[Vwdiesel] Mileage meter

[Tad]

This is similar to the Scangauge product, but cheaper and seems to have a
slicker design.
http://www.scangauge.com/
We have one for my wife's Yaris, and it's a nice little unit.  With it's
feedback she's been able to really improve her MPG (when she wants to).

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:07 AM, William J Toensing
<toensing at wildblue.net>wrote:

> A number of you have expressed interest in this mileage meter. It is J C
> Whitney item #549487.  The item is known as the "KIWI MPG meter" . The
> manufacture's website is www.plxkiwi.com & their phone number is
> (408)745-7591. The firm is known as PLX Devices, Inc.
> This MPG meter as I should have called it has many functions, most of which
> I don't understand yet. However, you can calibrate it for gasoline,diesel,
> E85 ethanol,ethanol,methanol, CNG, LPG. It has 3 units of measurement: Mode
> 1, Gallons,Miles, MPG, Dollars, MPH, engine temperature in Fahrenheit; Mode
> 2:Liters, Kilometers, KM/L, Dollars, engine temperature in Celsius. Mode 3
> is the same as mode 2 except instead of measuring fuel consumption in
> kilometers per liter it measures Liters per 100 KM.
> Last night I gassed up the Focus & computed 30 MPG but the MPG meter was
> showing an average MPG of 26.5 MPG.However, I think there was an air pocket
> in the gas tank. so I suspect  the meter was closer to the correct MPG.
> I am not trying to sell this meter & have no financial interest in the
> company. It is just the only product of it's type I know of. If there are
> more, lets hear about them.
> Bill Toensing, Nevada City, CA
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