Did your brother in law ever tell you about the time my buddy Pete did the same thing? Pete hated co-op too after some mess with a bunch of guys who wouldn't stop yelling. Then his wife got him playing one with just the two of them and he turned into a total co-op guy overnight. Now they play together almost every night and he says two players is the sweet spot because you can actually talk instead of fighting over the plan. He even bought his own copy the next week so they could keep going at home.

Been there, glad it worked out for you.

Wait, it bricked on the FIRST diesel? Like one plug in and done? That's brutal, 180 bucks gone in five minutes at the Fresno swap meet is a whole new level of pain. Kinda makes sense though, those cheap tools usually choke the second they hit real regen or injector coding work. Honestly anything under 300 that claims it can do those jobs is usually lying on the box.