0RideCache

RideCache (pronounced “ride-cash”) is a brand new web application and service designed to help car enthusiasts and collectors digitally organize, manage and preserve everything they do to and with their vehicles. Previously only available to private collectors and a few select car clubs and organizations, RideCache is now broadly available and we are excited to be new sponsors here at CorvetteForum.

Here are answers to a few common questions about RideCache:

“Why an app when paper/spreadsheet works just fine?” Well, the old school method really is just fine for some folks and that is OK – we don’t expect RideCache to be for everyone – but here are a few ways we believe an online app (and RideCache in particular) is superior to the old methods.

• Your information is safe, secure and not prone to loss through fire, flood, decay, loss, etc.
• Everything in one place – maintenance records, important papers, part records, event records, notes and pictures – all in an organization system purpose-built for car enthusiasts
• Easy to share with others if you choose - with fine grain privacy controls over who sees what
• Easily searchable across multiple vehicles (ex: show me all of my batteries across all vehicles – boom, instant answer with info, receipts, pictures, etc).
• Advanced features like notifications, designated managers, services, etc
• Easy to transfer complete record to new owner
• Accessible from any internet connected device, anywhere at any time
• And finally – we won’t own these cars forever – there will be a next owner. And the likelihood is that the next owner will be from the Millennial generation (or even younger). These next generation car enthusiasts have grown up with, expect, and value digital solutions and they will value your car more if you can provide them with a well built RideCache record.

“OK, I get it, but there are tons of car sites/apps out there – how is RideCache different?” Great question – here are several reasons why we built RideCache and why we think it is different. (read more on our blog here: http://blog.ridecache.com/2016/01/13...ther-car-site/ )

• Professional Tool, Not a Social Media Toy
  Being the best possible software tool for car enthusiasts and collectors is our primary goal, social is secondary.
• Robust Privacy and Security
  With RideCache, you can confidently build a COMPLETE digital record of everything associated with your vehicles (yes, even titles, loan docs, appraisals, etc) - all in one place and safe from theft, fire, flood or loss.
• Deep, Purpose-Built Feature Set for Enthusiasts
  Features to organize and manage tasks, wish lists, notifications, parts, paperwork, events and more. Notifications to monitor usage by time and/or mileage. Assigned managers to allow other trusted individuals access to help manage your account. And more.
• Services and Support
  For those who want a great RideCache for their vehicles but don't have the time, ability or inclination to build their own we provide the RideCache Build and RideCache Valet services where our professionals will take your information and deliver a great RideCache for you.
• Subscription-based, Pay Service
  And that is a good thing! It is about focus and development. Our focus is on you and your success and enjoyment as an enthusiast and collector. We spend all of our development dollars investing in ways to make your experience better - if we succeed and provide great value to you, we get paid.
  • No ads
  • Not trying to sell you anything
  • Not trying to sell your car

“Why does it cost money?” Yes it does cost money, but we do offer a free version and a discount for CorvetteForum members. RideCache is a subscription based service with plans that start at $20/yr for the Basic Plan that lets you manage 2 vehicles. The most popular plan is our Enthusiast Plan that lets you manage up to 8 vehicles for $50/yr (let’s face it, for many of us, this addiction goes way beyond 2 vehicles! And this allows you to also manage daily drivers).

• The free version lets you manage 1 car with a few feature limitations (does not track events or resources). That version will be good enough for many people – and makes it easy for enthusiasts and collectors to try before subscribing. (we reserve the right to run ads on the free version – but there are none there now)
• Professionally developed, highly secure, data intensive web applications cost money to develop, host and maintain. To pay for them and run a profitable business you either have to sell advertisements, sell the user's data or charge a fee. There are lots of car sites that do a combination of the first 2; however, we believe that car enthusiasts that want and need this service are willing to pay a modest fee for a service that is not covered in ads, not trying to sell them anything, and not mining their data for profit.
• It is cheap (especially with the CorvetteForum special offer)! Considering the money we invest in our cars – the $50/yr cost for the enthusiast level subscription is probably less than the cost of an oil change on a single car (and with enthusiast level you can track/manage 8 cars). Plus we strongly believe that a well documented RideCache will easily pay back in tangible value when you go to sell your vehicle.

“Sounds like a lot of work…” RideCache is a tool. And like all great tools – you have to use them to realize their value. Many of you are already doing the work to scan receipts, build spreadsheets, upload pictures to the cloud, etc – so for you RideCache will be an easy transition and a welcome integrated solution. For those that are pure paper today – yes, it will take some work – but we believe the payoff is significant.

• There are many that love organizing and documenting everything that is associated with their vehicles – it is part of their joy of owning special vehicles. These people will love building their own RideCache for their vehicles.
• There are others who may love the idea of having a beautiful RideCache for their cars, but do not have the time or ability to build it out on their own. For these people we offer the RideCache Build service. Starting at $250/vehicle (depending on the amount of documentation and assets that will need to be converted and uploaded), the professionals at RideCache will do the work for you and leave you with a professionally built RideCache.
• We also offer a RideCache Valet service that will help maintain your account on an ongoing basis for a monthly fee per vehicle.
• If you are interested in either the RideCache Build or RideCache Valet services, send us a PM and we will get you the details.

