Lik

1# ACC-HE
Hmm... The GUI is certainly nice looking, but in terms of functionality, it seems to do less than the ScanGuage II though. When you factor in the need to have a support Nuvi unit to go along with this, it doesn't seem like it is that good a buy law.

-Lik

Lik

If it
- reads all those data
- speed from the speedo
- rev from the rev meter
- GPS position
- correlated to time
- output them to an excel spreadsheet....

DEFINATELY more useful than Scan Gauge then!! Under $200 for the dongle + another $300 for the Nuvi unit, still a bargain! Perfect for the track.BiscottiGelato 發表於 2010-1-8 18:34

GPS functionality is provided by the GPS unit itself, although the association with fueling info in the fuel reports could be a helpful feature. But how often do you really care what your fuel consumption is for a particular trip mid way through a tank of gas? It just seems kind of odd to me law.

The on-screen reports look fairly nice, but I was browsing through Garmin's site, and I couldn't see any indications that the data could be exported to Excel spreadsheets / CSV. If that can be done, then it could indeed be a really useful feature. But then you'd have to do a lot of number crunching yourself, and there would be a LOT of data to process through.

The ScanGauge is also an OBD II reader, and is capable of clearing OBD codes. I see no mention of this functionality for the Garmin dongle.

So at the end of the day, you pay $170 for the ScanGauge, and you pay $150 (dongle) + $200 (Nuvi) for the Garmin combo. I'll take the ScanGauge for 1/2 the cost with the added benefit as an OBD code scanner law.

-Lik

Lik

here: http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10425380-269.html
ACC-HE 發表於 2010-1-8 22:14

IC. Funny how Garmin's site doesn't mention the full features of the unit.

If you already have a compatible Nuvi unit, then this ecoRoute dongle does make sense.

-Lik