gnl63

I haven't seen anything on acrazine, but has anyone tried the "car chip pro"?

Looks like a cool gadget to have, any thoughts?

Description: No tools or automotive expertise required! Just plug Car Chip Pro into the OBDII port (easily found under the dashboard or steering wheel) and it reads and stores data from your car's on-board computers, continuously logging driving and engine performance. On-board diagnostics (OBD) data was once available only to professional mechanics. With Car Chip Pro, this same data is now in your hands.

Link: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/car/aa31/

TeknoKing

^ that is purely for information.... why would you find this cool?

Spiritman

Your link doesn't work......

xoulu

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and what does this do? store information?

gnl63

Sorry for the bad link. Try this...

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/car/aa31/?cpg=cj

gnl63

I was curious to see if anyone had tried it, maybe give some insight into how useful this thing is... Hence the reason why i posted the question.

LoveMyTL-S

I guess this may be handy if your trouble shooting some problems. Here is a list of what info it provides:

Up to 300 hours of trip details (newest data records over oldest)
Complete trip details including time/date, distance traveled, speed (1- or 5-second intervals)
Log up to 4 of 23 engine parameters
Provides individual graphs and summary reports
Records/shows extreme acceleration/braking
Allows user-set thresholds for audible alarms, speed, acceleration, and braking (post-drive reports/graphs show when, for how long, and number of times thresholds were exceeded)
Automatic accident log with last 20 seconds speed data before impact
Assign trips as business/commute/personal
Calculate gas mileage
View/Reset engine diagnostic trouble codes (check-engine light)
Test for preliminary emissions status
Software (included) lets you review/clear diagnostic codes, view summaries/detail reports, and copy data to spreadsheets for further analysis

aceman4

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Interesting...This might be a cheap way to monitor your teens driving style. I have 3 teenage drivers in my household right now. I don't worry much about my 19 year old daughter now. She seems to be more responsible then my 16 year old son. He doesn't have his license yet, but is itching to get his license soon. He has had his permit for over a year now and probably logged 100+ hours of driving and enrolled in drivers ed this semester. Now, if he can follow the house rules of achieving a gpa above 3.0, he'll have his license in 3 weeks. He's sweating it right now because he's only has a gpa of 2.9 and if he doesn't hit the 3.0 threshold he be waiting another 9 weeks. Fairly simple rules!!!

This products states it "Records/shows extreme acceleration/braking." That may help me in monitoring his driving style from my PC.

BTW-I would let the kids drive my old 06 Tl and "magically" I ended up with some major curb rash on the wheels. Nobody would own up to it. F'ing magic I guess. No accidents thankfully. Now, NONE of them are allowed to drive my Type S. They are only allowed to drive the Civic.