{"id":5119,"date":"2014-12-17T15:10:04","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T20:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/?p=5119"},"modified":"2021-04-18T09:17:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T13:17:47","slug":"killer-app-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/killer-app-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer app for your car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5304 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/customized-toyota-prius.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of a Prius driver customizing his car.\" width=\"620\" height=\"315\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 620px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 620\/315;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/customized-toyota-prius.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of a Prius driver customizing his car.\" width=\"620\" height=\"315\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>If you spend any time at all behind the wheel of a car, then you really should consider picking up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200619170546\/https:\/\/automatic.com\/\">Automatic<\/a>\u2014a &#8220;Smart Driving Assistant that can save you money on gas, remember where you parked &amp; call for aid in a crash.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A small wireless adapter plugs into your car&#8217;s diagnostic port and relays information to your phone. One of the features that really caught my eye is the ability to decode, assess, and clear common notifications like the check engine light. Check out the quick overview of Automatic included in the video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Automatic \u2014 Your Smart Driving Assistant\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_AyXNeRbpRk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, I must wait until this gadget supports vehicles like my diesel Volkswagen. Though, their social media gurus were nice enough to Tweet that support is coming in the future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mvanputt\">@mvanputt<\/a> We plan to support diesels in the future \ud83d\ude42 You can join our diesel updates mailing list here: [link no longer active] *TW<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Automatic (@automatic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/automatic\/status\/545302712225894400\">December 17, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/saeru\/3880530448\/\">Featured photo courtesy Saero \/ Flickr<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\">Some rights reserved<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theaccordance\/status\/545300425281253376\">via Joe Mainwaring<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An amazing mobile app has been designed to help you save money on gas, remember where you parked, call for help after a crash, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_type":0,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[687],"tags":[614,613,135],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/customized-toyota-prius.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelvanputten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}