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A car, region, settings · 11 questions
- Add a vehicleGarage → Add vehicle. Pick it from the EPA list to get its official ratings and tank size, or type it in. Give each vehicle a paint color: its numbers, tickets and…
- My vehicle isn’t in the listThe EPA rates the cars and light trucks sold in the US, from 1984 on. Heavy-duty pickups, work vans, motorcycles and models sold only elsewhere aren’t in it: type yours…
- Where the log startsSet the starting odometer (Garage → Edit → Where the log starts) only if the tank was full at that reading (a new car delivered with a full tank: 0, or its delivery…
- Region and units before your first vehicleBefore your first vehicle, the Dash offers Where do you drive? and your units, both optional. A region presets your units, currency and formats and brings what’s local…
- Try it with sample dataIt loads a made-up demo garage (a hybrid sedan, an electric car and a diesel pickup, with a year of made-up entries around Austin, Texas) to look around Stats, History…
- Colors, Purchased in, ReorderEach vehicle’s paint color marks its tickets, chips and chart lines everywhere. Purchased in shows where you bought it, with its flag. With two or more, Garage → Reorder…
- I have more than one vehicleAdd each in the Garage, then tap the chips at the top of the Dash, History and Stats to choose which you see. Several together are combined: each is worked out on its…
- I sold the car (or traded it in)Garage → Edit → Value & depreciation → Sold it, with the day and price (and what you paid, if it isn’t there yet). Its log and Stats stay. Its recall checks, renewals…
Settings
- Settings, in six groupsThe gear at the top right opens Settings: your plan at the top, then six groups of pages. Region sets where you drive and your units; Display, how the app looks; Prices…
- Your region, and the flags at the topSettings → Region sets where you drive: your units, currency and date formats, and what’s local, such as the average fuel prices. Its flags show at the top left of every…
- Reminders and notificationsSettings → Alerts: each one is off until you turn it on. They’re made on your phone from your own log, and nothing is sent: the weekly summary of your driving, a fill-up…
Still have a question?The support page covers the rest, and in the app the ? at the top right of every screen opens the answer for that screen.
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