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Originally Posted by 97 SL320
1997 OBD2 brings forth lots of real time data not blink codes making diagnosis very easy. Besides, I'm pretty sure with the proper scan tool one can get data from a blink code car. ( I never tried it so can't say for sure )
Try diagnosing ABS on these 85 era cars as they don't have a self diagnostic system according to past posts.
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I too used to be really intimidated by modern car electronics. I self taught everything on a 300D.
I owned a late model Saab (mentioned in another thread). The car was a meh car and I didn't particularly car for it though.
But I did have a scan tool and damn that was mighty useful in diagnosing issues. Really, working on the 380SL is a really different mindset to the Saab.
It was a similar transition between when I first started in IT to when I left it. Lots of cool, deep knowledge for how stuff worked, and then everything became plug,play, wipe, re-image for everything. Better, but losses the appreciation for understanding how the systems
really work.