nightcrawler wrote:
I use Torque with an old smartphone I had lying around doing nothing and a Bluetooth OBDII dongle. I just leave both hooked up in the vehicle when I am on trips. Once it is set up, it takes just a couple of seconds to turn on. Torque can display any information that the ECU can provide. The MPG calculation is pretty close for me (<= 5%), but you can adjust it to make it even closer. The dongle was about $25 and the app was $5.
I say go for it.
Yep. Old smart phones ar easy to come by. I use a droid x and I'm pleased. If you leave the phone connected to the vehicle it will start ok, but it does take a couple minutes for it to see the dongle and make a bluetooth connection. I love being able to make the display show only what I want and how I want.
