ALLDATA CD(s)

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

Hey there,

anybody interested in going in on getting some ALLDATA CD(s)?

>From their Web page (http://www.alldata.tsb.com/cdshop.html):

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Each $24.95 CD-ROM Disc includes:

Diagnosis and Repair Information:
*	Diagnosis and Repair Procedures
*	Specifications and Wiring Diagrams
*	Component Description, Function and Location
*	Charts and Illustrations
*	Maintenance Schedules 

Additional options for $19.95 each:

Factory Technical Service Bulletins
*	Manufacturer Service Bulletins and Recall Notices 
*	Updated Repair Information 
*	Special Warranty Provisions and Extensions 
*	How to fix common problems specific to your vehicle
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Their distribution method is as follows: they have 13 different discs
which each contain information for a range of vehicles for a range of
model years (say imports, A-M, 88-91) and "unlock" the information you
pay for. You pay $24.95 for *either* TSBs or repair info for your car
and then another $19.95 to have the other part unlocked as well. If you
have use for several cars on the same disc, they unlock those sections
as well for the same additional amount of money per vehicle/section.

We might be able to get a group discount with a large number of people
buying a disc. The only discount they have in place at this time is no
shipping and handling when buying more than one disc. This wouldn't
matter much to us for a group purchase anyway, as I'd have to ship them
from here to everybody else...

Let me know if you're interested in doing this and I'll take it back to
ALLDATA and see what they'll do. If there's no discount to be had, it's
easier for everybody to do their own purchases.

I have seen their software in use and it seems very thorough. There's at
least one shop I know of around here that has a client/server setup with
all the CDs. There's also a PowerPoint demo available on their Web site.
- peter, peterhe@microsoft.com, issaquah, wa, usa
  91 200qw
  94 acura legend gs
  80 mazda 626