the device is used to track potential buyers while they're on test drives. So it's at least got a GPS and some kind of data functionality. It would be smart if it included OBD-II functionality to see if the test-drive customers are beating on the car, but I don't see any reference to that kind of feature.
If you watch the video, there's also a license-plate lockbox for the key so that you never have to deal with a buyer personally.
"It would be smart if it included OBD-II functionality to see if the test-drive customers are beating on the car, but I don't see any reference to that kind of feature."
The only metric you'd want from the OBD port is the tach; you can get speed from GPS, acceleration from your own accelerometer sensor ("flooring it", stopping hard), etc.
$50 GPS jammer from China coupled with another $50 GSM/3G jammer also from China = you drive away free, with no tracking devices working. I would be very worried to use this service.
http://www.carlypso.com/how-it-works/
> "2.We'll send an inspection mechanic, who also attaches our Carlypso device"
I also quickly searched the FAQ for "device": http://www.carlypso.com/faqs/
I must have overlooked it but are there any details on what a "Carlypso device" actually is?