Every receipt, every recall, every car you own — in one place
Photograph a service invoice and Carsido turns it into a permanent record on that car. Then it watches the things you would otherwise have to remember: when the next service is due, and whether the manufacturer owes you a free repair.
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Your service records, open recalls and what each car is worth today.
Three steps, and the third one runs itself
1Photograph the receipt
Point your phone at a service invoice — the crumpled one from the glovebox is fine. Carsido reads the date, the mileage, the work done and what it cost, so you are not retyping a receipt into a spreadsheet you will stop maintaining by March.
2It becomes a record
The receipt is filed against that specific car as a structured record, not an image in a folder. Each one joins a timeline, and the timeline is the thing a buyer will eventually want to see — it is what turns "it has been well looked after" into something checkable.
3It starts working for you
Once Carsido knows your service history it knows what is due next, and tells you. Separately, your VIN is checked against the NHTSA recall database, so an open recall reaches you rather than sitting unread in a letter the previous owner never forwarded.
Why bother
Because all three of these cost you money quietly, over years, and none of them announces itself.
A documented history is worth real money
A folder of receipts is one of the few things a private buyer can actually verify. Cars that have one sell faster and hold their price better — and the records are worth most on exactly the cars people assume are worth least.
Why maintenance records matter →Open recalls are a free repair you are entitled to
A manufacturer must fix a safety recall free of charge, for the life of the car, however many owners it has had. Owners routinely pay out of pocket for work that would have cost nothing, because nobody told them.
How recalls and NHTSA work →The next service stops being your problem to remember
Reminders are calculated from the records you upload rather than from a generic interval, so they get more accurate the more you log — and deferred maintenance is the most expensive kind.
How the digital garage works →What you get
- Add a car by VIN or plateThe year, make, model and trim are decoded for you.
- Scanned service recordsPhotograph the receipt; it is filed as structured history.
- Automatic service remindersWorked out from your own records, not a generic interval.
- NHTSA recall alertsYour VINs are checked against the federal recall database.
- As many cars as you ownEach with its own history, reminders and recall status.
- A head start if you sellStart a listing from a car already in your garage.
The garage records and monitors. It is not a mechanical inspection, it does not book work for you, and it cannot see anything about the car that you or the recall database have not told it.
Common questions
- Is it really free?
- Yes. Creating a garage and managing the cars you own is free, and you do not need to complete identity verification to use it. Verification only comes up later, if you list a car for sale or buy one.
- How do service reminders work?
- They are worked out from the records you upload rather than from a generic mileage interval, so the more you log the more accurate the timing.
- How does recall monitoring work?
- Each VIN in your garage is checked against the NHTSA recall database. If an open recall is posted for one of your cars you are alerted — and an open recall is usually a free dealer fix.
- What if I have no receipts yet?
- Add the car anyway. Recall monitoring works from the VIN alone, and the history starts from the next service you have done. You can add older receipts whenever you find them.
- Do I have to sell my car through Carsido?
- No. The garage is useful on its own and most people never list anything. If you do decide to sell, the history you have built is already attached to the car.
Start with one receipt
Add a car, photograph the last invoice you can find, and the recall monitoring starts immediately. Free, and you can add the rest whenever they turn up.