Original review published on Steve Litchfield's 3-Lib.

Ad Bosch, the man responsible for Contact Edge's renaissance, has been working independently on this comprehensive motor vehicle logger/analysis tool. MyCar is available from Ad's web page, I was reviewing v5.21 for the Series 5.

The original MyCar for the Series 3a/c wasn't amazingly stable, with several "General Failures" whilst testing it. Even the author seemed slightly paranoid about the program's robustness, as there used to be a menu card called "Tricky" with an option labelled "Dangerous"! 8-)) Anyway, here we are with the completely revamped Series 5 version and it seems a lot better in this respect, with everything doing what it ought, so hats off to the author.

The interface has also been improved drastically from the 3a/c version, with good use of the touch-screen for toggling graph types and transaction displays, plus a useful toolbar. All available functions are now available as proper menu options, allowing things like entering new fuel or fixed-cost transactions, or calling up one of MyCar's many informational screens with pretty graphics and reports. These latter scroll smoothly off screen after use, which although pretty to watch get a trifle annoying after a while. You can view all the different cost categories by month or year or in graphical bar-chart form.

The program is now freeware and handles mutiple vehicles elegantly through the Series 5 system screen's document interface. The supplied help screens are adequate, though I would have liked to see more detail and explanations as it all seems a bit sparse. One anomaly I found odd was not being able to edit the last-entered transaction, with the only workaround being to delete it and re-enter!

A very useful and attractive program for all those who perpetually worry about how much their precious vehicle is costing them.

The 3a/3c version is still available on Ad's web page.

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