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MurrayRothbard 07-07-2023 05:51 PM
MPG tracking device
 
Noobie here getting in to hypermilling. I see many people using devices such as the ScanGauge II which runs about $200. Doing research I see the Torque App ($5) and a cheap Mini Bluetooth OBD2 reader (~$15), do you think it would give the same MPG accuracy as ScanGauge II? It would appear its getting the data from the same source so I dont see why not, and I got a spare android to connect it to. Opinions on such device?

MurrayRothbard 07-07-2023 08:51 PM
Went ahead and ordered a ELM327 v1.5 Bluetooth Mini OBD2 Scanner, ill see how it goes when it arrives.:turtle:

redpoint5 07-07-2023 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by MurrayRothbard (Post 685809)
Noobie here getting in to hypermilling. I see many people using devices such as the ScanGauge II which runs about $200. Doing research I see the Torque App ($5) and a cheap Mini Bluetooth OBD2 reader (~$15), do you think it would give the same MPG accuracy as ScanGauge II? It would appear its getting the data from the same source so I dont see why not, and I got a spare android to connect it to. Opinions on such device?
Takes some dialing in, but I think it can be fairly accurate. I never put in enough effort to dial in that accuracy. For instance, the Torque app has a parameter for volumetric efficiency. I don't know what that is, so I went with the defaults.

Tahoe_Hybrid 07-13-2023 03:08 AM
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Originally Posted by MurrayRothbard (Post 685809)
Noobie here getting in to hypermilling. I see many people using devices such as the ScanGauge II which runs about $200. Doing research I see the Torque App ($5) and a cheap Mini Bluetooth OBD2 reader (~$15), do you think it would give the same MPG accuracy as ScanGauge II? It would appear its getting the data from the same source so I dont see why not, and I got a spare android to connect it to. Opinions on such device?
most people use the ones built in to the car... these have been available since the early 1980s...

such as "instant mpg, average mpg" and the typical miles times fuel pumped

the instant mpg is quite useful.. esp on my SUV


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