Your Garage
Garage Management
The Garage is your home base in TrackOut. It displays all your cars and gives you quick access to service records, track days, tires, setup, and parts for each vehicle. The Garage is the first thing you see after signing in.
Adding a car
Click the Add Car button to open the vehicle form. Required fields are Year, Make, and Model -- all other fields are optional during creation.
Vehicle fields
| Field | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| VIN | No | 17-character Vehicle Identification Number -- decode to prefill year, make, model, and trim |
| Year | Yes | Model year (1955 -- present) |
| Make | Yes | Manufacturer, with autocomplete suggestions |
| Model | Yes | Model name, filtered by selected make |
| Trim | No | Trim level like "Competition" or "GT3" -- helpful when you run multiple variants of the same model |
| Nickname | No | A short name like "Track Beast" or "Daily" -- defaults to Make + Model if left blank |
| Mileage | No | Current odometer reading -- can be updated later |
| Color | No | Color name with a visual hex picker for display |
| Photo | No | Upload and crop a car photo (supports zoom and aspect ratio selection) |
Car limits by plan
The number of cars you can add depends on your subscription tier: Arrive & Drive (free) allows 2 cars, Club allows 5, Pro allows 10, and Factory allows 50.
Decoding a VIN
If you have your car's VIN handy, you can skip typing the year, make, model, and trim. Paste the 17-character VIN into the VIN field at the top of the form and click Decode (or press Enter). TrackOut looks the VIN up in the public NHTSA vPIC vehicle database and prefills the Year, Make, Model, and Trim fields for you. If the Nickname field is empty, a suggested nickname (like "2022 Porsche Cayman") is filled in too. NHTSA doesn't return a trim value for every VIN -- older or less-common vehicles may leave it blank, in which case you can type it in yourself.
A green "Decoded" confirmation appears below the VIN field when the lookup succeeds. Editing the VIN afterward clears the confirmation so you always know whether the current VIN has been validated. The VIN is optional -- you can always enter year, make, model, and trim by hand instead -- and it is saved on the car so you can refer back to it later.
Upload a window sticker
If you have the Monroney window sticker handy, use the Upload window sticker panel near the top of the Add Car form to pre-fill the form automatically. Accepted formats are JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, HEIF, and PDF up to 20 MB.
TrackOut extracts the following fields when present on the sticker: VIN, year, make, model, trim, exterior color, interior color, engine, transmission, MSRP, and optional equipment packages. When a 17-character VIN is extracted, TrackOut also runs it through the NHTSA vPIC database as a fallback to fill in any fields the sticker couldn't read.
A confirmation appears below the upload panel once extraction succeeds: Details extracted -- review before saving, or Details extracted + VIN verified -- review before saving when the VIN fallback fused additional data. The upload is non-destructive -- any field you have already typed into is left alone, so you can safely use the sticker to fill in the fields you haven't edited yet.
OCR allowance
Window sticker extraction shares your monthly OCR allowance with receipt scanning, so each sticker upload counts against the same quota.
Photo upload
When adding or editing a car, you can upload a photo. The built-in cropper lets you:
- Zoom in or out with a slider
- Choose an aspect ratio -- Original, 4:3, 16:9, or 1:1
- Re-crop an existing photo without re-uploading
In edit mode, photo changes are saved immediately. In create mode, the photo is uploaded after the car is created.
Navigating your garage
Desktop
Your cars are listed in the sidebar on the left. Click a car to select it and view its dashboard. The selected car is highlighted with a checkmark.
Mobile
On smaller screens, a car switcher appears at the top of the page. Tap it to open a dropdown with all your cars. You can also add a new car from this menu.
Car dashboard
After selecting a car, you see the vehicle header with the car photo, name, year/make/model, and current mileage. Below that are four tabs:
| Tab | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Logbook | Actionable service reminders, upcoming events, upcoming maintenance, a compact service history preview, and quick-add for services and track days |
| Setup | Build sheet, plus brake pads, alignment, and suspension configuration, and current tire status |
| Parts | Parts inventory for this car |
| Documents | Files attached to the car, including window sticker and other uploads |
The active tab is underlined with the car's color for a visual connection.
The Details slideover
Next to Log Session in the car header, the file-icon Details button opens a right-side slideover with the full car editor -- every specification, insurance policies, track-day insurance partner links, and build-sheet customization (free-form rows and per-row hide toggles). This is also where you edit car fields and upload or re-crop the car photo.
Editing a car
Open the three-dot menu (top right of the car header) and select Edit Vehicle. The same form modal opens, but all fields are now required -- including nickname and mileage. Changes are saved when you click Save Changes.
From this menu you can also:
- Import Service Records -- bulk import from CSV
- Delete Vehicle -- permanently remove the car and all associated data
Deleting a car
Deleting a car is a soft delete -- the car is hidden from your garage but the data is retained. This cannot be undone from the UI.
MotorsportReg integration
If you have connected your MotorsportReg account in Settings, TrackOut can discover vehicles from your MSR profile. When unlinked MSR vehicles are found, a discovery panel appears at the top of the garage.
From the discovery panel you can:
- Link an MSR vehicle to an existing car in your garage
- Create a new car pre-filled with MSR vehicle data (year, make, model, and photo)
When adding a new car, a dropdown lets you optionally link it to an unlinked MSR vehicle. In edit mode, you can see which MSR vehicle is linked and unlink it if needed.
Logbook tab
The Logbook tab is the landing page for each car. It surfaces what needs your attention first:
- Actionable reminders -- Overdue and due-soon service reminders, each with a one-click complete action
- Upcoming events -- Your next track days and registrations for this car
- Upcoming maintenance -- Forthcoming service predicted from your recurring maintenance rules
- Service history -- A compact preview of your latest service records, with a button to open the full history sheet
- Quick add -- Log a service record or track day directly from the Logbook
Each section links to its full view (service history sheet, maintenance plan, events) for deeper detail.
Upcoming events bar
At the top of the garage, an Upcoming Events bar shows your next scheduled event. Click the bar to view event details, or use the Add Event button to create a new one. See Events & Calendar for more details.