Submitted by wifesyellowyrv on Sun, 07/03/2010 - 20:28
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Hi,
I have fitted a new product called the Turbogauge to my YRV turbo. This basically like the scangauge ii but with extra functions, such as a car black box and a clock. I have now confirmed that the YRV turbo gets about 25mpg round town on short journeys. How does this compare with to others? It fits neatly in the hole under the radio.
I have a spare brand new one available for
Thirsty YRV Turbos.
Criky the YRV is a Thirsty little begger isn't it.
I get 45 mpg day in day out in
my Rally 4
And at coming up to
2003 Sirion Rally 4. And I love it.
Don't like the new shape Sirion much.Sorry.
Looks as though the
Looks as though the Turbogauge you bought appears to be a re-brand of one I have just seen on E-bay:
Item number: 220461401854
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'53' Plate Yellow YRV Turbo/ '53' Plate Black Subaru Impreza WRX STi PPP
Approx. 147BHP/305BHP
yes the features sound
yes the features sound similar so might be based on the same software, however this one looks a lot bigger than the turbogauge, so not sure it would fit below the stereo on the yrv.
Looks good. Having had a look
Looks good. Having had a look at the link you provided there appears to be now an alternative to the scangauge 2. The only thing I could'nt see that the scangauge 2 can do is change the backlit display colour, apart from that and the turbo gauges ability to be updated by USB (The Scangauge doesn't have this feature)is a good feature. Although the Scangauge too can record MPG and travel as well, as well as having something called the XGAUGE feature which I believe allows you to access other features such as boost preassure etc.. Haven't looked at this yet as I am well pleased with what i can already display.
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'53' Plate Yellow YRV Turbo/ '53' Plate Black Subaru Impreza WRX STi PPP
Approx. 147BHP/305BHP
MPG scangauge2
On the scangauge2 the mpg is in US gallons dont know if yours is the same? but if you work it out into uk gallons my yrv turbo is getting around 35 mpg uk so you will need to look into what yours is?
1.2 US gallons = 1 UK gallons
hope this helps
YRV 1.3 premium pack silver 01
YRV TURBO Black 04
mpg units
thanks for that info, on the Turbogauge the units settings options are metric or imperial which is UK not US gallons. I should be able to prove this when I fill up next.
Tubogauge
Just bought one of these - if you configure your fuel tank capacity in litres then convert to gallons you will find they are US gallons!!
A possible 3rd alternative....
http://www.vi-performance.com/homepage.aspx
Approx 2-3x dearer than a Turbo or Scangauge, but looks good.
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'53' Plate Yellow YRV Turbo/ '53' Plate Black Subaru Impreza WRX STi PPP
Approx. 147BHP/305BHP
I think an update for the
I think an update for the backlight will come, but its white by default. I don't drive a lot at night and when I do I probably wouldn't be checking the readings much any way. The clock feature is good for some cars that don't have an analogue one like the yrv.
What MPG figures do you get from the scangauge round town?