CarTrip: Very cool iOS car app (OBD-II)

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CarTrip: Very cool iOS car app (OBD-II)

CarTrip
OBD-II Hardware Interface

Your car has a lot more to say than just what its "Check Engine" light can tell you. CarTrip makes you a better listener.

If your car was built anytime after 1996, you can plug into its on-board computer and access a staggering array of diagnostic and performance information. That's been great news for tuners and shade-tree mechanics everywhere. But other than the mysterious and seemingly arbitrary "Check Engine" light, there hasn't been an easy way to make that data available to the average driver.

Until now.

Griffin's CarTrip On-Board Diagnostic Computer Reader is the easy, fun tool that helps you drive more fuel efficiently, save money, and do your part to save the planet.

CarTrip's wireless monitor plugs into your car's OBD-II port to record and analyze data from your car's on-board computer, then displays it on your compatible smartphone using a friendly (and free) little app called CleanDrive.

CleanDrive monitors your car's performance, collecting data like fuel consumption, acceleration, top speed and engine diagnostic codes as you drive. CleanDrive crunches the numbers and displays your "Carbon Score" in an easy-to-understand format on your device's screen. Instantaneous trip and long-term averages are recorded to give you a clear picture of how your driving habits impact the environment and the efficiency of your car over time.

In addition, CleanDrive will display and reset the diagnostic codes sent by your car's on-board computer, so you can know what the "Check Engine" light is really saying.

Your car's computer has a world of information to share that can help you maintain your car and become a better driver. CarTrip by Griffin tells you how.



Features

Wireless car computer monitor, compatible with most passenger vehicles built since 1996

Wireless On-Board Diagnostic II reader/logger interfaces with your mobile phone or smartphone via Bluetooth

Gathers OBD-II data including acceleration, top speed, fuel consumption, fault and pending codes

CleanDrive App (a free download) analyzes data and displays it instantaneously in an easy-to-read graphic format

Instantaneous trip and long-term data analysis equips drivers to drive more fuel-efficiently

Compatible with:
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch running iOS 4.0 or later
Automobiles built in 1996 and later which use an ODBII port to interface with their on-board computers
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/cartrip
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I wonder if the app can clear fault codes?
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So if you don't have a smart phone it's worthless right?
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So if you don't have a smart phone it's worthless right?
or if you do have a smart phone, but dont have the data plan its worthless right?
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Originally Posted by gatrhumpy
So if you don't have a smart phone you're worthless right?
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or if you do have a smart phone, but dont have the data plan its worthless right?
Wifi?
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Wifi?
Cadillac has wifi in cars.
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why do you need a WIFI or DATA PLAN for this? did i miss something?
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Originally Posted by myron
why do you need a WIFI or DATA PLAN for this? did i miss something?
How do you download the app?
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I'm thinking we have a misunderstanding here. I would assume you need to download the app whether you do it through wifi/data plan/ or on your computer then onto the phone. I don't see why you would need a data plan or wifi to use the system once the app is on the phone.
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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
I wonder if the app can clear fault codes?
"In addition, CleanDrive will display and reset the diagnostic codes sent by your car's on-board computer, so you can know what the "Check Engine" light is really saying."

I wonder if this is any better than the Kiwi wireless OBDII device

http://www.plxkiwi.com/kiwiwifi/hardware.html

I'm going to have to pick one of these things up sooner or later, they seem way too handy not to have.
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Originally Posted by justnspace
How do you download the app?
Originally Posted by black label
I'm thinking we have a misunderstanding here. I would assume you need to download the app whether you do it through wifi/data plan/ or on your computer then onto the phone. I don't see why you would need a data plan or wifi to use the system once the app is on the phone.
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