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Originally Posted by Jack-MTL
That's not really doable for me as I live in a third floor appartment and I wouldn't have any place to store it.
As soon as I buy a house, I'll buy my own for sure!
cbaber, LOD is a good idea, my van doesn't do lean burn, but it does DFCO and I see it on the LPH setting when it drop to 0.00.
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I don't know what mcrews was referring to but you can buy adequate compressors suitable for inflating tires that will fit in a shoe box. They run off 12V so you can use the cigarette lighter/accessory plug in the car or clamp onto the battery posts.
They do draw quite a lot of current, (mine draws 20A) so consider that if your battery is old or marginal or the accessory plug is rated at less than that. Most aren't.
Avoid the really cheap -like ~$20 - compressors as they are noisy and slow to inflate the tire. The ones I'm describing have a die cast cylinder and fairly substantial construction.
Re. Scan Gauge display:
Instantaneous MPG
Current trip MPG
MAP
Coolant temp..
The MAP is the most useful in allowing driving with the right amount of engine load. (LOD isn't as easy to interpret for me.) Instantaneous MPG is not really useful, except for when coasting, where it gives an indication of open loop operation (0 MPG) and consumption vs coast speed while idle coasting, but is interesting. Current trip MPG tells me how I'm doing and my car doesn't have a coolant temp. gauge.