Almost everything is a song to me. If there's not a songassociated with something, I'll make it up. So when I bought thislittle Automatic gizmo thingy for mycar in 2013, I never really stopped singing that amazing song fromthe Pointer Sisters. And now I've got you singing too!

This little device plugs into your car's diagnostic port.Download the app on your phone, connect it to your Automaticdevice, and now you can track your driving habits and find allkinds of useful data.

You can use Automatic to improve your driving habits in realtime—it started a little rough for me! Thankfully, there wasno shock therapy involved… only annoying beeps if you brake toohard, take off too fast or exceed 70 MPH. After a few days, Iturned out to be a pretty good driver after all.

It will also let you know if your car is having mechanicalissues and needs attention. And it can help you find your car ifyou lose it. That would never happen, right? And it does a wholebunch more stuff that's really cool and helpful (and could be usedfor stalker-ish purposes).

The app has matured quite nicely in the last few months. Themonthly reports have been great. But this year, I received an endof year report that I simply must share. I'm old enough now toovershare personal information, so here goes. LindaBodie's Year at the Wheel.

Read Element Federal Credit Union CEO Linda Bodie's complete CUWatercooler discussion exploring how members can benefit whencredit unions attach meaning to the numbers and datacollected.