Date:         Mon, 7 Mar 2005 10:14:36 -0800
Reply-To:     jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
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From:         jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
Subject:      Re: Maintenance database Was Re: Auto Tech Computer disk for
              Vanagon- Any good?
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>Seriously, has anyone developed a nice database for vehicle
>maintenance? I'm old enough to be suffering from CRS (can't remember
>shtuff) and can't even remember which oil I put in which car. I do tend
>to write it down, with the mileage, on the tab of the filter box and
>then deposit it in the glove box. Low tech, but hard to access from home!
>I'm sure someone has put something together.
>Any suggestions?

I personally use an Excel spreadsheet that I print out and stick in the
glove compartment. As I do work I hand-write it in on the sheet and every
once in a while I'll take it inside to type in all the handwritten stuff
and print a new sheet. I thought of perhaps writing my own custom database
program, but I couldn't think of anything I needed it to do that wasn't
already adequately fulfilled by a sheet of paper. Maybe timed reminders for
scheduled maintenance, but I'm such a weirdo that all I think about anyway
is what my Vanagon is going to need next.

John Bange
'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"