My Garage Changelog

What's new in My Garage 2.0.0.2

Aug 23, 2010
  • Terminology change : "Car" becomes "Vehicle". "Mileage" becomes "Odometer"
  • Can specify your own labels for "Odometer" and "Fuel Efficiency" (e.g. 'Mileage' and 'mpg')
  • New fields on vehicles include "Distance Type" - set to miles or kms (per vehicle), "CO2 Emmissions", "Taxation Class"
  • Fuel efficiency (mpg) charts can be shown in the units of your choice (e.g. Mpg or ltrs / 100km)
  • New system options to choose default units for distance and fuel efficiency
  • New "Country File" for even better internationalisation. Allows criteria for mot, tax etc to be specified, including all the taxation classes, therefore enabling the tax band within a class to be automatically calculated (e.g. On emmissions or engine size). Includes link for online purchase of VED/Tax. Additional country files will be available for downloaded from the website.
  • New "Tax Disc History" enables you to record all tax/VED disc purchases.
  • New report for "tax purchases"
  • Reminders : Can specify your own warning threshold per reminder, or use the system default.
  • Splash screen contains a delay for non-donatee users. The more cars you have the longer the delay. Make a donation to clear this,
  • Ability to enter tax and task costs in £sd when the cost date is before decimal day (controlled through the country file)
  • System option to set default "is full" on fuel purchases
  • New "Estimate Odometer" on odometer entry boxes, to estimate the odometer at the given date based on previous tasks / fuels etc.
  • Major Re-work of the insurance policy editing, with lots of new fields.
  • Changes to task date / status to tidy up a few issues.
  • When using multi cars on an insurance policy, it will pro-rata the premium based on number of days (useful when you change vehicle on a policy)
  • Insurance policy cost bar chart for each vehicle
  • Task table includes a new column with a camera picture to indicate the task has a gallery.
  • Contact edit screen has statistics box to show owner and insurance record counts in addition to tasks and costs.
  • Contact display screen includes a tab for insurance policies.
  • BodyStyle, Tyresize and tyre pressure fields allow more characters to be entered.
  • Dropped the "Contact Type" from the contact filter, and replaced with an option to include / exclude contacts linked to insurance policies.
  • Insurance policies now exist on the main tree view under vehicles, and insurers.
  • Task can be printed from the edit task pop-up screen.
  • Built in Help removed, in preparation for on-line help (with pictures)