MPG App for Android

[Benjaminpalma]

I just came across this free app for Android which may help anyone wondering if their mpg is normal or not:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/mileage/com.evancharlt...

I've not tried it out yet, but it looks promising...

[haircutmike]

There may be an element of tivvers who don't know what an app is or does .

I may be one...........................

[Benjaminpalma]

Application for your 'smart' mobile phone. Android is an alternative to iPhone. Don't worry - I'm new to smart phones - hence the excitement!

[Alexdaredevilz]

Unless its attaches to your fuel tank/sender, and speedo/rev counter I cant see it working

Alex

[haircutmike]

Benjaminpalma said:

Application for your 'smart' mobile phone. Android is an alternative to iPhone. Don't worry - I'm new to smart phones - hence the excitement!

Ben,...............I know, I have children, I was ing!

[Benjaminpalma]

Alexdaredevilz said:

Unless its attaches to your fuel tank/sender, and speedo/rev counter I cant see it working

Alex

Christ alive - these phones aren't that smart!!!!! Well, not yet...

You have to tap in how much you've just put. I'm not sure if it uses the phone's GPS or whether you type in the mileage.

[darkcat]

Benjaminpalma said:

Application for your 'smart' mobile phone. Android is an alternative to iPhone. Don't worry - I'm new to smart phones - hence the excitement!

can i install this app on my "Smart" car??

[Haighermeister]

Benjaminpalma said:

Alexdaredevilz said:

Unless its attaches to your fuel tank/sender, and speedo/rev counter I cant see it working

Alex

Christ alive - these phones aren't that smart!!!!! Well, not yet...

You have to tap in how much you've just put. I'm not sure if it uses the phone's GPS or whether you type in the mileage.

You can get a Bluetooth device that plugs into an OBD2 port and sends signal to a Bluetooth phone which can be turned into real time data. Pretty cool st.

[Alexdaredevilz]

Haighermeister said:

Benjaminpalma said:

Alexdaredevilz said:

Unless its attaches to your fuel tank/sender, and speedo/rev counter I cant see it working

Alex

Christ alive - these phones aren't that smart!!!!! Well, not yet...

You have to tap in how much you've just put. I'm not sure if it uses the phone's GPS or whether you type in the mileage.

You can get a Bluetooth device that plugs into an OBD2 port and sends signal to a Bluetooth phone which can be turned into real time data. Pretty cool st.

Your meant to be able to attach a wide band to that so you can monitor yours air/fuel ratio, from what ive read there's to much of a delay with all the readings

[SwanJack]

Alexdaredevilz said:

Unless its attaches to your fuel tank/sender, and speedo/rev counter I cant see it working

Alex

It will give an mpg figure as long as you fill the tank up each time you use the app, but you can do those sums on a piece of paper.

[pbaker43]

come on guys, you buy a TVR for fun and ripping up the road, if you are worried about MPG/fuel buy a milk float (any one remember these).. I remember asking a Rolls Royce sales man about MPG he said 'son if you have to ask you can't afford it'.. There is more to life than apps on your iphone/ipod.

[Conian]

pbaker43 said:

come on guys, you buy a TVR for fun and ripping up the road, if you are worried about MPG/fuel buy a milk float (any one remember these).. I remember asking a Rolls Royce sales man about MPG he said 'son if you have to ask you can't afford it'.. There is more to life than apps on your iphone/ipod.

was the salesman your dad or a texan? because i cant imagine any other RR salesman calling a customer 'son'

[Benjaminpalma]

Conian said:

pbaker43 said:

come on guys, you buy a TVR for fun and ripping up the road, if you are worried about MPG/fuel buy a milk float (any one remember these).. I remember asking a Rolls Royce sales man about MPG he said 'son if you have to ask you can't afford it'.. There is more to life than apps on your iphone/ipod.

was the salesman your dad or a texan? because i cant imagine any other RR salesman calling a customer 'son'

[900T-R]

pbaker43 said:

come on guys, you buy a TVR for fun and ripping up the road, if you are worried about MPG/fuel buy a milk float

Well, unlike the sunny Sunday mornings only brigade I use my TVR for driving so in all honesty I'm glad that my Chim isn't really stupid on fuel (unlike the bonkers modified Saab before that I once only got 200 kms out of a 63 litre tank from - 50 of those kms were on track, but the rest was just pootling around... :rolleyes).

Not going to be too bothered whether the next tank will return 22 or 26 mpg though, and got no 'apps' on my 'smart' phone, anyway.

[haircutmike]

"Apps", I thought he meant "apes"!

[pbaker43]

No he was not my dad or a Texan, I was young and the Rolls Royce was a car to aspire too.
We do not want the car to return stupid MPG, but big V8s and fuel conservation do not go 'hand in hand'. These cars were not really designed for the weekly shopping, even if some of us use them now for that. As for the apps and the tech-no geeks you are way ahead of me, must be a sign of getting old.