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Old 04-21-2004, 06:46 PM   #1
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Default Good dead tree MPG log?

I could use a small spiral or other book, but then I'd have to make my own columns.
I could print something out, but I'd like something sturdy
(I suppose I could print it out on index cards)

Any ideas?

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Old 04-21-2004, 07:21 PM   #2
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I started using the MFD's Info->Calendar->Memo function to log all my fillups and mpg calculations. When I go to the gas station, I enter a new Memo on the given Calendar date and type in "x.x GAL, xxx MI, xx.x MPG" which happens to just fit the maximum memo length. I can always go back and list the memos in my calendar to see past performance. The month view on the Calendar makes it easy to find the memos since there's a mark placed in the corresponding date box.

Maybe not the best way, but it's the only practical use I have for the Calendar function since it doesn't hotsync with any portable PIM products!
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That must be a Nav only thing.

I'd like to log:
tank #
miles start, end and delta
gallons
MPG calculated
MPG displayed
Lifetime MPG calculated
notes (temeperature, just got new tires, etc)

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Found a collection of mileage logbooks on Froogle. The Adams Vehicle Mileage Logs look like they might be what you're looking for.
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I could use a small spiral or other book, but then I'd have to make my own columns.
I could print something out, but I'd like something sturdy
(I suppose I could print it out on index cards)

Any ideas?

Brian
Danny (AdminCoop) and I have been working together on the PriusChat Store. I'll suggest to him that we make available a journal for this purpose; it will even have the PriusChat logo on it!
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Old 04-21-2004, 09:10 PM   #6
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For my last 2 cars I have been using a little notebook that the local stationery store sells as a "geology field book." The pages are 7" wide and 5" tall "graph paper" ruled on a 1/6" grid, so you can line up your columns neatly. The notebook has a hard black cover (like those on some larger notebooks that are called "composition books"), so it is very durable, and it fits nicely in a glove compartment.

I have noticed that there is a certain percentage of the population that, hybrid or no hybrid, compulsively records their gasoline purchases.

I also record all service work on the car, which turns out to be much more useful than the pages and pages of gasoline data.
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For me, it was easy - print one up, cut & bind it.

Just a small benefit of working in a printing department.

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Actually the other company in my building (same owner) does some binding, but I'm not going to bother going through that route.

Looks like Office Despot / Office Max have some. I'll take a look and see if anything looks good to me.

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I really wanted one too. I went to Staples and they had some, not the best. But I made it work, it suits my needs. ~$.99
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The ones I found at Office Despot were so close yet so far away from what I want.

On the left they had a date box and a memo line
on the right they had 5 columns
start, stop, buisiness miles, personal miles and some other column

I could relable the last 3 columns as miles, gallons and MPG
but I want displayed MPG and overall MPG
Suppose I could put those in the note column
(Instead of date I would put tank #)

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