Just bought myself an expensive useless toy for my car!

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wasssup

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Well, it's not really THAT expensive, but for what it is and what i'll use it for it was one of those "out there" purchases.

linky

Only thing I really bought it for was it's realtime fuel consumption gauge...the excuse i'm telling myself is that if I can figure out what the most efficient speed for my car is on the highway drive to/from work I can (hopefully) gain another 2-3 mpg. This will add up, and EVENTUALLY pay for the device... :)
 
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akshatp

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Does the second pic on the page show a unit with a broken LCD panel? Look near the bottom, it appears to be bleeding...
 
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Kevin1211

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Buy for Just
$169.95
Shipping is Included!

LMAO!!!.... you couldve just mailed the money to me...
 
waggy

waggy

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Originally posted by: Mr Smiley
Whoa, it tracks things in real-time! I wish all cars had gauges like these...
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yeah my dads STS had it. i loved the gauge.

though i wouldnt pay that much for one. though if it was around $60 i would get one.
 
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Ika

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A friend's '00 Jetta has this thing. Pretty neat. I'd like to have something like it for my car.
 
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coolred

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Originally posted by: akshatp
Does the second pic on the page show a unit with a broken LCD panel? Look near the bottom, it appears to be bleeding...
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LOL, I thought that too, but I am pretty sure it is the reflection of the key
 
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Bootprint

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Originally posted by: akshatp
Does the second pic on the page show a unit with a broken LCD panel? Look near the bottom, it appears to be bleeding...
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You mean the one with the reflection of the key?
 
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JEDI

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Originally posted by: wasssup
Well, it's not really THAT expensive, but for what it is and what i'll use it for it was one of those "out there" purchases.

linky

Only thing I really bought it for was it's realtime fuel consumption gauge...the excuse i'm telling myself is that if I can figure out what the most efficient speed for my car is on the highway drive to/from work I can (hopefully) gain another 2-3 mpg. This will add up, and EVENTUALLY pay for the device... :)
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hm.. do you need a digital fuel gauge for the real time mpg to work?

aka how does it know how much fuel you are using?
 
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theprodigalrebel

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Oct 4, 2004
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Doesn't sound useless at all. Looks like a decent device (assuming it works as advertised). It's not like you got a $400 GPS system for the annual Christmas road trip to Grandma's.
 
radioouman

radioouman

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HAHAHA the old Caprice wagons in the 1980s had an analog guage that showed "fuel efficiency"!

And most Chrysler vehicles give you real time fuel economy. I'm sure that a lot of cars do.

Still an interesting gadget.
 
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dxkj

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I plan on building a carputer that interfaces with the ODBII port thingy and gives me digital readouts for mpg mph, etc.
 
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