[Canadian Tire] OBD Reader 39.99

This would have been an amazing deal back in the 90s/20s. Cheaper to get a bluetooth device.

yea, $25 for a bluetooth/wifi one has my vote.

Just get one with wife and connect it to your phones wife. $10

What app do you guys prefer for BT reader?

jackass_ca wrote: ↑ What app do you guys prefer for BT reader?

torque is free. basic basic

MooseV2 wrote: ↑ Just get one with wife and connect it to your phones wife. $10

Wow you can get a free wife for $10 and cellular salesmen also give you a wife with the phone? Not only that but they connect? I do have the wonder the quality of said wives and the ethics of it though.

xTurboZx wrote: ↑This would have been an amazing deal back in the 90s/20s. Cheaper to get a bluetooth device.

For about $5 via Aliexpress. Surprised they haven't gone up in price over the years.

qaz393 wrote: ↑ torque is free. basic basic

I actually paid for Torque, nothing to do with my Google Rewards credits. It works REALLY well, can even be setup as custom style gauges for your car. +1 for Torque

jackass_ca wrote: ↑ What app do you guys prefer for BT reader?

Android I use Torque Pro
iPhone I use OBD Fusion

I was using Torque before, as well as dashcommand and Dash. I can't remember why I stopped using mine. I have to find the module again.

Order an ELM327 obd2 reader from aliexpress for like $2-4 and pair it with free torque app.
if you need it faster you can get them off ebay for maybe $13.

here's the real rfd

Tripen wrote: ↑Order an ELM327 obd2 reader from aliexpress for like $2-4 and pair it with free torque app.
if you need it faster you can get them off ebay for maybe $13.

here's the real rfd

Realize these are ALL based on the unsecured elm327 v1.0 PIC code, which in my 2003 corolla took 3.5 minutes to connect. Ensure your canbus version is supported in V1.0 or you potentially will spend $29 on a $25 setup, it won't work because you realize you have an unsupported iphone that just don't bluetooth, or be angry something that should take 15 seconds take 20x longer than needed.

MooseV2 wrote: ↑ Just get one with wife and connect it to your phones wife. $10

Presume that your autocorrect is overactive? My wife has zero interest in either my phone or my scanners.

Bluetooth is best. I got a blue driver. It updates all the time with new cars and information

micromen wrote: ↑ Bluetooth is best. I got a blue driver. It updates all the time with new cars and information

Bluedriver is great (I have one as well) but in fairness it is 3x the price of this one - yes, it does 10x what this reader does. If you're a cheapster (and this is RFD), the Torque Pro app is something like $6 and the BT dongle is $15-25.

I keep my BD plugged into my 11 year old car because I like to run periodic mode 6 tests and monitor the LTFT levels. I have a few other scanners as well and my new favourite is my OBDLink MX+. I prefer it's graphics but I like the Bluedriver's presentation of data. Which one I use depends on what I am hunting down. I have five cars that I use these on and I like that I don't have to pay a fee by model.

jackass_ca wrote: ↑ What app do you guys prefer for BT reader?

OBDLink that comes with OBDLink MX+ works well for me.

The benefit of this one is you get more information from ford and GM vehicles due to this feature; Supports SW-CAN & MS-CAN protocols
https://www.obdlink.com/products/obdlink-mxp/

Can this clear ABS Codes? ELM327's cannot clear ABS codes.

Akizuki wrote: ↑ Can this clear ABS Codes? ELM327's cannot clear ABS codes.

Depends on the car and whether you know how to use advanced features of ELM327. If it's ford or GM you'll need to use something like OBDLink MX like I linked above because they have MSCAN and SWCAN.

Which car is it? (Model + year)

Ruciz wrote: ↑ Realize these are ALL based on the unsecured elm327 v1.0 PIC code, which in my 2003 corolla took 3.5 minutes to connect. Ensure your canbus version is supported in V1.0 or you potentially will spend $29 on a $25 setup, it won't work because you realize you have an unsupported iphone that just don't bluetooth, or be angry something that should take 15 seconds take 20x longer than needed.

How about this one from Walmart: LM327 V2.1 Android Torque Auto Scan Tool:
It only supports android though..

$3USD bluetooth one on Aliexpress: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_ADVEAB