Originally Posted by
alias5000
However, something that has always bugged me is that some more functionality (mostly software-based) is sold at gigantic extra cost. The difference between a VDO M2.1 and and M6 in hardware and software isn't THAT big.
The M6 is $150.
If you earn $40k/year ($20/hr), that's about 8 hours worth of work.
Cobbling your own cycle computer will likely take
many more hours than that.