TheBigLebowski
Aluminum
- Joined
- Sep 9, 2018
What kind of tools are available for keeping track of job related vehicle mileage?
Currently I just write the start/end mileage for work related trips down on a notepad. This has gotten to be a pain because half the time I don't remember to write it down. On several occasions I have ripped the page out of the notepad and lost it.
Ideally I would like some kind of gadget on the dash where I just push a button if it is work related, and it would record the odometer reading at the time of the button push, and mark the trip end as when the key is shut off, logging that mileage also. Then, when tax time roles around, I can pull that log file from it and record all the values.
I know there are some GPS based tools out there, but thats not what I want. I just want a tool that pulls 2 numbers from the obd2 port, trip start and trip stop, it would then append those values to a log file with an entry date so I can enter everything in my books at the same time. Does something like this exist? A google search only shows gps based ones.
Currently I just write the start/end mileage for work related trips down on a notepad. This has gotten to be a pain because half the time I don't remember to write it down. On several occasions I have ripped the page out of the notepad and lost it.
Ideally I would like some kind of gadget on the dash where I just push a button if it is work related, and it would record the odometer reading at the time of the button push, and mark the trip end as when the key is shut off, logging that mileage also. Then, when tax time roles around, I can pull that log file from it and record all the values.
I know there are some GPS based tools out there, but thats not what I want. I just want a tool that pulls 2 numbers from the obd2 port, trip start and trip stop, it would then append those values to a log file with an entry date so I can enter everything in my books at the same time. Does something like this exist? A google search only shows gps based ones.