I started out at a Ford dealership, went to Chrysler as the years rolled by, never was a GM guy. The Corvette "sports car" thing always left me baffled and I couldn't help but snicker...
My real career was in electronics/computers eventually as I left wrenching behind in due time.
"Back in the day" when electronics were first coming out, "Joe" didn't have a chance at competing with the big three. A diagnostic machine was 10 grand for instance, not to mention there was no way you could get decent information on the latest technology. Even WHILE I worked at Ford and Chrysler I knew the game was rigged, it wasn't right what they were doing to "Joe". Even if he bought the 10 grand diagnostic tool it was hell to use it, to get any decent information, changes were coming SO fast and still are. The factory had "Joe" by the balls, end of story.
Level the playing field, it's way past due! Heck look at Toyota, they got ONE lap top in the whole USA to read their "black box" after an accident? That info is super secret? WHY? Man, that is pathetic! Perhaps that is the very reason this new law is gaining support!