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Old 06-18-2014, 12:09 PM   #1
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Anyone here have "Automatic" for iPhone?

https://www.automatic.com/

This is an iPhone/Android app + connector combo that connects to your car and gives you data about fuel economy, reads CEL codes, provides the GPS location of your car and some other things. It says our cars are supported but I wanted to see if anyone had it for the Camaro and if they think it's worth it.
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Old 06-18-2014, 01:05 PM   #2
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Who needs onstar and annoying sales reps when you can have this?
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Old 06-18-2014, 01:12 PM   #3
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Quote:
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https://www.automatic.com/

This is an iPhone/Android app + connector combo that connects to your car and gives you data about fuel economy, reads CEL codes, provides the GPS location of your car and some other things. It says our cars are supported but I wanted to see if anyone had it for the Camaro and if they think it's worth it.
Don't have it, but was perusing their site and saw the fine print:

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*Crash Alert only works in the US. In a crash, it requires an adequate location (GPS) signal, connection to the Link, and cellular data connection to report the crash to the Automatic emergency call center. Crash Alert cannot work if your Link or iPhone is damaged or disconnected by the crash. The reliability of local emergency services can vary. Automatic cannot guarantee local emergency services will respond to a crash alert.
TL; DR - this only works when it's streaming data from your phone.
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Old 06-18-2014, 06:59 PM   #4
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Being an app developer myself, I think a lot, if not most apps these days require your wifi or cellular data connection. I'm wondering how reliable it is though, and if anyone actually finds it useful.

Looks like no one has this!
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Old 06-29-2014, 04:19 PM   #5
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Interesting concept. I like how it works with the Nest system as we'll. Hmmmmmm.


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