Im real concerned about what type of support may be available by the programmer manufacturers in the future.
As you can see in my previous posts, yes I have been reading the thread. My questions posed were in relation to having backup software in place should the need arise since it isnt available from the manufacturers at this time. Everyone that has been here long enough knows that we must weigh the pros and cons of doing these deletes and make our own choices. For me, oil changes every 2800 to 3000 miles. 11 oil changes is 36,000 miles at 70 dollars each is rediculous. Not to mention constant trips to the dealer for EMISSIONS RELATED warranty work, **** poor mileage, and the greatly reduced service life of this engine due to the emissions equipment. I for one am willing to roll the dice for another 2 years (my warranty will be gone by then, I average 30k+ per year) I can not afford to replace a 50k dollar truck every 100,000 miles. I had 300,000 out of my 12valve and that engine was never touched for repairs, only routine maintenance. Had it not been for the Pennsylvania winters, I would still be driving it.
Sorry got off topic there and didnt mean to sound like a rant, but your post sounded a little patronizing. These things have a way of working themselves out. This isnt doomsday. Somebody with programming skills way beoynd my ability will sit in their basement and in between looking at porn on the internet they will find time to come up with a solution. The operating system for these programmers is already in place if you currently own one. The rest is simply software tweaks. I asked a simple question about being able to reload the software from a backup should there ever be a problem. I will be keeping all the parts that are removed, so the cost to go back to stock should at the most is a few hours of my labor to put it all back on, a few beers while doing it, and a tow truck ride to the dealer for a reload of the factory programming.
These guys will be back with "race/off road" programmers. Contrary to how it may seem with our current government, this is still america. The true "legal" responsibility falls to us the user, not the seller. They are sold with the disclaimer in place. They cant control what WE do with them after they are shipped. If we choose to disregard that, then its on us. They dont throw gun dealers in jail if they LEGALLY sell a weapon that was used by the buyer to commit a crime.