Actually, they may be correct in that the dealer needs to do it. Because when you buy a NEW computer these days, they are blank. They are maybe good for a paperweight until they are programmed and then they become usable. To do this may require Chrysler's equipment. Its like low-level formatting a hard drive where no two hard drives are the same and you need the manufacturer's equipment to do it.
When I was with some friends on Pike's Peak last year, the Grand Prix we had died and supposedly the engine computer was the cause. That may or may not be true but that cost right around $830 to do at the dealer. Seeing how common these cars are, it'll be easier/cheaper/faster to get an engine computer from the junk yard and slap it in there. The local self-serve junk yards charge like $18 for them. It'll get more complicated if you have a security system in the car though. I have my own crude car repair business out of my garage at home. Unless you go all-out and get a large facility, hire employees, and charge just as much as everyone else, you cannot compete. The reason they charge so much is because of the equipment you have to buy nowdays and it keeps needing changing/updating every couple years so that $8000 piece of equipment needs to get paid for somehow. This is true for both dealer and independents. ------------------------------------ Web: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid> Subscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Moderator: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
