creideamh
Well-known member
I know there's another post on this today, but a few of our instructors spoke about it in class earlier. The main one who discussed it specifically said he would absolutely not tell a parent to use an RF tether, ever, unless the vehicle manual expressly says it was ok, and that in the US, manufacturers are really anti-RF tether. The other 2 instructors pretty much backed him up.
I understand the vehicle manual thing, but as techs, do you even give info on what the RF tether does, and then let them decide? He said he tells parents "I don't recommend it and won't tell you it's ok" and leaves it at that (no info on purpose, benefits, how you'd even go about using it, etc) and pretty much made me doubt whether I should even be using it on my BV70, XTSL, & CCO. (I still will, but now I'm seriously like, uhhh....) I feel like if we keep telling parents who come in for checks NO YOU CAN'T DO THIS NO YOU CAN'T DO THIS (vs explaining both sides and letting them decide), they're going to view us negatively.
And as a side-note, what vehicle manufacturers even say they allow it? I didn't think it was even part of a manual, for ANY car. The only manuals I know well are Toyota's and Subaru's.
I understand the vehicle manual thing, but as techs, do you even give info on what the RF tether does, and then let them decide? He said he tells parents "I don't recommend it and won't tell you it's ok" and leaves it at that (no info on purpose, benefits, how you'd even go about using it, etc) and pretty much made me doubt whether I should even be using it on my BV70, XTSL, & CCO. (I still will, but now I'm seriously like, uhhh....) I feel like if we keep telling parents who come in for checks NO YOU CAN'T DO THIS NO YOU CAN'T DO THIS (vs explaining both sides and letting them decide), they're going to view us negatively.
And as a side-note, what vehicle manufacturers even say they allow it? I didn't think it was even part of a manual, for ANY car. The only manuals I know well are Toyota's and Subaru's.