at work we charge £65 just to plug it in and get the diagnosic, then u got labor ontop and then fixing it, the reason we charge that is the kit cost £4000 (and it doesnt work on every car so we need to get a new one to do some over modles)...so it has to make its money worth i can see it going down in time.
the anoyeing think is that us mechanics cheak the manuals... we dont know where everythink is in every car and its nice to double cheak...really anoyeing when it says "leave to a mechanic" so we have to spend time (so more money) looking about...
a mechanic doesnt know everythink about every car...i have and i know many over people that have spent 10mins looking for the bonnet catch becuase it is hidden away and really hard to see!
car companyies do need to make duagbisucs more universial, and lower the price on the kits. for example we just got a new softwere for Haldex EBC brakeing systems, the software cost £50ish and the cable was £400!! and then there was a license ontop! views?