My 2005 CF, sat for a while in my garage and the new battery died, so I charged up the battery and took it in for emission test and the tech could not get a read-out, his system said "... On Board Computer is not ready ...". The Tech told me just drive it for 100 miles and come back, I drove for 140 and still same issue.

Looking at this forum I realized I have to do a "Drive Cycle", which I might add is kind of hard to do around my city, where the top speed is 45, and I'm not sure if the "Drive Cycle" can be performed in a low speed until I get it on the highway etc...?

Question:
How can I verify that "Drive Cycle" is completed successfully and the on-board computer is happy? Can I buy one of these "UltraGauge EM MX" and somehow view and verify the on-board computer is ready and populated correctly before going back to the emission place and dish out another $25.

I have Chrysler Max-Car, if I take it in, can they reboot / re-initialized the on-board computer some-how and avoid this "Drive Cycle" procedure?

Thanks for your help.
Alex