Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-11-01 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Easy, send me the inferior android fone and buy a ifone 10! I'll use the old android for car diagnostics only. Meade Dillon via Mercedes November 1, 2017 at 9:50 AM Apple only, too bad. I need to find equivalent for Android. - Max Charleston SC __

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-11-01 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Apple only, too bad. I need to find equivalent for Android. - Max Charleston SC > > > http://darrensoft.ca/roadtrip/ > > > > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-11-01 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Message- > From: Dan Penoff [mailto:d...@penoff.com] > Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2017 3:06 PM > To: Mercedes List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change > > Ohhh, I thought you were using Road Trip, the one I told you about a couple > of months ago: > > http://darrensof

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-11-01 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
Is it a pain to enter everything? Is it pretty easy to use? Don Snook -Original Message- From: Dan Penoff [mailto:d...@penoff.com] Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2017 3:06 PM To: Mercedes List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change Ohhh, I thought you were using Road Trip, the one I told

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-10-30 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> > fmiser wrote: > > > > Ah - (almost) everything _tries_ to harvest personal > > information. *grin* > > > > Some of us use means to prevent it. And there are apps that > > don't - at least for Android. Check out https://f-droid.org/ > > for non-google apps. > Mitch wrote: > > What's the po

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-10-30 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On October 30, 2017 at 2:59 AM fmiser via Mercedes > wrote: > Ah - (almost) everything _tries_ to harvest personal information. > *grin* > > Some of us use means to prevent it. And there are apps that don't > - at least for Android. Check out https://f-droid.org/ for > non-google apps. Wh

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-10-30 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> > Dan sez: > > > >‎ but they also harvested your personal >information, so that > > was a big negative. > Rick wrote: > EVERYTHING harvests your personal information. Ah - (almost) everything _tries_ to harvest personal information. *grin* Some of us use means to prevent it. And there are a

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-10-29 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Dan sez: >‎but they also harvested your personal >information, so that was a big >negative. EVERYTHING harvests your personal information. Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change del

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-10-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Same here, but I could never find anything. Gas Buddy tried to branch out into this by absorbing a nice iOS app that I used to use. They completely dumbed it down and made it a web app, but they also harvested your personal information, so that was a big negative. -D > On Oct 29, 2017, at 6:1

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-10-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
I really wanted some sort of program that ran on pc but had a phone app that could sync it to the main desktop program. Such a thing does not seem to exist. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 29, 2017, at 4:53 PM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: >> Dan wrote: > >> I love the phone app, since it lets me e

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-10-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Unfortunately, no. It uses Dropbox for storing the data and synchronization. I really like that aspect of it as I can enter my data on one device and the others are automatically updated. The developer is great and very helpful. He converted a boatload of records I had from Gas Buddy over fo

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-10-29 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Dan wrote: > I love the phone app, since it lets me enter my fuel stuff right > when I do it. I have the iPad version, too, for easier data > entry at home for repairs and such. Must not be storing it locally if you can enter data from two devices. Is there also a desktop client? ___

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-10-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I love the phone app, since it lets me enter my fuel stuff right when I do it. I have the iPad version, too, for easier data entry at home for repairs and such. -D > On Oct 29, 2017, at 4:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > I looked at it but I didn’t really want a phone bas

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-10-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
I looked at it but I didn’t really want a phone based deal. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 29, 2017, at 3:05 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Ohhh, I thought you were using Road Trip, the one I told you about a couple > of months ago: > > http://darrensoft.ca/roadtrip/ > > It is by fa

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-10-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Ohhh, I thought you were using Road Trip, the one I told you about a couple of months ago: http://darrensoft.ca/roadtrip/ It is by far the best car maintenance and record keeping software I’ve used in years. -D > On Oct 29, 2017, at 3:58 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Whic

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-10-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Which one are you using? I’m using one called automotive wolf on a pc. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 29, 2017, at 2:51 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Great program, isn’t it? Best I’ve found so far for keeping records. > > -D > > >> On Oct 29, 2017, at 3:33 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-10-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Great program, isn’t it? Best I’ve found so far for keeping records. -D > On Oct 29, 2017, at 3:33 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > I didn’t realize I had it enabled. I put in all fill ups so i have an > accurate mileage and don’t need it estimated. I have now turned that fea

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-10-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
I didn’t realize I had it enabled. I put in all fill ups so i have an accurate mileage and don’t need it estimated. I have now turned that feature off. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 29, 2017, at 2:07 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yes, it estimates miles for you based on use - if you

Re: [MBZ] Wasted oil change

2017-10-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Yes, it estimates miles for you based on use - if you enable that function. I don’t. It will still show the estimated miles when you go to fill up fuel, for example, only they’re grayed out but visible in the miles driven field until you enter the data that populates this value based on actual