Finally, a demo is worth a thousand clicks! We are fortunate to have Corvette enthusiast Danny Reed as an early RideCache Collector Level subscriber. Danny worked with our team and utilized the RideCache Build service to build his RideCache for his 3 very special Corvettes.

1. Watch a video tour of Danny’s RideCache here:
   You Tube
2. Then access Danny’s RideCache for yourself here and have a look around. Note that much of what is in Danny’s RideCache is private, or only shared with his approved “Riders” so there is a lot more behind the scenes in Danny’s RideCache – but there is still a ton to see. Be sure to click through the Tasks/Parts/Papers and Events tabs below the picture thumbnails for each vehicle: https://ridecache.com/#/users/dannyreed
3. Finally, go to https://ridecache.com to sign up and get started building your own RideCache! Special Offer: As a new sponsor, and for an introductory time period, we are offering forum members 50% off of your first year’s subscription with the code: CORVETTEFORUM50. Sign up at ridecache.com.

Please post any questions here in this thread and we will answer them as quickly as possible.

Thanks - the RideCache team

Vetteman Jack

Interesting service you offer. And the price is very reasonable. Best of luck as a supporting vendor.

I have a lot of receipts for maintenance/mods that I have done to my car and they are all paper documents. I would imagine that I would have to scan them, save the scan to my computer then upload them to your service if I were to take out a subscription - correct? Otherwise, you could do that should I opt for you to create the cache for me.

0RideCache

Thanks for the welcome! And you are correct, you would need to scan and upload your receipts to RideCache or you could take advantage of the RideCache build service that we offer.

As more and more purchases are made online, most of the vendors are providing email receipts. It is pretty easy now to save (or print) these receipts to a PDF file directly, then you can upload those files to RideCache - saving a step.

We would love to have you try RideCache - let us know if we can help you in any way.

- Gary

Not4spd

Tried searching via App Store through my iPhone. For some reason it's not coming up. Is there an app available for the iPhone?

0RideCache

RideCache is a Web application that is highly mobile optimized. It will work great on your mobile device, just open your browser (safari for iOS) and go to ridecache.com to sign up or login.

We are working on a native app version for Apple and Android that will be available in the future.

0RideCache

In our introduction post, I shared the video for the Danny Reed Collection (see signature below if you missed it). That is a great example of the power of RideCache for highly documented classics and how it can build and preserve the value in these special cars; however, RideCache is great for newer cars as well - and even for our daily drivers. To help make that point, I wanted to post another video that highlights a RideCache build for a relatively new vehicle. Check the video out here (not a Corvette, but still a fun car):

Get started with a free account, or subscribe using the introductory offer for forum members of 50% off of your first year’s subscription with the code: CORVETTEFORUM50. That code is CASE SENSITIVE! Sign up at ridecache.com.

Please let us know what you think of RideCache and post any questions or comments here.

- Gary

0RideCache

Thanks to the many of you who have already signed up for your free RideCache account, or used your Corvette Forum discount to sign up for the paid service. For those that have not gotten started yet, we have a good “Getting Started” guide available here: Getting Started with RideCache.

If you missed our introduction post, see the top of this thread or the demo videos in our signature.

We have also streamlined the “Add Vehicle” process – so if you have not yet signed up for your free account it is now easier than ever to do so. Get started here: ridecache.com.

0RideCache

We have received several questions/comments from users about using RideCache as an archive for all of their documentation and if we would suggest that you can actually “toss” all the paper copies we normally keep stuffed in file folders.

As the world increasingly goes “paperless” all around us – many of us no longer keep (or even receive) paper copies of important papers - financial documents, health records, utility bills, etc. This felt strange at first, but over time it has become a very welcome new process by reducing clutter, freeing up physical storage space and often providing improved access, archiving and search capability for these online records. For our car records though, the types of paperwork associated with our vehicles is still mostly actual paper (especially older documentation).

So can/should you be able to “toss” all that paper when you implement RideCache for your vehicles? It will depend on your personal comfort level, but I would say you should be able to confidently toss some of it – especially the bulk of your routine parts & maintenance receipts. For important or rare items you still definitely want to keep the paper, but RideCache provides a nice backup solution and a level of protection against complete loss in the case of a disaster. In practice, here is what many RideCache users are doing:

• Routine parts and maintenance receipts - scan or snap a picture of the receipt, upload to RideCache and toss the receipt (a lot of these part receipts won’t be readable in 6 months anyway because of the paper they are printed on!).
• More expensive parts and service receipts - upload to RideCache but file and keep the paper version as well.
• Important papers – titles, appraisals, warranties, loan documents, etc – you will obviously keep the originals in a safe place, but use RideCache to securely archive digital copies as well (using the full “Private” privacy setting which is the default for papers).
• Other papers – For restored vehicles with a rich documentation history, there can be a lot of paperwork even beyond the basic receipts including personal letters, press clippings, judge’s sheets, docs from prior owners, etc. But even for newer vehicles there is a lot of miscellaneous paperwork including things like purchase orders, door/key code cards, remote code cards, wheel lock ID's, accessory warranties, user manuals, etc. It is great to be able to have this all preserved and accessible in one convenient place in RideCache, but you will have to decide how much you convert and how much you also file and keep in paper form.

