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Vehicle Maintenance, Mileage and Running Costs

Service history, what the vehicle costs, and the inspections before buying or towing. For one car or a small fleet.

117 items on this subject: 20 resources, 90 printable sheets, 4 spreadsheets and 3 tools.

Planners, trackers and checklists

Printable, fillable and online — vehicles and transport.

Vehicle Mileage Log

Distance per journey, from the two odometer readings.

RV-33 Log PDF Excel Online

Fuel Cost Tracker

Cost per kilometre or mile, from the fill-ups you actually made.

RV-34 Tracker PDF Excel Online

Roadside Breakdown Record

Where the vehicle stopped, and how that was described to the recovery operator.

RV-437 Record PDF Online

Record sheets

From the sheet library — vehicles · trailers and marine · vehicle buying and selling · running costs and fleet.

Vehicle Service Record

Keep a service history in your own hands, so it survives changing garages and is there when you sell.

VE-01 1 page Vehicles

Trailer Annual Service Record

Keep an annual service history for a trailer, so its condition is a record of dates and work rather than a vague sense that it was fine last year.

TM-01 3 pages Trailers and marine

Horsebox and Livestock Trailer Check

Check the floor properly before every trip, and run the same pre-travel routine each time so the animal side is not left to memory.

TM-02 2 pages Trailers and marine

Used Car Pre-Purchase Inspection Sheet

Carry out the same inspection on every car you view, so a decision made in somebody's driveway is based on what you saw rather than what you remember.

VB-01 2 pages Vehicle buying and selling

Vehicle Viewing Comparison Sheet

Compare the cars you have seen on what you wrote at the kerb rather than on what you can still remember a week later.

VB-02 1 page Vehicle buying and selling

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Spreadsheets

Vehicle Running Cost Spreadsheet

Everything a vehicle costs in a year — fuel, servicing, tyres, insurance, tax, finance — turned into a cost per unit of distance and a cost per month.

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Tools

Guides

Car Service History: What to Keep and Why

What a service history actually consists of, how stamped books and digital records differ, what a private buyer looks for, and how to handle gaps honestly.

Guide

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