[alscks0414]

Yes, I loveeee Awron Gauge. It carries all in the heaven information that I wish to check which is not offered by any BMW actually offers.

Fuel pressure, intake temp, exhaust gas temp, boost temp, tranny oil temp etc. Very handful of info especially when you are going above stage 2 tuning which i am planning.

Yeah great thing but expensive haha.

I believe BMW M performance drive analyzer does not offer any similar info to this. Do they at least any temp info of the car? (I have never used it so I dont know....)

Is there any other gadget that offers similar function to Awron but cheaper? LoL

[F87_LCI]

Originally Posted by alscks0414

Yes, I loveeee Awron Gauge. It carries all in the heaven information that I wish to check which is not offered by any BMW actually offers.

Fuel pressure, intake temp, exhaust gas temp, boost temp, tranny oil temp etc. Very handful of info especially when you are going above stage 2 tuning which i am planning.

Yeah great thing but expensive haha.

I believe BMW M performance drive analyzer does not offer any similar info to this. Do they at least any temp info of the car? (I have never used it so I dont know....)

Is there any other gadget that offers similar function to Awron but cheaper? LoL

I got a good price for mine (10% discount) and they shipped it quick. If you have MPE you don't need the one that has flap control. Only crappy part is that the Canadian dollar is the EURO's bitch right now so FX will add another 60 cents to the dollar. You can also ask them to lower the declared value...some oversea vendors will do that.

Alternatively there is the P3 gauge. Smaller and goes int he vent by the door...has some but not all of the same functionality of the AWRON.

[alscks0414]

Originally Posted by F87_LCI

I got a good price for mine (10% discount) and they shipped it quick. If you have MPE you don't need the one that has flap control. Only crappy part is that the Canadian dollar is the EURO's bitch right now so FX will add another 60 cents to the dollar. You can also ask them to lower the declared value...some oversea vendors will do that.

Alternatively there is the P3 gauge. Smaller and goes int he vent by the door...has some but not all of the same functionality of the AWRON.

Yeah... Seems like the price difference is there about 40 % between P3 and Awron. Hmmm.. Did you have it installed yet? Was it easy DIY?

[Ex-MINI]

Get an OBD dongle and use the Torque app?

[gtaM2]

Originally Posted by Ex-MINI

Get an OBD dongle and use the Torque app?

this is what i use, doesnt look flashy but does the job

[alscks0414]

Originally Posted by Ex-MINI

Get an OBD dongle and use the Torque app?

Looks pretty good to me.
Guess i will have to loose Apple Carplay connection and bluetooth connection with car if I am using this?

[Ex-MINI]

Originally Posted by alscks0414

Looks pretty good to me.
Guess i will have to loose Apple Carplay connection and bluetooth connection with car if I am using this?

Hmmm...I'm not an Apple guy, but I think your phone should be able to connect to multiple Bluetooth devices at the same time? Obv it would have to have different profiles for each device, like phone or media connections.

[gtaM2]

no clue what apply carplay uses but you can buy a WIFI dongle (not bluetooth) and connect from your phone to the dongle via WIFI

[alscks0414]

Originally Posted by Ex-MINI

Hmmm...I'm not an Apple guy, but I think your phone should be able to connect to multiple Bluetooth devices at the same time? Obv it would have to have different profiles for each device, like phone or media connections.

Not a tech guy with phone and bluetooth. Thought I can only connect one device at once with bluetooth. I believe just conventional phone connection with car that allows you to use hands-free calls, uses bluetooth connect (also Apple Carplay does as well). If the dongle uses the connection with phone, just worried that I wont be able to receive calls while driving without touching the phone.

Originally Posted by gtaM2

no clue what apply carplay uses but you can buy a WIFI dongle (not bluetooth) and connect from your phone to the dongle via WIFI

Have you ever received a call while you are driving and using the dongle connected to your phone via iDrive?

[F87_LCI]

Originally Posted by alscks0414

Yeah... Seems like the price difference is there about 40 % between P3 and Awron. Hmmm.. Did you have it installed yet? Was it easy DIY?

Haven't installed it yet...waiting on some other parts to arrive and then will do it all at once.

ZPrime did the install very recently and said it wasn't too difficult once you have all the info...apparently they changed one of the connectors on the LCI model and the AWRON instructions don't account for this...thread is here.

http://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1448161

[gtaM2]

Originally Posted by alscks0414

Not a tech guy with phone and bluetooth. Thought I can only connect one device at once with bluetooth. I believe just conventional phone connection with car that allows you to use hands-free calls, uses bluetooth connect (also Apple Carplay does as well). If the dongle uses the connection with phone, just worried that I wont be able to receive calls while driving without touching the phone.



Have you ever received a call while you are driving and using the dongle connected to your phone via iDrive?

not that i recall as i dont leave the dongle plugged in all the time..my phone is connected to the car via bluetooth and my dongle is connected to the phone via WIFI so it should be fine

edit: actually you know what i think your phone wont even get internet while its connected via wifi to the dongle since it might try and use the dongle wifi as an internet connection instead of the carriers signal, my WIFI dongle might not be a good solution for long term use...only good for periodic check ups

[alscks0414]

Originally Posted by gtaM2

not that i recall as i dont leave the dongle plugged in all the time..my phone is connected to the car via bluetooth and my dongle is connected to the phone via WIFI so it should be fine

edit: actually you know what i think your phone wont even get internet while its connected via wifi to the dongle since it might try and use the dongle wifi as an internet connection instead of the carriers signal, my WIFI dongle might not be a good solution for long term use...only good for periodic check ups

Yeah.. Periodic check up isnt my ultimate solution. I want constant monitoring of vehicle info so guess i am down to choises of Awron or P3.

Nothing should be in rush... as I am not planning the Stage 2 mod right now. Will be in my purchase list along with other FBO parts haha. Just extra money.

[Peter_VIE]

http://shop.ak-motion.com/de/modelle...splay-f22.html

works for M2

[ZPrime]

Originally Posted by Peter_VIE

http://shop.ak-motion.com/de/modelle...splay-f22.html

works for M2

This is a touchscreen though, right?
Documentation in English is very hard to find. I saw this and considered it, but I really like the Awron being controlled by the cruise control buttons.

[McPurrs]

Originally Posted by Ex-MINI

Hmmm...I'm not an Apple guy, but I think your phone should be able to connect to multiple Bluetooth devices at the same time? Obv it would have to have different profiles for each device, like phone or media connections.

iPhones for some reason cannot use a BT OBD adapter, just a WIFI one, which will then not allow the same device to connect to carplay(wifi, with a BT handshake). You would need another device to use both.

[RocketmanM2]

Originally Posted by Ex-MINI

Get an OBD dongle and use the Torque app?

That's what I did.