Anyone ever use one? I just got mine in the mail and wanted to see if anyone else has had any luck with this guy. For $12 I'm not expecting much but if it works, cool.

 

At what point to these devices get you a ticket for texting while driving? Honest deputy, I was just checking my coolant temp and when the O2 readings changed....

 

Looking at getting one for myself. Will be using it with DashCommand (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dash...321293183?mt=8) for iOS.

Let me know how yours works. Thanks!

 

I have the ELM327 Bluethooth model. eBayed it for 13 bucks.
Its been plugged in to my 97 disco for 2 months now. Works like a champ.
I use Torque Pro on an old android phone. No cell service just the one app.
Its pretty much replaced my dashboard.
Reads codes
Resets codes
Gives you live data
Loggs. Emails the logs. Whats not to like?

 

This is pretty funny. I was going to post about the Soliport ELM327 bluetooth dongle I just received in the mail today. I bought it for $12.50 delivered off of Amazon. The included "software" is a joke, but the thing works great! I only bought it for reading codes and checking live data. I have a Dell laptop with Windows 7 Professional and built in bluetooth. I downloaded Digimoto Lite for free and got myself a live data code reader for less than the price of a couple of martinis. This thing works! I can read engine temps, O2 voltages, MAF flow, pretty much any monitored system, and read and reset codes but only with my laptop. I have an IPhone so I can't use the bluetooth with any cheap apps unless I jail-break the phone, and buying any of the IPhone approved apps kind of defeats my cheap scanner idea.

By the way, anybody know where to get an outdated Android phone for cheap? I would like to be able to run the Torq app but all of the used Android phones I have found are hopped up, jail-broken models going for $150+. Seems like a poor choice when an Ultra Gage sells for $60.

 

By any chance does the scanner talk to the ABS system?

 

Just ordered mine. $20 shipped.

 

Nope. Too manufacturer specific. You need an Amigo for that.

 

No On the ABS

and No On the SRS before it gets asked!

Other than that it awesome. We pass around the old phones at work so getting a Motorola Droid X was easy.

Now to get a cheap generic 7 inch tablet to completely replace the analog dash......hmmm.....

 

You wanna pass one this way? We use IPhones in my office and the Apple police make developing apps almost pointless because they require any bluetooth device/software combo to be approved "for our protection." The only bluetooth app for an IPhone I could find was $99.95 with the dongle, and I'm too cheap to pay that. That leaves me stuck with the laptop for analysis. A banged-up no-frills Droid for running the $5 Torq app would be great.