In an effort to further educate myself as to the maintenance and repair of these cars, I have been looking for a "code reader". These run $2000+ in most cases, but SnapOn has recently come out with a new product (which is much more reasonable). I recently purchased one (the "EuroChecker") for less than $500, and it came with all cables and software needed to work with Audi, BMW, Mercedes, VW, Volvo, and several others. It is not a "complete" code reader (there are some things that I imagine the $2000 units do better), but for those of us who only work on our own cars, these might be a real useful item.

If there is anyone in the greater Phoenix area who would like to have their codes read and re-set (with no guarantee that I know what I am doing yet), feel free to contact me and we can work something out.

-David
92 500sel
86 560sel
85 525i
82 QPorte