US-MA legislative alert: Right To Repair bill

[Brian K. Ullrich]

Touche, Cody. Well played.  :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: John Cody Forbes [mailto:cody at 5000tq.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 11:54 AM
To: Brian K. Ullrich; 'Brett Dikeman'
Cc: '200q20V mailing list'; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: US-MA legislative alert: Right To Repair bill

Hey, it's ok, it's not the first time a Texan had his foot in his mouth in 
public...
http://www.tribalmessenger.org/images/bush-quote-constitution.jpg

Sorry, couldn't help myself ;-)

-Cody Forbes

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From: "Brian K. Ullrich" <bullrich at ullrichsys.com>
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 12:47 PM
To: "'Brett Dikeman'" <brett.dikeman at gmail.com>
Cc: "'200q20V mailing list'" <200q20v at audifans.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Subject: RE: US-MA legislative alert: Right To Repair bill

> Brett, thanks for the clarification. I apologize for my evident ignorance.
> Again. (dammit)  :-)
>
> This is the sort of legislation that would probably win in Texas. Let's 
> hope
> our Mass. brothers prevail. I'm going to shut up now before my foot is
> permanently lodged in my throat.
>
> Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brett Dikeman [mailto:brett.dikeman at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 11:05 AM
> To: Brian K. Ullrich
> Cc: hayes myers; quattro at audifans.com; 200q20V mailing list
> Subject: Re: US-MA legislative alert: Right To Repair bill
>
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Brian K. Ullrich
> <bullrich at ullrichsys.com> wrote:
>> Well, at least they're fighting that bill. It needs fighting. Perhaps the
>> manufacturers filed there because they felt the political and social
>> landscape would be friendly to them, but it seems that they're wrong, and
>> Mass. is fighting it hard. Good on them.
>
> Again, you've got this backwards.
>
> The legislation is FOR access to documentation, fault codes, etc and
> was filed by a consortium of independent mechanics and parts companies
> like NAPA.
>
> The automotive manufacturers are fighting it.
>
> -B
>
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