OBD2 & Diagnostic Gadgets

There’s a particular kind of madness that grips a driver the moment they start wondering exactly how fast their car really goes from 0-60, or whether that new remap actually put more boost through the turbo, or why the exhaust note changed after the garage “definitely didn’t touch anything else.” A performance monitor for car … Read more

Fill the tank, watch the needle drop faster than it used to, sigh, repeat. If that’s become a monthly ritual, you’re not imagining it — pump prices have been genuinely brutal, and most of us have no real idea where the fuel is actually going. Is it the motorway commute? The school run in second … Read more

There’s a very specific kind of dread that comes with a glowing orange engine symbol on your dashboard at 7am on a Monday. You don’t know if it’s a loose fuel cap or a £1,200 catalytic converter, and neither, frankly, does the little icon — as Wikipedia’s entry on the check engine light notes, a … Read more

That little amber engine symbol has a talent for appearing at the worst possible moment — motorway services, the night before a long drive, or three days before your MOT is due. OBD2 scanners under £30 exist precisely for this moment: they plug into the 16-pin port under your dashboard, talk to your car’s onboard … Read more

A bluetooth OBD2 scanner is a small wireless adapter that plugs into your car’s diagnostic port and sends live engine data straight to an app on your phone, letting you read and clear fault codes without a cable or a garage visit. Simple as that sounds, the market is a genuine minefield — dozens of … Read more