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Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C

Not an app either, but Excel works fantastic for me as I can keep all of my vehicles on a separate tab. When you own half a dozen antique cars, off-road vehicles, RVs, trailers, personal vehicles, yada-yada, having something you create that fits your way of thinking is better than a pre-made app.

The benefit of this for me on a spreadsheet is you/I can add a list of tasks that need to be done on each car to plan for the future, along with making a 'running' parts list for your favorite parts vendor. Maybe you noticed you need to replace a choke rod grommet in the future, -or maybe you want an extra carburetor gasket. Both of those items are not big costly to ship by themselves, and you might forget about them when ordering parts for a specific project, but an ongoing list of parts needed in the future is a great reminder.

Also, you can use Excel to sync to your Outlook Calendar, and sync your phone to Outlook Calendar. When I am on tour with my own antique vehicles (-or even my modern vehicles), I use Notes on my phone to make a list of items such as new rattles/noises I hear, or items I want to check later as we have driven that leg of the day. Once I am home, I copy my notes onto my spreadsheet where I can remember what all I wanted to do during maintenance time.

Also, since I log tours, events, and such on my Calendar, I can use my phone calendar to send myself 'reminders' a few weeks prior that will remind me when I need to begin checking over a vehicle. This gives me time to order any necessary parts, -or make any last minute repairs prior to the event. This also works for your trailer, your tow vehicle, swap meet stuff you plan to take, etc. etc..

I keep a parts list in Excel as well. I agree. It makes parts ordering much manageable. Before using Excel for tracking parts, sometimes I reordered items that I already had on hand by mistake.

Also, it’s nice to be able to search Excel to determine who the supplier was (and the date) for a parts that is on my shelf.


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