How to use FuelClinic w/ Twitter

  • FuelClinic Simple Text Format

    The simple text format allows you to quickly send FuelClinic your key receipt information from any of you Twitter devices, like your cell phone (via text message to 40404 in the US), pda, or the Twitter website.

    This format uses today's date as the purchase date, and uses your account preferences to determine your units of measure like gallons vs. liters, miles vs. kilometers, price per gallon vs. total sale price. You can override your account preferences by using the Advanced Text Format (see below).

    "d addgas   87202.7   14.562   3.85"
    ^ ^ ^ ^
    direct tweet odometer quantity price

    Important: If you use simple format, you must be sure to get the data in the correct order of: "ODOMETER - QUANTITY - PRICE"

    If you have more than one vehicle in your account, FuelClinic will try to match your record to the correct vehicle automatically. If it can not determine a match, the receipt will wait in your account for you to assign it to the correct vehicle the next time you log-in. You can avoid this by including the vehicle nick-name in the message, as shown below:

    "d addgas   civic   87202.7   14.562   3.85   05.05.2008"
    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
    direct tweet vehicle
    nick-name
    (optional)    		 odometer quantity price date
    not today
    (optional)

    Practice Using this Format

  • FuelClinic Advanced Text Format

    The advanced text format allows you to quickly send FuelClinic your key receipt information, while including additional information that overrides your account receipt preferences.
    "d addgas   escort   m87202.7   g14.562   p3.85   d05.05.08"
    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
    direct tweet vehicle
    nick-name
    (optional)    		 odometer
    in miles    		 quantity
    in gallons    		 price
    per gallon    		 date
    not today
    (optional)
    --------------------------------- OR ---------------------------------
    "d addgas   smartcar   k115672   L43.87   t85.85   d2008.05.05"
    ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
    direct tweet vehicle
    nick-name
    (optional)    		 odometer
    in kilometers    		 quantity
    in liters    		 price
    total sale    		 date
    not today
    (optional)

    Note: If you use advanced format, and you specify every value with a prefix letter, you can enter the data in any order you prefer.

  • Substituting for Periods

     On some devices, it's easier to add a letter or symbol rather than find the period. We've added a few substitutes for the "period" or "dot" - use any of the following symbols, and they will be replaced with periods.
    ". , x * #"

      For Example:
     
    "d addgas   87202x7   14#562   3*85"
    ^ ^ ^ ^
    direct tweet odometer quantity price

  • Requesting Help

     If you've forgotten the basic format order, you can request help by using this command.
    "d addgas help"

      The reply will be similar to this:
     
    "Format: 1('nickname' opt.) 2('odometer') 3('quantity') 4('price') 5('date' opt.) - More help: www.fuelclinic.com"