Hi Lee

Your thinking is along the right lines

If this really takes off then Maverick will probably make more money from this project than selling scan tools into a saturated market

The technology involved is probably the way it will eventually all go, Smart Phones, Tablets, Laptops via a bluetooth link to the EOBD socket. No more buying scan tool handsets that are out of date after 2 years, updates applied daily and just a monthly subscription

As for the general public, only DIY geeks will probably subscribe and tinker but as we all know the vehicle will end up at a workshop to be diagnosed and repaired correctly, retrieving fault codes and data is one thing, knowing what to do with it is what we are good at

I bet you will surprised how many world leading diagnostic companies are working on something similar (cloud based diagnostics)

Think we will see more of YouTube as well as more companies putting troubleshooter video clips online for common faults

Peter