Sort of gives 'driving safely' a whole new meaning

This IT consultant pilot fish's GPS is designed to connect with a mobile phone using Bluetooth to act as a speaker -- though fish actually uses it for something entirely different.

"I also have Bluetooth built into the car, so my phone isn't paired with the GPS," fish explains.

"However, I have the GPS Bluetooth enabled because it speaks to an onboard diagnostic reader that shows me some additional gauges. That's how I knew, for example, that when I couldn't accelerate beyond 130 MPH on the Autobahn, it wasn't because I was topping out the engine -- it was the car's computer limiting me."

One day fish is driving on a local highway when the GPS beeps with a message about "passcode 1234." Fish is busy driving, so he just hits the OK button to get his gauges back on the screen.

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