Recommendations
Every item a shop recommends, with what they saw, whether it is in your schedule, what happens if you wait, what it costs, and your decision with a recheck point. Declined items stay here until they are done or dropped.
For a first pass, this sheet is essential when a list is in hand: one row per item, with the four questions answered and a decision. Otherwise it can wait. Declined items stay here, so the next visit starts from them.
Recommendations
One row per item on a list. A blank estimate amount means the shop has not given one; 0 means no charge. The shop's mark is the shop's own color code, not a standard. Decision and recheck by are yours.
How to use this sheet
- One row per item on a list. A new list from a later visit gets new rows; mark the old row's outcome.
- Record, then decide. What they saw, the maker's limit, the shop's mark and whether it is in your schedule are what you observed or were told. If I wait, the decision and recheck by are yours (the four questions).
- The shop's mark is its own color code, not a standard. Copy it as given.
- Blank means not given. Leave the estimate blank until the shop gives a price; 0 means no charge.
- Recheck points in miles and in months. Copy each one to the schedule sheet.
The example rows come from Priya Raman's fictional inspection list: front brake pads at 3 mm, marked yellow, not in her schedule, "not now, recheck at the next oil change" until the shop reads her the maker's minimum; brake fluid, marked red and due by her schedule, approved; a fuel injection service, not in her schedule and with nothing shown that calls for it, declined.
The sheet organizes your decision; it does not make it, and no column says an item is or is not needed. A worn part is not on any schedule, and a safety item the technician flags is a reason to get it checked before driving on it, here or at another shop.