[ale] way OT - used car buying tips - yea or nea - PT 2

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Phil,

I've also played with Torque a bit.  At the moment, I don't have an android device that I can leave in the car at all times.  Your post prompted me to check that cheapo Uniden 7" tablet I bought to see if it has bluetooth.  Alas, no luck.  I gave up on monitoring MPG because I found it wasn't accurate.  However, the system is still really cool for monitoring battery voltage and temperature (as a number).  The instrument panel on my car does not allow me to get these in numerical form.  I can't remember whether I can get access to oil pressure or not that way.  I may have to do some testing with torque and my new used car.  A long time ago, I found a small digital volt meter you can plug into the cig lighter socket.  That, at least, lets me keep an eye on the battery status.  By the way, if you use torque to measure voltage, the reading, in my case, differs by about a volt from what my plugin meter tells me.

Sincerely,

Ron


Phil Turmel <philip at turmel.org> wrote:

>On 11/28/2012 03:46 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
>
>> The best widget I purchased for the trip was the Scan Guage II.
>> 
>> http://www.scangauge.com/
>
>I've been extraordinarily pleased with my bluetooth OBD-II dongle and
>Torque Pro on my Droid.
>
>https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.prowl.torque&hl=en
>
>Everything the ScanGauge has, plus analog scales & charts and
>datalogging.
>
>You can add custom parameters, too, if you know the CANbus codes.
>
>Highly recommended.
>
>Phil
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