CarMD Tells You When Your Car Needs Love
- September 14th, 2006
- 5 Comments
A new company calling itself the CarMd.com Corporation has released its one and only product, the aptly named CarMd. You’ve seen this contraption before, you just might not recognize it. In a much larger and greasier form, this is in every mechanic shop in the country. You (or previously the mechanic) plug it into your car’s data port and it lets you know what’s going on under the hood. So it can tell you why your Check Engine light is on, whether you need a new air filter or if your car is about to explode.
The CarMD is $90, which really isn’t that bad since after you own it, you can drive over to get your car fixed and tell them exactly what you want done so that they don’t rape you on overages. Though, if you’re really trying to be frugal, you can actually take your car to any Autozone. They have these things to use for free.
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webonics (Who am I?)
2 years ago
Now this is a cool gadget! I’m buying one today! The should also consider calling this device “The Mechanic Lie Detector”.
Great Crunch!
webonics (Who am I?)
2 years ago
Dugg!
Eric (Who am I?)
2 years ago
If you’ve ever used an OBD reader before, you will know that it does not tell you everything you need to know about what is wrong. It is more of a tool that *helps* you figure out what is wrong. Therefore the application of using one of these devices to find out if mechanics are lying isn’t a very good one.
JT (Who am I?)
2 years ago
I think they key to this whole thing is that it is available at AutoZone for free. Why pay for it at all. Nice concept. And good to know where to get one. But why would anyone ever buy it??