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Old 09-27-2008, 07:44 PM
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PLX Kiwi...Anyone tried it?
I was just looking around online for devices similar to the ScanGuage, and I stumbled upon the PLX Kiwi. It looks nicer than the SGII, but it seems like it has a lot of useless stuff. I was just wondering if anyone has had any experiences with it.
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Old 09-27-2008, 08:22 PM
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It's cute but it costs twice as much as a ScanGauge and doesn't actually provide hard numbers.
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i think it provides real time mpg and a trip avg mpg.

but yeah, it also has your "Kiwi" score, which is not a hard number.
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Back from the dead here, but they've now got a lower priced version without all the gizmos and video games. Coming out the end of the month, about half the price of a Scangauge, and (I think) better looking.

I just ordered 2 of 'em, one for me and the other for my Mom (happy mommy's day). I'll let you all know what I think in a few weeks . . .
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Back from the dead here, but they've now got a lower priced version without all the gizmos and video games. Coming out the end of the month, about half the price of a Scangauge, and (I think) better looking.
That's a bit more like it. However at $100 shipped it's more like 2/3 the price of the ScanGauge II, which is readily available for $150 shipped on eBay. It appears to only show one number at a time; that may or may not be a detriment depending on what you're looking for. And it displays and clears codes, yay!
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I just ordered 2 of 'em, one for me and the other for my Mom (happy mommy's day). I'll let you all know what I think in a few weeks . . .
Looking forward to your report.
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However at $100 shipped it's more like 2/3 the price of the ScanGauge II
Free shipping on Amazon, fwiw.
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Discussion on Amazon makes it seem like people are not very impressed with the product. I however would also like to hear first hand reports from people on this forum.

Link to Amazon discussion Amazon.com: Customer Discussions: PLX Kiwi MPG Trip Calculator and OBDII Scanner
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Huh. not very encouraging.

Still haven't gotten mine yet - was delayed from the original 6/1 available date. But 1 of the 2 I ordered shipped this week, should get it in soon.
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Mine arrived the other night . . . plugged it in yesterday morning, but haven't had much time to fool around with it. Seems to be working properly - but my accumulated trip mpg for the past 2 days is only 12.6 . . . yeeeaaaah. Even for my crap commute (2 miles of stoplights), that's obviously not right.

Dunno if it needs to be calibrated for the specific car or something, gonna have to read up on it.
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hmm....that IS interesting. yeah. 12 mpg is definitely wrong. looking forward to updates.
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I have the Kiwi WiFi.

It rocks. I use it for data acquisition while autocrossing.


My fit gets something like 18mpg while autocrossing, so, uh, 12 mpg is definitely wrong.... heh.
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