Importance of service history
Discussion
Just how important is a full service history to you? Now I dont mean main dealer, just that the car has been maintained according to manufacturers stated intervals.
i.e. Would it put you off if a Noble had gone say 8 or 9000 miles and 2 years between services?
or how about if it had gone 2 years without a service but only covered 3000 miles in that time?
To me, I wouldnt necessarily turn down the car, but I would expect the price to reflect the incomplete history.
Paul
p.s. I should say, this is not about my own car by the way, which has a full history and more, just incase any future buyer see's this!
i.e. Would it put you off if a Noble had gone say 8 or 9000 miles and 2 years between services?
or how about if it had gone 2 years without a service but only covered 3000 miles in that time?
To me, I wouldnt necessarily turn down the car, but I would expect the price to reflect the incomplete history.
Paul
p.s. I should say, this is not about my own car by the way, which has a full history and more, just incase any future buyer see's this!
Edited by mrpbailey on Tuesday 22 January 21:18
Adrian W said:
I would say it depends on the mileage, I think annual services are a con
+1It comes down to the condition of the car tbh esp with something like a Noble ,some good cars about without stealer history but privately well maintained IMHO poss to many on here to list.
One M400 0n here that I would give the owner 30k for ehh AW
I look at the car in general, i have seen plenty of well serviced cars that are sheds,plenty of low miliage cars that turn out to be a disapointment. I look at the car,the owner,type of use,number of owners,upgrades,recent history and spend then if it has a full service history thats a nice bonus.
My last Noble had two owners from new and I could trace the use and history of both people. The car had not been tracked to death and it was totally honest with 12000miles on the clock which you could see was genuine just by looking at it.
As a bonus it had a stamp every year of its life by a recognised dealer,result! but that alone would not have stopped me bying the car either way.
Ive seen Tux working on his own car in the garage,If you were a potential buyer of that car would you look at the care and attention the owner had given the car or just base your purchase on whether it had seen a specialist/dealers workshop every year?
Ok so its tree frog green but you know what i mean plus he would never sell it,just using it as an example!
My last Noble had two owners from new and I could trace the use and history of both people. The car had not been tracked to death and it was totally honest with 12000miles on the clock which you could see was genuine just by looking at it.
As a bonus it had a stamp every year of its life by a recognised dealer,result! but that alone would not have stopped me bying the car either way.
Ive seen Tux working on his own car in the garage,If you were a potential buyer of that car would you look at the care and attention the owner had given the car or just base your purchase on whether it had seen a specialist/dealers workshop every year?
Ok so its tree frog green but you know what i mean plus he would never sell it,just using it as an example!
Edited by Juno on Tuesday 22 January 22:09
I'm not talking about having been serviced by the owner, I'd have no problem with that so long as receipts/pictures can prove work done. As mentioned already, in a lot of cases this would probably mean the work has actually been done properly.
I mean if a car has actually not been serviced at all. That is when I would expect the price to reflect this.
I mean if a car has actually not been serviced at all. That is when I would expect the price to reflect this.
mrpbailey said:
I'm not talking about having been serviced by the owner, I'd have no problem with that so long as receipts/pictures can prove work done. As mentioned already, in a lot of cases this would probably mean the work has actually been done properly.
I mean if a car has actually not been serviced at all. That is when I would expect the price to reflect this.
Of CourseI mean if a car has actually not been serviced at all. That is when I would expect the price to reflect this.
Lucozade said:
My question would be if the service schedule has been missed then what other corners have been cut?
Contrary to what I said my car wasn't in the best of conditions once Tuxman and Jetstream had had a look and that was purchased from a dealer. So service history or not you might just view it as being "just a stamp in the book". These cars are specialist and need proper attention from a specialist or enthusiastic (anal) owner. Mines got full service history thousands spent by its 2 previous owners, but when I replaced the floor the panel beneath the engine looked like it had never been off!! surely this would be part of a service? I have probably spent 7k over the last 2 years just on parts not including the amount of my time messing around with it to get it in the condition its in today...Would never sell it as nothing could ever replace it for the money...Will be having it serviced at Jetstream whilst maintaining it myself, But seeing as it spends most of its time parked in my garage it does seem silly to have a service every 1-2k miles which is probably what I do a year, but will get it done anyway.
Edited by simonx50 on Wednesday 23 January 22:34
Like many of us on here, I do not do many miles in my car 1-2k per year so what's the point in having it serviced every year purely to get a stamp in the book? Even if I lived closer to the service places(I'm in NE Scotland)I still wouldn't bother as I think its a waste of time and money. However if something needed fixing on the car then I would put it in and have a service done at the same time.
As others have said, there are many other important factors to also consider when buying a car and a stamp in the service book is only one of them.
As others have said, there are many other important factors to also consider when buying a car and a stamp in the service book is only one of them.
IainRS said:
Like many of us on here, I do not do many miles in my car 1-2k per year so what's the point in having it serviced every year purely to get a stamp in the book? Even if I lived closer to the service places(I'm in NE Scotland)I still wouldn't bother as I think its a waste of time and money. However if something needed fixing on the car then I would put it in and have a service done at the same time.
As others have said, there are many other important factors to also consider when buying a car and a stamp in the service book is only one of them.
+1 As others have said, there are many other important factors to also consider when buying a car and a stamp in the service book is only one of them.
had a variety off one offs n low volume cars n motorbikes as a rule I've found the type off people that have them view them as a hobby and a hobby usually gets the best you can so service history ain't a big thing to me a good look n a fist off receipts off bits is always a good start
I bought my noble 4 years ago and knew bugger all about them, didn't know about piston heads or other forums, so service history etc was very important to me, so I bought from a noble dealer. However knowing what I know now it would not be so important to me if the person who owned it was very good with the tools. For me who's last workings on a car was a 76 mini 25 years ago I get it looked after by the experts and keep the receipts etc for a future owner. Not that there will be a future owner I hope
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