Tech Tip: When choosing a scan tool, ROI is everything

Take a long hard look at your potential return on investment. In other words, how many jobs will you have to perform to cover the cost of your new diagnostic tool? In addition to asking whether the tool allow you to handle new types of repairs (thus bringing you more business), will it allow for the ability to diagnose and fix vehicles faster, enabling you to work on and bill for more projects? Find a quality sales rep that will allow you to demo tools and train you on how they work. Quite often, shop owners and technicians purchase elaborate diagnostic tools and then only utilize about 50 percent of what the tool can actually do. If you are going to drop hard-earned cash to purchase a top-notch diagnostic tool, you really ought to be properly trained on all of its features.

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