Thursday, August 21, 2008

Scan Gauge

Couple of months back I got a new toy, Scan Gauge. Basically this device connects to you car computer and provides you real time data about the mileage, rpm etc. It also does and little book keeping which would store data about the current day and yesterday (a day before). It will give you a Trip summary such as total mileage of the current trip, total time traveled, max speed etc and same for the previous day. It also gives you information about the error codes when you see some new lights turned around the odometer. If you see such lights often, this device will help to diagnose about the issues and might save you a trip to the mechanic. Its form factor make is very easy to fit even in a very small space. Connecting it and setup is very easy, just connect it with the car computer and you are good to go. It (car computer connection) is the same place at which the technician connects when you go for State inspection. Then start the car and set the size of the engine (e.g. 2L ,1.8L etc.) and the gas tank size. It might take up to a couple of tank fill-ups for the device to give near to accurate information. I have been using since couple of months and I see mileage data very close to the actual mileage I get. In near future I will try to post some data which I get from the scan gauge. To get more correct information about the device and its uses visit ScanGauge website.

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