Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:45:56 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Auto maintenance software recommendations
In-Reply-To: <CC26575A.6B64C%enrique0210@sbcglobal.net>
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Wow, you are all so organized!
Me, I have a folder that I put my Van related bills and stuff into and
I do jot a few important notes and settings into my bently book.
I have a small notebook with a clear PVC cover page that sits on my dash
with magnets....I keep my fuel records in there, take the full page right
out and put that into the folder....so I have an idea of how my motor is
holding up by tracking the gas mileage over time. One nice thing is that
the PVC cover (with a slightly textured clear finish...no glare) is a great
place to jot things down as I drive or sit behind the wheel...Odo reading
when leaving on a journey, addresses or phone numbers, No fumbling around
with extra stuff and fiddly buttons....Just look at the pencil marks on the
p.a.p.e.r. stuff like that...the plastic cover just wipes clean with a
damp cloth..Important notes I want to keep, I go inside the booklet and jot
down,then put them in the folder later....
I like my smart phone and computers a lot, for many things, they can't be
beat.... but I still think they are 'time-suckers' in that they really do
do a lot after you take the time to learn all the programs, push the proper
keys, keep the batteries charged and buy new ones every few years and
re-learn the programs in THOSE again... But for simple stuff that only I
need for myself, it's usually much easier to boot up the pencil and paper
than it is to do it digitally..Even so, here I sit at the keyboard when I
should be sleeping so I can do something fun, outside even, in the
AM......bye.
Don Hanson
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Enrique Gamez
<enrique0210@sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> Log books are nice unless they're stolen. My car was recovered, but
> everything in the glove box wasn't. I'd suggest a back-up somewhere else.
> Maybe a USB driveŠ
> -eg
>
> From: JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
> Reply-To: JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
> Date: Friday, July 13, 2012 10:12 PM
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Subject: Re: Auto maintenance software recommendations
>
> I haven't done this yet, but planning to. Since I was an aircraft
> mechanic and pilot at one time, I was thinking about following the
> principle in Aviation - that is keep an airframe(Vanagon body with all
> it's attached parts) and engine(1.9L or 2.1L WBX including the tranny's)
> log books. Each airplane has one of each and both the mechanic and the
> pilot make entries into both. I plan to keep them in the glove box for
> convenience, and every time there is any maintenance on the body or the
> engine/tranny - it gets recorded in the appropriate log. This gives a
> running record of everything that's done. ON airplanes the maintenance
> recording are recorded in hours of operating time. In the Vanagon the
> mileage at the time of maintenance and the date would be recorded.
>
> Spreadsheets are good, but not as handy as a logbook in the glove box.
> There is good reason to keep spreadsheets as supplemental records however.
>
> John
>
> On 7/13/2012 8:37 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> > Anyone have a Windows base program they like? I'm doing so much to
> this van
> > I'd like something better than a spreadsheet to keep track of it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> > '85 Westy
> > .
> >
>
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