THE CARLY AUTOMOTIVE SCANNER
Worried about a mechanic taking you for all you’re worth? Plug your car in before going to the garage
Modern cars rarely break down, but the richness and variety of seemingly symptomless warning lights and system alerts are deeply unsettling and can bring about full-on automotive hypochondria: How long has that light been on? What does that inscrutable icon mean?
For those wanting to treat their automotive anxiety, we bring you a German gadget, Carly, which was created after a tech-savvy inventor took his BMW 7 Series to the dealership and was told it needed a new, $8,000 gearbox—only to discover after a little research that all the car actually required was one $80 part.
