meant for diagnostics only.

    Yes. Why don't they display diagnostics error codes on the existing displays? I'm fine with special display modes and "secret" menu options.

  • irony rule
  • Great speech, but while you're in the guillotine line consider this side bet me and the boys have..

    I reckon you and get through at least half the alphabet between when the blade falls and you truly meet your end. I have a six pack of sassafras on the line and I'm betting you can truly come in clutch me muskkk.

    Counting on you 🫶

  • Do you think the elite live better lives in democracies or dictatorships; why or why not?
  • Look at the international stage and you can see the elite are choosing to live in dictatorships across the board.

    They are choosing an environment they would prefer.

    I'm tired of pretending like what we think or feel matters in the way things play out.

    Join me in getting mad at this.

  • Why don't cars have diagnostic software loaded onto their infotainment centers?

    Modern cars have MASSIVE digital displays, loads of computers systems monitoring every subsystem and internal diagnostics running to the OBDII ports.

    Why the hell can't we get diagnostic feeds on our console or infotainment center?

    I'm not aware of any car manufacturers selling their own diagnostic ASICs, so it's not an extra margin to squeeze afaik...

    What gives? Any insight into this beyond the usual muh corporate profits conjecture?

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    Trump sues pollster and newspaper over Kamala Harris report showing 'false' poll lead
  • Reminder to everyone that you, YES YOU, can claim the 2024 election was stolen to your maga peers using the same rhetoric they used in 2020.

    I heard there was bamboo fiber in the ballots

    The voting machines were hacked

    Took too long to count to NOT be fraud

    Boom, now they understand exactly how they sounded the last 4 years. They hate it, and I've made at least 3 people throw tantrums midday.

  • Why are American universities so expensive?
  • I mean if you can afford a 70k/tuition you probably already know how economics works...

    Let me ask, why are you sending your child to that expensive college and not a local community college?

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