Check out this new OBD II product from Garmin

[Mayhem Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Mayhem]

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Hey James -this is a great idea and I'd love more info. I always use my little netbook with a bluetooth GPS as a backup for the TP09X1 and it would be useful (not to mention a lot of fun) having this running as well. Please post a little more info about what you are using and how you are progressing with this.

[JamesC Member Find all posts View Profile Close JamesC]

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let you now how it progresses....... :wink:

[Violet Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Violet]

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Is anyone SURE that this bit of gear will produce fuel economy for diesel cars?

Less than two years ago I did a lot of net surfing including questions to several suppliers/producers of engine reporting tools (based on OBD communications) and posts on boards that had sections specialising in OBD equipment and the only one that would produce fuel economy (ie litres per hundred kilometres) was the Scangauge.

Possibly OK for Petrol however.

[bilo33prado Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bilo33prado]

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Any more news on this product yet? anyone bought it?

[Doofus Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Doofus]

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Looks like it will be available soon. http://www.ja-gps.com.au/Garmin/ecoroute-hd/

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Latest Autobarn Easter cataloge advertises these for $199. If these are the same units as overseas it may be cheaper to import yourself.

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anyone bought one yet?

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bump?

[ABD Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ABD]

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Had a phone call today from a sales person at Johnny Appleseed to let me know it is finally in stock.
Anyone taken the plunge yet?

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Does anyone have any personal experience with one of these yet?

Matt

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Ok Here is my review,

Finally got one of these things set up today.Set up is very easy, just plug it in and start engine, turn on the gps, select the Ecoroute setup and its done.
I have a Garmin 1690 GPS unit connected to it.
It has similar functionality to the ScanguageII, but you cannot do any custom guage programming. I don't think thats any great loss having used the Scanguage until now. The main drawback is the cost to setup compared to the scanguage. It looks great, much better to look at than the scanguage, and clear easy to navigate screens. Garmin also have a web site called "Garmin Connect" which allows you to upload your trip data a view it on google earth (see Below) with all the trip Info, ave speed, distance, elevation, time, with graphs of speed and elevation, you can even play back the trip on the site.
The GPS provides all of the trip statistics, fuel consumption, distance, cost of the trip, CO2 emissions, mileage reports for individual trips, average fuel economy.
Overall thumbs up, except for the total cost to setup. Nice toy!!

Follow up after test drive,
Its a pain to switch from navigation screen to the guage screen, as it requires several button pushes, I have emailed Garmin to ask if this could be changed in a GPS unit software update?)
You can have navigation while in the guage screen but it is only audio / voice directions. I guess you don't need to be looking at the guages all the time.

ECO ROUTE HD Unit & Garmin 1690 GPS


Setup


Options 1


Options 2


Guage 1 (any of the guages can be changed to one of the options above, just push the guage on screen, then select from the options)


Garmin Web


JJT
Is there such a thing as an OBDII double adapter, so the Scanguage and this thing could be run at the same time????????

UPDATE
It seems there is such a thing!
OBDII Adapter


Both Running



JJT

[bilo33prado Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bilo33prado]

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Looks the goods 8) Like the gps / engine mapping map. What's the cost? $200???

[chester Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close chester]

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Anyone tried one of these on a non D4D 120 series or will it be the same problems as how the scan guage does not work on pre 06 models even though the connector port is there