I believed in Popular Mechanics review but product fell short – mpgLINK Review

I got the golink cable and downloaded the software with high hopes. Popular Mechanics gave rave reviews of Golink and it's functions. I figured I have a 1998 Homda Accord, one of the best selling cars on the market. For sure it should work. Well it is a disappointment that all it can show me is RPM's. No mpg, or anything else. Yes it shows a code for a failed shifter switch but can't show anything else. I tried it in my 2004 ford F150 and got half the data. The top selling truck and only some information. I then tried it in my 2007 Honda Crv and everything scanned but it crashed often. Multiple times I had to reconnect it. I was let down by PM's review and even more so seeing golink pushes you towards dashcommand which has terrible reviews. Neither company has updated their product. If there was a physical product dept of consumer affairs would go after them for false advertising. Hopefully Golink will fix the crashes and maybe provide something more for horsepower and fixes to older ODBII compliant cars and have a more fully functional stable product in the future. As for them pushing you towards dashcommand that's a whole other issue which makes golink look bad. If you have a very new car it does ok but crashes to much. I'm not sure if the $99 is worth the cost.
Review by NAD taZ on mpgLINK.