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Vehicle status & seasonal break

Available in: 📱 App · 💻 Web portal

A motorcycle with seasonal plates, a convertible hibernating over winter, a deregistered second car: vehicles that aren't being driven right now can be set to inactive in RideBase — they stay quiet without any data getting lost.

Changing the status​

  1. Open the vehicle and go to the vehicle settings via the gear icon
  2. Tap "Status"
  3. Turn off the "Vehicle active" switch to deactivate the vehicle permanently — or set up a seasonal break (see below)
  4. Save — at the top you'll immediately see "Currently active" or "Currently inactive"

The status can only be changed on your own vehicles, not on vehicles shared with you.

Setting up a seasonal break​

For vehicles that sit idle during the same period every year (e.g. a motorcycle with seasonal plates):

  1. In the status dialog, enable "Seasonal inactivity" ("e.g. for seasonal license plates or winter break")
  2. For "Inactive from" and "Inactive until", pick a day and month each
  3. Save

RideBase shows you the period for review: "The vehicle is inactive each year from … to …." The break repeats automatically every year — after the season ends, the vehicle becomes active again on its own, nothing for you to switch back.

:::tip Example: motorcycle (seasonal plates April–October) Enable "Seasonal inactivity", set "Inactive from" to November 1 and "Inactive until" to March 31 — from November through March the motorcycle is automatically inactive, from April on it's active again. :::

What happens with an inactive vehicle?​

  • No notifications: no reminders are sent for inactive vehicles — neither odometer reminders nor due service plans. The status dialog shows this right away: "Notifications paused".
  • Marking: on the home screen the vehicle gets an inactive badge ("Vehicle is inactive").
  • Hideable: via the vehicle filter on the home screen you can hide "Inactive vehicles" to keep your garage tidy.

All data — trips, entries, statistics — is fully retained. You can reactivate the vehicle at any time and keep using it as usual.

In the web portal​

In the web portal you'll also find the status under Fahrzeug bearbeiten → "Status" (edit vehicle → status): with the "Fahrzeug ist aktiv" (vehicle is active) switch ("Stillgelegte Fahrzeuge erhalten keine Service-Erinnerungen und erscheinen ausgegraut" — deactivated vehicles receive no service reminders and appear grayed out) and the "Saisonfahrzeug" (seasonal vehicle) option with the "Stillgelegt ab" (inactive from) and "Wieder aktiv ab" (active again from) fields.