{"id":2590,"date":"2014-07-23T08:54:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T14:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/?p=2590"},"modified":"2014-07-23T09:05:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T15:05:08","slug":"can-an-app-make-you-a-better-driver-hands-on-with-automatic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/23\/can-an-app-make-you-a-better-driver-hands-on-with-automatic\/","title":{"rendered":"Can an app make you a better driver? Hands-on with Automatic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I drive a 2003 Jeep Wrangler. Red. Soft top. Five speed.<\/p>\n<p>It lacks features like being able to see what sort of gas mileage I&#8217;m getting (or power locks for that matter). But a little device called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.automatic.com\/\">Automatic<\/a> is trying to fix that (not the power locks part).<\/p>\n<p>The $100 Automatic plugs into your car&#8217;s onboard computer\u00a0and sends info via Bluetooth to an app on your phone. It uses you phone&#8217;s GPS capabilities to track your location.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Automatic website says it can save you up to hundreds of dollars a year\u00a0in gas. How? It tracks three things that it says hurt your gas mileage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hard accelerations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hard brakes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Going over 70 MPH<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You&#8217;re given a score each week based on how often\u00a0you do these three things. By reducing those actions, you get a higher score and should get better gas mileage.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll even hear a beep when you do one of these three things as a little reminder that you just cost yourself money (and lowered your score for the week).<\/p>\n<p>You can see from these screen shots below that <strong>it did lead me to becoming a better driver<\/strong>. I recognized when I was doing hard starts and hard stops, and I pretty much was able to eliminate them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"487\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2594\" src=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/automatic-review-580x487.jpg\" alt=\"automatic-review\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/automatic-review-580x487.jpg 580w, https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/automatic-review-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/automatic-review-178x150.jpg 178w, https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/automatic-review-435x365.jpg 435w, https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/automatic-review-280x235.jpg 280w, https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/automatic-review-560x470.jpg 560w, https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/automatic-review.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My gas mileage has since stayed right around that 16.2 range, but my own math\u00a0the last time I filled up actually put it at 13.1 MPG and 14.3 MPG. So that 16.2 <strong>appears to be a bit inflated<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.automatic.com\/order\/?ref=CHRI322\"><strong>Want Automatic? Get $20 off your order.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What else can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.automatic.com\/\">Automatic<\/a> do?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It tracks where you car is located, so you&#8217;ll never forget where you parked.<\/li>\n<li>If you check engine light comes on, it will show you (via the app) what is wrong.<\/li>\n<li>A crash alert feature can notify authorities of your location if it senses an accident.<\/li>\n<li>In some cars (not mine), it will show you how many miles you have left before your tank is empty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s also pretty cool that it shows you the cost of each trip you make. So I now know that a round trip from home to work costs me about $5. Seems like a good excuse to call in sick more often.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall, I&#8217;m a huge fan.<\/strong> I&#8217;ve greatly reduced my hard starts and stops, and I&#8217;m (hopefully) getting better gas mileage because of this little change.<\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re an IFTTT user, Automatic can do things like <a href=\"https:\/\/ifttt.com\/automatic\">turn your house lights on when you get home<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhereIsGregsCar\">Tweet on its own<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.automatic.com\/order\/?ref=CHRI322\"><strong>Want Automatic? Get $20 off your order.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Automatic website says it can save you up to hundreds of dollars a year\u00a0in gas. How? 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