One final tip. More and more we are purchasing things for our cars online, which means we get a receipt by email. This makes it very easy to “print” that email receipt to a PDF file and upload into your RideCache with no scanning required.

Remember, RideCache is free to use with one car, then when you are ready to upgrade to a higher level (manage more cars, get more features), use the CORVETTEFORUM50 code (make sure to type all upper case!) for a 50% discount off a first year subscription to the paid levels.

0RideCache

When it comes to organizing and managing our car projects, many of us suffer from CRS - Can't Remember Stuff. While there is no permanent cure for CRS, RideCache can definitely help reduce the symptoms by helping you:

• Organize a To-Do list that can be accessed from any device
• Build a permanent record of all that you have done previously
• Provide email notifications for important tasks, parts and papers
• Manage multiple vehicles in a single place with a master task list

RideCache is free to use with one car, then when you are ready to upgrade to a higher level (manage more cars, get more features), use the CORVETTEFORUM50 code (make sure to type all upper case!) for a 50% discount off a first year subscription to the paid levels.

jglassmaker

Gave this website a try today...

Very impressed. So much so I convinced several friends to join it today!

I have not gone ahead and used the corvette forum discount yet but I will be!

I am a professional Web Application Developer and I will give my professional opinion here... This is a well designed and executed web service! You can quote me -> this website is going places! So sign up now!

0RideCache

Thanks, very glad you to hear you are enjoying RideCache and thanks for the endorsement and referrals. Please let us know if we can help you in any way!

Gary

0RideCache

Here are 5 ways that RideCache might be able to save you some money - or even make you some!

1. Avoiding an expired registration/inspection fine - I know these fines can often be dismissed, but not without a fair amount of hassle and effort. By entering a simple notification for your registration and/or inspections, RideCache will include escalating yellow, orange and red notification flags in your notification email summary for your vehicle as these expiration dates get closer - making it much less likely you will forget to renew on time.
   
   RideCache Paper notification for a required vehicle inspection (comes in an email summary for each vehicle)
   
   
2. Get ahead of a dead battery - as car enthusiasts, we are usually on top of the warning signs for something like a dying battery, starter or alternator. But what about the other daily drivers for your family? Or that kid off at college? With RideCache you can set notifications for parts like batteries to alert you when it crossed that 4 yr old mark so you can replace something before it leaves you or a family member stranded and in need of an expensive tow.
   
   RideCache can track notifications by time, mileage or both
   
   
3. Keep track of warranties - many warranties go unused even when there are legitimate issues that could be claimed - simply because the owner doesn't know or remember the warranty terms, or still have the paperwork. It is simple to enter a warranty paper for any given part or service in RideCache, then set the notification to alert you when you are within 10% (or whatever % you choose) of expiration. That way you can remember to claim a warranty that you may be entitled to - or at least be aware to check for faults that may be covered.
   
   Example of a longer warranty that will probably want to be claimed to have this clear bra refreshed before the 10 year expiration
   
   
4. Researching upgrades and modifications - doing this research, complete with needed parts, part numbers, suppliers, websites, notes and references to forum threads, etc can be very time consuming. With RideCache - you can easily create wish list tasks where all of this information can be organized and stored so that when the time comes to pull the trigger you don't have to spend hours trying to find things you researched and found a year ago. This can save you valuable time - and as we all know - time is money these days!
5. Increasing the value of your car - the most important value that a well-built RideCache provides is a tangible increase in the value of your vehicle. We all know that one of the things we value when purchasing any vehicle is a well-documented history for the car. More and more, the buyers of our cars are going to be from the younger generation who will appreciate and value a robust, easily accessible digital record for these vehicles. That translates to an increased sales price for you as the seller if you can provide a beautiful RideCache record that you can transfer to the new owner with one easy click.

Of course there are other ways to manage the items listed above, but RideCache offers a fully integrated solution that is fun and easy to use, and offers many additional features designed specifically for car enthusiasts. And starting at FREE for a single vehicle, or just $20/year for the Basic level subscription for 2 cars, we believe you will easily realize a great return on your investment by creating and maintaining even the most basic RideCache for your car.

Get started for free today at ridecache.com or use code CORVETTEFORUM (all caps) to get 50% off of your first year for any advanced level subscription.

Outlawtorn

Ive just joined up....Looks great

It's fun to use, but I can see it's gonna take me awhile to load all my parts receipts lol

Q: If you start with the free version and then want to upgrade to the paid version does everything just switch over?

0RideCache

Welcome aboard!

It can take a while to enter everything - but we make it as easy as we can. Just knock out a little at a time and before you know it you will have all the history entered, then it is pretty easy to keep up with it on an ongoing basis. My dad always taught me that a job isn't done until the tools are cleaned and put away. I have amended that now to say "and the job is entered in RideCache".

And yes, when you upgrade everything stays the same. You just get to enter more cars and have access to more features. Let us know if we can help in any way!

Gary