What it's for
Two main things:
- Reference — pull up dimensions (height, width, length), drivetrain, fuel/MPG, tank size, tire size when you need them. Useful at gas stops, low bridges, ferries, and when someone asks "what gear ratio is in that thing?"
- Maintenance log — keep a running record of what's been done, when, at what mileage, and what's due next. Pro
Adding your first vehicle
- Visit your garage.
- Tap Add vehicle.
- Pick a nickname (optional but recommended — "Old Gus" beats "2017 Chevy" when you've got more than one).
- Enter the VIN if you have it — we'll look up make/model/year/trim/engine automatically. You can skip the VIN and fill these in by hand.
- Add dimensions, drivetrain, fuel type, MPG, tank size, tire spec, and any modifications you want to track.
- Save.
VIN decode
VINs decode against the NHTSA's free vPIC API. We pre-fill what comes back; you can override anything that's wrong (the database is sometimes blank for trim or engine on older vehicles).
Heavy trucks, RVs, and trailers sometimes have non-standard VINs that the API doesn't recognise — in that case you'll just get an error and need to fill the fields manually.
Boats & narrowboats
Pick Boat / Narrowboat as the vehicle type and the whole page adapts to life afloat:
- Boat specs — boat type (narrowboat, widebeam, cruiser, sailboat), hull material, engine make/model, and metric dimensions: length, beam, draft, and air draft (your height above the waterline — the number that matters at low bridges). Fuel capacity is in litres.
- HIN, not VIN — boats don't have a VIN, so the field becomes a free-text Hull Identification Number. There's no auto-decode for boats.
- Engine hours, not miles — service records track engine hours, since that's how marine diesels are serviced. Enter your current hour-meter reading on the boat so the schedule can tell what's due.
Maintenance schedule Pro
Boats get a built-in schedule of the jobs that keep a diesel happy — engine oil & filter, both fuel filters, gearbox oil, drive belt, stern-gland grease/repack, coolant, raw-water impeller, sacrificial anodes, hull blacking, and battery checks — each with a typical interval in hours and/or months.
Hit Log on any item to record it done; it prefills the service form with the right type and a suggested next-due date and hour reading. Once logged, the schedule shows each job's next due point and flags it Due soon or Overdue against today's date and your current engine hours.
Free vs Pro
Free — one vehicle, with full specs and VIN decode. No service records.
Pro — unlimited vehicles, service records on every one, and the Leveler for parking your rig level on the first try.
Service records Pro
From a vehicle's detail page, hit Add service. Each record captures:
- Service type — oil, tires, brakes, fluids, custom (boats get their own marine list).
- Date and mileage — or engine hours, for boats — when it was done.
- Cost (optional).
- Free-text notes — shop name, parts used, anything you want to remember.
- Next due date or mileage — optional, useful for things like oil changes that follow a schedule.
The vehicle page shows a chronological list of everything done.
Editing and deleting
Tap any vehicle to open it, then the edit icon to change specs. The delete button removes the vehicle and all its service records — there's no undo, so be sure.
Privacy
Your garage is private. Only you can see your vehicles, your VIN, your service history. Nothing about Garage is shared, public, or visible to other Rovers.