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I just purchased an Ultra Gauge. It's similar to the ScanGauge but, significantly less expensive. Its about $75 when it's all said and done with rebates. It also has a more modern finished looking display.
This OBDII reader can display information that is on your the cars data bus. On my 2012 Ti the UltraGauge found 60 paramters. You can create 7 pages of dispays to show information like % Tank Fuel level or the ignition advance. But, instantaneous MPG is why I purchased the device. It can display things like Gallons of fuel used for me to drive to work (0.41 Gallons this morning)
http://www.ultra-gauge.com/ultragauge/index.htm
The Gadget Factor is pretty high on this one. And hopefully it will pay for itself. I HATE the suctioncup on the wind shield and plan to move to to above the rearview mirror. It's pretty small.
The door to the ODBII connector wont shut with it plugged in. However, the OBDII port on the focus just unclips so that it will allow you to push it back under the dash so the door will close.
EDITED: In the end I had to return the Ultra-Gauge. The gauge would keep the computer on the car "awake". This would cause a slight battery drain. Not noticible overnight. But, if you left the car parked for a couple of days your battery would be dead. Ultra-Gauge has some settings that are supposed to keep this from happening. For instance a Delay that begins once you turn off the car. I set this delay to 10 minutes (twice as long as recomended). The delay allows the car to go to sleep. However, even at 10 minutes the UltraGauge would cause some sub system in the car to wake up and drain the battery.
I was hopeful for the Ultra guage. However, I found the implementation of the ODBII reader to be kludgey. I also found the company itself to be a tad bit strange. I never felt all that comfortable doing business with them. There would be some strange requirements and priorities when working with them. Sounds like a bunch of engineers running a retail company. I think they need a business/sales manager and a customer service manager.
Having said that the hardware itself looks great and was well designed. The main issue was the software implementation and it causing my Focus to drain its own battery.
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This OBDII reader can display information that is on your the cars data bus. On my 2012 Ti the UltraGauge found 60 paramters. You can create 7 pages of dispays to show information like % Tank Fuel level or the ignition advance. But, instantaneous MPG is why I purchased the device. It can display things like Gallons of fuel used for me to drive to work (0.41 Gallons this morning)
http://www.ultra-gauge.com/ultragauge/index.htm
The Gadget Factor is pretty high on this one. And hopefully it will pay for itself. I HATE the suctioncup on the wind shield and plan to move to to above the rearview mirror. It's pretty small.
The door to the ODBII connector wont shut with it plugged in. However, the OBDII port on the focus just unclips so that it will allow you to push it back under the dash so the door will close.
EDITED: In the end I had to return the Ultra-Gauge. The gauge would keep the computer on the car "awake". This would cause a slight battery drain. Not noticible overnight. But, if you left the car parked for a couple of days your battery would be dead. Ultra-Gauge has some settings that are supposed to keep this from happening. For instance a Delay that begins once you turn off the car. I set this delay to 10 minutes (twice as long as recomended). The delay allows the car to go to sleep. However, even at 10 minutes the UltraGauge would cause some sub system in the car to wake up and drain the battery.
I was hopeful for the Ultra guage. However, I found the implementation of the ODBII reader to be kludgey. I also found the company itself to be a tad bit strange. I never felt all that comfortable doing business with them. There would be some strange requirements and priorities when working with them. Sounds like a bunch of engineers running a retail company. I think they need a business/sales manager and a customer service manager.
Having said that the hardware itself looks great and was well designed. The main issue was the software implementation and it causing my Focus to drain its own battery.
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