Car and Driving apps

[otter]

A number of members have mentioned apps they use such as On-Star or Google maps and it made me wonder what other useful apps are out there regarding cars and driving.

I use the On-Star app and have good luck with it. I recently added Waze which is a traffic and GPS app, but haven't tried it out much.

[jake2212]

my phone has a navigation app which is invaluable considering i deliver pizzas

[kinardr]

Originally Posted by jake2212

my phone has a navigation app which is invaluable considering i deliver pizzas

Not in your Camaro I hope

[jake2212]

i dont own a camaro yet my lil 04' impala. but i'm getting one next spring

[kinardr]

Originally Posted by jake2212

i dont own a camaro yet my lil 04' impala. but i'm getting one next spring

Keep the Impala for the Pizza Job...

[kinardr]

I like SpeedView. It can record 0 - 60 and all kinds of Speed info.

[Rhyder]

I love Waze, seeing all the cops on speed traps real time is better than seeing actual real time accidents....

[jake2212]

Originally Posted by kinardr

Keep the Impala for the Pizza Job...

well im going into the air force and quitting there, and the impala is gonna be a trade-in

[kinardr]

Originally Posted by jake2212

well im going into the air force and quitting there, and the impala is gonna be a trade-in

Nice! Good Carrier choice although I prefer Army!!!

[marcvilla]

I loved using Torque on my android phone, that's truly the only app I miss since I made the switch to the iPhone, there isn't one quite like it on the iOS, you would need a ODB II Bluetooth adapter

Description:

Measure BHP, Torque & 0-60
Clear car OBD faults
View engine data in Google Earth
See what your car is doing in realtime, get OBD fault codes, car performance, sensor data and more!
Torque is a vehicle / car performance / diagnostics tool and scanner that uses an OBD II Bluetooth adapter to connect to your OBD2 engine management / ECU
Layout your own dashboard with the widgets / gauges you want!
It can use the GPS to provide tracker logs with OBD engine logging so you can see what you were doing at any point in time
It can also show and reset a DTC / CEL / fault code like a scantool. Helps you fix your car and helps keep repair costs down!
Torque also features:
* Dyno / Dynomometer and Horsepower/HP & Torque
* Can read Transmission Temperatures (vehicle dependant)
* 0-60 speed timings - more accurate than just using plain old GPS - see how fast your car is (or truck )
* CO2 emissions readout
* Customisable dashboard & profiles
* Video your journey using the Track Recorder plugin with onscreen OBDII data overlay - a black box for your car/truck!
* Automatically send GPS tagged tweets directly to twitter (for example if you are going on a road trip)
* Massive fault code database for lookup of fault codes from different manufacturers
* Theme support (choose from different themes to change the look of your dashboard)
* Send logging information to web or email CSV/KML for analysis via excel / openoffice reader
* Heads up display / HUD mode for night time driving
* Compass (GPS Based) that won't suffer magnetic interference
* GPS Speedometer/Tracking and realtime web upload capability - see what you were doing and your engine, at a point in time
* Turbo boost feature for vehicles that support MAP and MAF sensors (VW & Golf / Audi / Seat etc supported)
* Alarms and warnings (for example if your coolant temperature goes over 120C whilst driving) with voice/speech overlay
* Car dock support
* Graph data
* MPG
* Able to share screenshots to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Email, etc
* AIDL API for third party apps, A simple Telnet interface for developers to talk to the adapter, and an OBD scanner.
* Works on tablet devices like the Motorola Xoom, Dell Streak, Samsung Galaxy Tab and Nook

[kipo92]

Congrats on joining the Air Force. I use Mapquest on my iPhone. It's free and very accurate.

[ardailsmith]

Android apps:
1. aCar: tracks fuel, repairs for multiple vehicles.
2. Flashlight
3. Maps
4. Audible
5. Car Locator: I got this before the Camaro. You can use it for cars without onstar
6. GasBuddy
7. AAA Roadside and TripTik
8. Torque

[Cpanthers85]

Originally Posted by marcvilla

I loved using Torque on my android phone, that's truly the only app I miss since I made the switch to the iPhone, there isn't one quite like it on the iOS, you would need a ODB II Bluetooth adapter

Description:

Measure BHP, Torque & 0-60
Clear car OBD faults
View engine data in Google Earth
See what your car is doing in realtime, get OBD fault codes, car performance, sensor data and more!
Torque is a vehicle / car performance / diagnostics tool and scanner that uses an OBD II Bluetooth adapter to connect to your OBD2 engine management / ECU
Layout your own dashboard with the widgets / gauges you want!
It can use the GPS to provide tracker logs with OBD engine logging so you can see what you were doing at any point in time
It can also show and reset a DTC / CEL / fault code like a scantool. Helps you fix your car and helps keep repair costs down!
Torque also features:
* Dyno / Dynomometer and Horsepower/HP & Torque
* Can read Transmission Temperatures (vehicle dependant)
* 0-60 speed timings - more accurate than just using plain old GPS - see how fast your car is (or truck )
* CO2 emissions readout
* Customisable dashboard & profiles
* Video your journey using the Track Recorder plugin with onscreen OBDII data overlay - a black box for your car/truck!
* Automatically send GPS tagged tweets directly to twitter (for example if you are going on a road trip)
* Massive fault code database for lookup of fault codes from different manufacturers
* Theme support (choose from different themes to change the look of your dashboard)
* Send logging information to web or email CSV/KML for analysis via excel / openoffice reader
* Heads up display / HUD mode for night time driving
* Compass (GPS Based) that won't suffer magnetic interference
* GPS Speedometer/Tracking and realtime web upload capability - see what you were doing and your engine, at a point in time
* Turbo boost feature for vehicles that support MAP and MAF sensors (VW & Golf / Audi / Seat etc supported)
* Alarms and warnings (for example if your coolant temperature goes over 120C whilst driving) with voice/speech overlay
* Car dock support
* Graph data
* MPG
* Able to share screenshots to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Email, etc
* AIDL API for third party apps, A simple Telnet interface for developers to talk to the adapter, and an OBD scanner.
* Works on tablet devices like the Motorola Xoom, Dell Streak, Samsung Galaxy Tab and Nook

Try dash command. There's a 10 second delay, but it supports most of the features you listed above. I know for myself, I use it to monitor AFR and Boost on my Camaro rather than have gauges installed.