The shared calendar used to say only one thing: somebody has booked the car. The garage, the roadworthiness test and the tire change had nowhere to live, and a driver could book the car for the very day it was at the workshop. A renewal is attached to a vehicle and shows up in the calendar, next to the bookings, in a colour of its own.
Maintenance and renewals
The vehicle’s dates in the shared calendar, with a reminder before each one falls due.
The types
- Service
- Roadworthiness test
- Winter tires
- Summer tires
- Insurance
- Other
The same form also handles circle appointments that concern no vehicle in particular: pick No vehicle.
Reminders
Two triggers, and you can use either.
By date
Steps set by type — 30, 7 and 1 day before a roadworthiness test; 14 and 1 day before a service. You can change them.
By odometer
The renewal fires once the vehicle’s mileage passes the figure you set.
Each step reached sends a notification. The first one also sends an email — a roadworthiness test is dealt with by making an appointment, and that is done from an inbox.
The odometer reminder is approximate by nature: the vehicle’s counter only moves forward when a trip is closed, so the reminder can arrive slightly late.
Who does what
The owner creates, edits and deletes renewals, and receives the reminders: they are the one paying the garage. Other members see them in the calendar and on the vehicle page, read-only. A circle manager can look after them too.
Marking one as done
A renewal you mark as done leaves the calendar and joins the history on the vehicle page. Nothing is rescheduled automatically and no expense is created: if the garage cost you something, add it as a one-time expense.
Which plans include it
Renewals are open to every plan, the free one included. A circle can have up to 50 of them planned at a time.