Im looking for a decent priced scan tool and code reader. I like the idea of reading trip fuel economy info, real time information, and reading codes. Are there any other standalone gauges that are reasonably priced?

 

Scanguage II is pretty good.

 

Ultragauge. Lots cheaper than Scangauge.

 

Just heard of this one yesterday - Car MD. Don't know if it's any good or not.

 

Wow, I didn't know about that one. Looks nice.

 

If you have an android phone, there is an application (Torque) that is free with ads or about $5 to purchase. It integrates with Bluetooth OBD-II dongles that are available on eBay for about $30.

The advantages of this setup (other than the fact that it's cheap) are that you can customize the display, it integrates with your phone's GPS for trip, travel, and SS 1/4 data, you can download custom codes and add to the display (I haven't tried this yet), you can transfer data logs to your phone or PC, it integrates with your phone's accelerometers and displays acceleration along all three axes, and did I mention it's cheap!

 

I had no luck finding the ultra gauge to buy other than their own site...

 

FYI the Ultragauge updates once a second. Could be fine for some people, but I bet it can be a pain if you're trying to do realtime monitoring of MPG or something.

 

Auterra shows much more parameters, updates faster, does datalogging and alarms.
it's more expensive, more bulky and very difficult mount neatly as input wire(s) connects from the bottom.

 

The S2Ks ECU logs MPG data? Thats news to me.