Automatic Mileage Logger by Vulocity review

Automatic Mileage Logger by Vulocity is a device which helps you compute the miles you have covered on your car. It aso helps protect you if the car is stolen, hijacked or is in an accident. It can further help you keep a tab on an inexperienced driver. It's a small device, of the size of a cellphone and can be easily installed by anyone.

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You can get tax write-offs on your car based on the number of miles you have covered and to take advantage of this you need to compute the mileage of your car. If that sounds like a lot of work, this device will make your life much easier.

If you're not familar with the tax clause that lets you take this write off, please go here to read more on this.

Businesses can write off at the rate of 58.5 cents per mile travelled. This is the rate that applies with effect from July 1 2008 upto December 2008. In the first six months of 2008 the rate was 50.5 cents. IRS usually updates this rate once a year for the next calendra year. This year the rates have been revised upwards in the middle of the year due to rising gas prices.

The only other way for you to do this is to note down the exact mileage in your speedometer and then note it again at the end of the year. If you go wrong, it could be a somewhat sticky situation if and when an IRS audit comes up.

The Mileage Logger works by keeping track of your changing location and counting the miles as you drive. At the end of your trip, the unit will send your start and end locations and mileage over the wireless data network to Vulocity. This device determines the street address of these locations and places all data for this trip into a record for you! Your secure mileage records are available to you online, anytime. It works by sensing motion and logging the GPS data of the location. It transmits the mileage through the cellular network to Vulocity's servers at the beginning and end of a trip.

The Vulocity Mileage Logger can be placed at any suitable place in the car such as the arm rest or in the glove compartment. It runs on battery. You can have it connected to the car if you want it to be charged at all times. Its battery runs for 12 hours without charging. You'l need to charge it for six hours thereafter to use it at full capacity again.

You can log in on the Vulocity website and view records of your car's mileage logged. You can do this from any computer which has internet access and you don't need any special software to do this. You can get details of your car's movement and know from where to where it was driven. This may also be a good way to keep track of your car if it is being used by more than one person or a teenager.

There are various services offered by Vulocity including:

GPS Automatic Mileage Logger 

This GPS enabled device gets the beginning and the end locations automatically and also calculates the distance covered. Your records get transmitted via the cellular network (GSM) and can be accessed with your personal login information on their secure website. You need to plug the Mileage Logger with the provided car adapter and the device will start working.
 
Airtime Service And Mileage Data Access 

You can select your trips and classify them as business, charity, commute, medical or personal. Besides this, you'll be able to insert comments for the reason of each trip. Each record also has addresses and precise maps to assist you with recalling the reason you took the trip. You can also export the records to Microsoft Excel. You can also merge, delete or add records. 
 
Locate On Demand Service 

You can purchase this feature and locate your vehicle at any given time, anywhere; this can ocate your vehicle for you in case it is stolen or if you need to locate a lost loved one. This feature costs $1 per month.
 
Panic Alert Service 

With this, you can press a side panic button and send an emergency text message with your name, latitude-longitude and physical address to your close friends or famiy members. This can be especially useful if you or your famiy is placed in a dangerous situation in the car. This feature costs $1 per month.

Overall the Mileage Logger by Vulocity has many uses. It can be used to compute miles for tax write-offs. More importantly it can be used to protect yourself and your famiy members in case of unfortunate car thefts, emergencies or car crashes. It can also be used to keep track of the movement of young drivers in the family. The Mileage Logger by Vulocity costs $199 and comes with a 30-day money back guarantee. A must-have device for your car!

The above review refers to a product available only within the United States.