I’ve been using Road Trip MPG on iOS for everything car related. It saves a CSV to Dropbox or iCloud and lets me use it between multiple devices. Really happy with it!
LubeLogger: Self-hosted, open-source vehicle service records and tracker
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Re: LubeLogger: Self-hosted, open-source vehicle service records and tracker
#22I noticed that you don't have the option to tag something "Done" in the project planning screen. You can be planning it, doing it, or testing it but you can't tag it done. Looks nice. I use an excel sheet for mine right now. For fuel consumption I track a running average of the last X fillups where X is equivalent to the oil change interval. That helps identify performance issues as you can see your fuel economy decr…
Would you be willing to share your spreadsheet template?
This is going to be like a "found a safe in my new house" reddit. (TLDR; not gunna share it.)
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#23This is a nice project, but I like the simplicity and portability of a google docs file that is just a running log. I can just give that file over to a new owner.
+1.
My GF is a highly successful person, her sister is a highly successful person.
I had to create a Sheets for them to reconcile expenses so it shows who paid and who owes what - and I had it load images of their shared dog in the sheet for them...
I made GF owner, and they have been using it for ~3 years now with a tab for each month. It was a life saver over reducing my noise on their $ bickering sisters thingamajig.
Anyway - build a google doc/sheet/etc for others when they need it, to keep things quiet. These women are so smart, but couldnt manage a split bill for stuff in any given month, until I built that Sheet - and they thank me to this day....
But its SO fn simple to build things in Sheets/Excel (MS' greatedst program - watch Martin Skrelli's vids on youtube to see how powerful Excel is)
Re: LubeLogger: Self-hosted, open-source vehicle service records and tracker
#24This is a nice project, but I like the simplicity and portability of a google docs file that is just a running log. I can just give that file over to a new owner.
+1. My GF is a highly successful person, her sister is a highly successful person. I had to create a Sheets for them to reconcile expenses so it shows who paid and who owes what - and I had it load images of their shared dog in the sheet for them... I made GF owner, and they have been using it for ~3 years now with a tab for each month. It was a life saver over reducing my noise on their $ bickering sisters thingamaj…
Oh yes! Build quick stuff for folks, yields so many dividends!
My wife was doing work for her Anthropology professor, translating coordinates using some goofy coordinate system that some paleontology folks use. Was constantly referring to some page in a book and copying stuff out, making mistakes.
I made her an Excel macro to take the coordinates in one column and generate the translation in another. Simple, took under an hour.
Used it for years. Generated a sensation in the department. So, yeah, worth doing.
Re: LubeLogger: Self-hosted, open-source vehicle service records and tracker
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
+1. My GF is a highly successful person, her sister is a highly successful person. I had to create a Sheets for them to reconcile expenses so it shows who paid and who owes what - and I had it load images of their shared dog in the sheet for them... I made GF owner, and they have been using it for ~3 years now with a tab for each month. It was a life saver over reducing my noise on their $ bickering sisters thingamaj…
Oh yes! Build quick stuff for folks, yields so many dividends! My wife was doing work for her Anthropology professor, translating coordinates using some goofy coordinate system that some paleontology folks use. Was constantly referring to some page in a book and copying stuff out, making mistakes. I made her an Excel macro to take the coordinates in one column and generate the translation in another. Simple, took und…
Want macro - build a Sheet and send it here.
Re: LubeLogger: Self-hosted, open-source vehicle service records and tracker
#26I would love something like this targeting a broader category of machines. For example, keeping track of when I last changed the oil in my lathe or pressure washer and notifying me to do some kind of regular maintenance. Somewhere to keep track of what kind of oil to buy (for example) alongside a digital copy of the machine’s manuals as well as the ability to log maintenance records.
I used to use Notion for some of this, but they didn’t quite have the functionality I wanted a few years ago.
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#27put it on a blockchain to be a disruptor in the used car market
get dealers/shops to integrate
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#28Cool project, lovely website at https://lubelogger.com/.
In the hope that the maintainers of https://lubelogger.com/ read this: On the homepage under "Showcase" the left and right chevron buttons for seeing more images are shown black on a dark background and are hard to spot.
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#29I use Obsidian to keep a maintenance log with metadata. I am interested to see what a tailored application looks like, though.
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#30I'm curious what people do with their service records. I used to keep detailed logs until I found I never needed to go back to them. The car tells me when the oil needs changing and the tires need rotation and all the other standard maintenance. So I just go in when the car says I should. My car also shows me the milage for my last three tanks of gas, so I just check that after each fill up to make sure it's in line with expectations (did I do a lot of city driving this tank, highway, etc). If it's not, I tell the mechanic something is wrong because the milage is too low.
I've never sold a car to a stranger before. All my old cars either go to my dad (who eventually donates them after driving them into the ground), donation, or in once case back to the dealer who didn't care about the service record at all.
So what do y'all use your service records for?