 OVERVIEW
 
   The Tires Log is used to track information and expenses associated
   with tires.  The total purchase price and any other payments are
   included in the Cost Per Mile report.  Up to 5 lines for additional
   comments (warranty information, etc.) are available for each tire.
 
   You can also keep track of rotation information and tire life (see
   the WINDOWS help instructions).
 
   The last tire record that was added will be displayed when you en-
   ter the Tires Log.  Use the TOP, END, BACK and FORWARD menu selec-
   tions to look at different records. TOP takes you to the first re-
   cord and END takes you to the last (current) record.
 
   Add a new record for each tire.
 
   NOTE: The ADD option is different from most of the other logs. Read
         the ADD help instructions for more information.
 
 
 ADD
 
   Press the A key to add a new tire record. The contents of the tire
   record you were displaying are automatically copied into the new
   record (after you have added the first record). This can save some
   entry time since you will probably purchase 2 or more tires at the
   same time. Simply type over any entries you want to change.
 
   Use the Window and Change options to add the information for when
   and where the tire was placed on the vehicle.
 
   NOTE: The contents of the record being DISPLAYED is copied, so make
         sure you are looking at the one you want to copy FROM before
         pressing the A key. (Only the first rotation information will
         be copied).
 
 
 CHANGE
 
   Use this option to make corrections or to add items that were not
   included when the record was added.
 
 
 DELETE
 
   Use this to remove a record or to recall (activate) a record that
   was deleted. Deleted records and payments will not be included in
   reports. You should normally not need to use this option.
 
   EXAMPLE of when you might use the Delete option:  you added a Tire
     record to CAR1 by mistake. It should have been added to another
     vehicle. You can delete the record from CAR1 so that it does not
     show on reports. Then later, when you are ready to add a new re-
     cord to CAR1, instead of using the Add option, you can recall the
     record and Change it.
 
 
 WINDOW
 
   Press the W key to switch between displaying the tire purchase
   screen and the tire rotation screen. You can keep track of up to 20
   tire rotations. Enter the date the tire was mounted or removed, the
   odometer (or hours) and a location (position) code.
 
   You can use any codes you wish for the tire location or position,
   for example, RF = right front, DF = driver front, DRI = driver rear
   inside, etc.  When you remove the tire, enter OFF for the location.
 
   The Fuel Log and the OFF locations are used in calculating the life
   of the tire. The following example shows how the tire life is cal-
   culated. (Odometer is used in the example, hours works the same
   way).
 
           DATE      ODOMETER   LOC
        ══════════   ════════   ═══
        01/01/1989    25000.0   DF     first put on vehicle
        06/15/1990    30000.0   PF     changed position
        11/07/1989    35000.0   OFF    removed (put snow tires on)
        04/05/1990    45000.0   DF     put back on vehicle
 
        Because the last location was not OFF, the VRS assumes the
        tire is still on the vehicle and looks at the Fuel Log for
        the last odometer.   Last Fuel Log Odometer entry: 50000.0
 
           LIFE = (50000.0 - 45000.0) + (35000.0 - 25000.0)
           LIFE = (5000.0) + (10000.0)
           LIFE = 15000.0
 
 
 PAYMENTS
 
   Press the P key to record additional tire expenses (cost for fixing
   flats, rotating, balancing, etc.). Payments are indexed (sorted) by
   date. This means that your payments can be entered out of order and
   they will automatically be sequenced by the date. Additional help
   is available from the Payment menu.
 
   NOTE: If you received a trade-in allowance for a tire, you can re-
         cord this amount by entering a negative amount.  For example,
         01/01/1990  -20.00  A  Trade-in allowance.  A negative amount
         will be subtracted from Tire and CPM totals.
 
 
 REPORTS
 
   TIRE reports can be created for any period of time. You can run
   reports for just the displayed record or for all TIRE records
   (enter Y for Print ALL records).
 
   The default values assume that you want to list all payments and
   all Paid Codes for the displayed record. If you want a report that
   shows only Paid Code A, then blank out (enter a Space) all other
   codes. The FROM and TO dates default to the first and last payment
   dates.
 
   NOTE: Ctrl-End takes you to the last entry, Ctrl-Home takes you to
         the first.
 
   Printing to a file will place this report into a file named TIR.TXT
   which will be created in the Program Directory (VRS90). This option
   will allow you to import this report into a word processing or a
   spreadsheet program if those programs support ASCII files.
 
   EXAMPLE: You want to create a report showing all payments for 1989.
            To do this, change FROM to 01/01/1989 & TO to 12/31/1989.
            Press Ctrl-End to go to the bottom of the screen, then
            press the Up Cursor and change Print ALL records to Y.
            Press the PgDn key.
 
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 ALL records to Y.
            Press the PgDn key.
 
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