I have managed to buy for $50 the original program that the dealers use for searching parts and part numbers. You just type your VIN number and your car pops out, with all the info, explodeed views, search options etc. The program comes on THREE CDs and weighs over 1GB. Anyone interested in this? If anyone has free space I can ftp it. The software is for all Toyota models until 2000 (I guess).

I simply got furious once at the dealer. They are just complete morons and have almost no idea about cars and car parts. I told them that I wanted to buy the program from them in order to search for the problem myself, provide them with part numbers and buy the necessary parts. They didn't want to sell me the program, so I had to find it myself. It's just so stupid that you want to leave people some cash and they say 'no'. Then you pay someone else instead, and the dealer is all angry...

Anyway... I will also get the Toyota repair software (with all the diagnosis and repair procedures) as soon as I save some cash. Throwing another 50 or 70 bucks is really a lot for me. With the current crisis in my country I earn $300 a month, funny huh?

So if anyone is eager to provide 1GB of space for upload, just post the address.

I welcome <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> big cash <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> donations from those who find the program useful <img border="0" alt="[Drunk]" title="" src="graemlins/drunk.gif" />

<small>[ April 03, 2003, 02:43 AM: Message edited by: MikePL ]</small>