Auto Maintenance Pro Standard Edition Single User Version

Version: 10.0.0 Build 11
Software Developer: Innovative Maintenance Systems
Address: 152C Freeport Road, PO Box 142, Lyndora, PA 16045
Sales & Product Information: 1-888-449-2405
Fax: 724-283-7450
System Requirements:
* Pentium 600 Mhz or better processor
* 16MB of RAM
* 20MB of free disk space
* VGA color monitor (800x600 screen resolution)
* Windows® 98, NT, ME, 2000, XP
Product Pricing: $34.95 USD
Download Size: 6.17 MB
Size on disk: 31.7 MB
Reviewed by Ian Hunt, SCUG Member

Product Website: www.mtcpro.com
Web link for screen shots: http://www.mtcpro.com/automtc.htm

Installation
The program loaded easily and runs nicely with no ill effects on my Windows XP SP3 Home Edition PC with AMD Sempron 2800+ processor and 1 GB of RAM.

What It Does
Auto Maintenance Pro helps you stay on top of your vehicle maintenance by scheduling and then recording maintenance items. Up to 5 vehicles can be entered into the program. Once you have entered a vehicle into the program and save, you are asked if you want to enter the Preventive Maintenance information. The program has a set of over 80 default PM services with default intervals of both time and mileage. You can alter these using the maintenance schedule recommended by your vehicle manufacturer and you can add and delete items.

Features
* The program is downloadable from website with 30 day free trial.
* You can add a photo of each vehicle (jpg format) to the main window.
* Track in miles or kilometers.
* 28 custom fields you can define on the vehicle information tabs. Tabs that contain the custom labels are "General" (4), "Specifications" (20), "Purchase" (2), and License (2).
* Upon opening the program, the main window will display your vehicles in a list, the background colour will indicate whether service is due (pink), soon due (yellow) (less than 15 days, or 250 mi/km/hr) or not due (white).
* To check on what maintenance is due, you can click on the [Maint. Due] button. The same colour coding is used in this window, presented spreadsheet style.
* Enter maintenance for the vehicle such as date, kilometers, service performed, parts used by number and description, part supplier, part cost, notes, labour cost and taxes.
* In the Options window you can input the tax rate and have the program insert the tax for you (this can be over-ridden if needed).
* Price of fuel can be entered. This will help give you the true cost of ownership.
* Can track fuel usage. MPG or L/100 km will automatically be calculated and displayed upon entry. A total of 8 fuel statistics are calculated.
* Is easy to learn and has a good "Getting Started" section in Help Contents.
* Free online and email support to registered users. When I emailed a question, I got a reply with the answer 2 hours later.

Pros
I have tried this product in different versions over the years and find that it keeps improving with each new release. This program will aid you in getting maintenance items done at the right time. If you have one or more vehicle to look after, you know that things can be missed over time. When it is time to sell your vehicle, you can print the history to show the buyer, a good selling feature. Incremental program releases (for example version 1.0 to 1.01) are free.

Cons
In order for the program to be effective, you must be diligent about opening the program, looking at the PM status of each vehicle on a regular basis and inputting the date, mileage and work performed as it is done. Major program releases (for example version 1.0 to 2.0) are not free (except in the first 60 days) but registered users of previous versions get a discount.

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