Normandy- lest we all forget that the more crap a truck has, the more to go wrong, the more parts needed, more man hours required for service over the life of the truck and most importantly, more money spent over the life of the truck.

I've been doing this a long time- before all this crap became commonplace on lifts. As long as a lift was kept in good repair, not much really went wrong. Compare that to today- no matter how well a lift is kept, electronics fail.

I hear people say that lifts are lasting longer & are less expensive to keep up because of all the elcetronics- I say that it still costs the same, it just changes where the money is spent. Engines & trans may be lasting longer, but, add up all the costs associated with the electronics, special tools that are required to read the brains (that the customer ultimately pays for), time spend diagnosing electronic issues, special training required (again- the customer ultimately pays for this also),and I'm quite certain that the costs equal out.

This is all IMHO- of course- I'm quite certain there will be those that disagree.