Quote Originally Posted by evillecutter View Post
technology-wise a 12 year old computer might as well be a dinosaur turd

i had an old lincoln continental in my youth for a few years and that check engine light was on so much that the guys at the lincoln dealership wouldnt even look at it anymore - i am not joking they finally told me it was the computer that was bad and that absolutely nothing was actually wrong with the car so if i wanted to fix the check engine light i had to put another dash/computer in it - long story short i painted over the check engine light so you couldnt see it anymore and my blood pressure returned to normal
well 2000 was still turn of the century, even in regards to CPUs which were vastly better than they were in the early 90's. I remember having a 1985 Toyota MR2 that had a CPU in it with codes as well. I don't know of too many improvements that have been made to vehicle CPUs since early 2000's unless you're talking luxury.