dibble9012

Just wondering, my glove compartment envelope is over-stuffed, and in the quest to be more organized, I'm moving everything to my computer. How do you guys do it? Excel? access? Or some other software? I'm not quite good enough to make a useful excel template, so help would be great! I need some software, or an access or excel template, that records what I have done, and what I need to do, at a 3k mile interval.

mike_d

i learned database programming by writing some software to keep track of maintenance. it was really cool, it kept track of everything and then predicted when your next mainenance would be and sent you warnings so you'd remember. i'll see if i can find it for you. the trouble is that i switched to linux a couple of years ago and don't know where my old windows code is.

dibble9012

cool, thanks, I wish I took programming in HS, I switched schools too late and I didn't have all the requirements. How did it predict your next maintenance? Do you just input your mileage everyday for a week, and it goes off of that or something?

rimpainter.com

I use Excel for everything. I even chart the MPG on both our vehicles. Works great.

Receipts are a great selling point, but detailed printouts of records are also nice because the buyer does not have to dig through a bunch of stuff. Of course for Toyota's we all know there aren't many unscheduled maintenance trips anyway...

seaflea

Yep. I have a chart for all my vehicles. excel spreadsheet.
I update it every time I change something. I've been using it for 3 years now.

dibble9012

I will be scanning in all of the reciepts to a pdf file too, just for records. Why, o why would I ever sell my 4runner, lol

dibble9012

how did you set up the excel spreadsheets? a screenshot would be cool, I'm great with excel, just cant set something up for the life of me, if that makes sense, lol

Boaz

YEah how would you set that up? Can you post a screenshot?

thanks!

rimpainter.com

You guys need to know how to make charts in excel?

dibble9012

I know how to operate excel, just suck at designing the actual chart.

MTL_4runner

dibble9012

mike d, did you find that software yet? No hurry, I just want to get things organized so I don't miss any important maintenance

Ironmike4x4

Why dont you just get a small note pad and write stuff down? That's what I do for mine and I just store the notebook under the passenger seat.

mike_d

na, i can't seem to find it. it's got to be on one of the old computers in the closet that i don't have running right now.

i did find this one which looks much better than the one i wrote anyway:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/car-companion/

mike