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Added a coolant and oil temp. gauge
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I dug into the scangauge a bit more. It too has to be calibrated. This site http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23228 has some info. I belong to it for my Prius. As I said above I think a relative indicator of fuel efficiency is all I ...
Thanks for the update. I was never able to get mine due to procrastination. Sorry to hear that it must be "calibrated". It makes sense I guess. I am wondering if you have to go through the same routine with the scangauge or does it "teach itself"....
I bought and installed an Ecometer on my smart. It works good, but you do have to "tune" it so to speak as it comes set by default to 100% efficiency and will not give you the correct mpg unless you change this to something lower. I first set it t...
I need to update this entry. The Nexus system DOES NOT use the OBD port. It uses new sensors you install wired through an interface box that controls the cosmetics of the displays. The Ecometer mentioned DOES use the OBD port to display MPG, etc. ...
I too have been looking for extra gauges. In my research I found a solution similar to installing the scan gauge. Auto meter makes a system called Nexus OBD II which looks like an easier and solution to extra instrumentation. I for one don't want ...
Thanks for the info. mbe,
As with fine wine, women, and cold beer, guys have different likes and dislikes when it comes to customizing their vehilces.
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i prefer a scan gauge 2, it gives coolant temp, air intake temp, engine load, timing advance, fuel rate GPH, fuel consumption MPG and a dozen other things, it can display 4 at once, also is a trip computer that gives data for current trip, day, pr...
In a post dated July 22, 2008 VS displayed a picture of a temperature and oil pressure gauge he installed in his Smart Car. I, too, have a preference for gauges - but the customization project I'm working on is a bit more extreme. Let me explain:
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There is something odd about the diesel smart not being available in all markets.
In Australia we seem to have all the SUV diesels (including diesel Jeeps!) plus the new crop of small French diesel cars and the VW's... but not the smart. We don't ...
I have Yakima bars and bike racks that I bought in the US; so when I looked on the Yakima site a while back, I found the Q Towers... full of enthusiasm, I contacted Yakima and was told they cannot ship outside of the US. So I'm stuck in Australia ...
Yep... I read somewhere that all cars sold in the USA were supposed to be fitted with an OBD port after 1995... but a 2001 smart was never sold in the USA (unless it was special import) ?
The ScanGauge is not fully compatible with some of the ear...
that is a pretty big disappointment because where I live the electric car is not a very efficient vehicle with it only getting 80 miles to a charge. And my understanding the diesel is getting 90 miles to a gallon.
From what I have heard & read, the diesel will not be coming to the US. We will get the ED (electric drive) within a year if everything goes as planned.
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