In microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, on Tue, 24 Oct 2017 23:56:40
-0400, micky wrote:


I was hoping to get more or better test equipment, including what the
original post was about. (Although I don't even know what that software
measure. I thought of buying the original toyota software, which is
for sale for $55 for 2 days access, but, and I'm going to call them, it

I called, and for $55, you get to download and use the software for 2
days. After that, nothing. Or you can buy another 2 days, or a year
for iirc a thousand.

Plus you need a cable. The one I bought for $15 she didn't know about,
of course, but if that doesn't work, I have to buy theirs for $400 or
480, and of course while waiting for it to come, the 2 days will expire.

I said, Well, if I have to check in weekly, doesn't that mean I'd have a
week before the software knew I hadn't done that, but she said that's
for yearly customers and I would only get 2 days. This would be worth
it for a small shop who could fix most cars and most toyotas without
help, but when he had a hard one, he'd pay $55 and bill it to the
customer, and he'd have all day for two days to work on the car, but I
don't know what I'm doing so I have to think about it at night for a
week or two, and I only work on the car at most 4 hours a day and only
when the weather is good. And it's good now so I'm not going to read
Paul's reply but I'm going outside to add another 2 cigarette lighters
to the car, one of which will be on even when the car is off.

And to put a remote button in the dash for the trunk release, so I won't
have to use the fob all the time (and the fob won't work for some reason
when the car is running). This should be simple but the wires are so
hard to get to. There are supposed to be 4 conectors under the left
kick panel, and there are 4 but one doesn't match any of the four and
the fifth is way up there and I can't even see it. I'm going to cut
open the sheath and find the wire in that, but I'm only 60% sure which
of the two bundles of wires it is. I'm going to assume the sheath
does't really do anything once the harness is installed.


looks like I'd have to spend another 500 to get up and running. I would
gladly spend the 55 because I've calculated that I will waste $59.80 on
gasoline on this 2-week trip, and when I get back it might be too cold
to work on the car.