Servicing costs
Discussion
With regard to its market value if self serviced, clearly this is going to be less that a full main dealer service history.
However you buy a car on condition and if you are a competant mechanic self servicing your own car your going to do a proper job - so many times I have herd of shoddy work from dealers. If you do it yourself you know its been done properly.
One thing though if your intending on selling the car in the future its not the best thing - however this is all dependant on the cars rough value i.e. will it be a 15year old car come sale time or a 4 year old??
If however its a keeper then just self service - OR if you planning on keeping it in the family/pass it down/sell it at family prices then self servicing also makes sense.
My old man always buys his cars brand new/pre reg but then runs them for 15-20years...(or if they are accident damaged get rid) - he always self services them from new as per the servicing schedule uses OEM parts now but used to use non OEM but has found that for the extra you pay the lifespan of the part is far better & more often than not a much better fit.
However you buy a car on condition and if you are a competant mechanic self servicing your own car your going to do a proper job - so many times I have herd of shoddy work from dealers. If you do it yourself you know its been done properly.
One thing though if your intending on selling the car in the future its not the best thing - however this is all dependant on the cars rough value i.e. will it be a 15year old car come sale time or a 4 year old??
If however its a keeper then just self service - OR if you planning on keeping it in the family/pass it down/sell it at family prices then self servicing also makes sense.
My old man always buys his cars brand new/pre reg but then runs them for 15-20years...(or if they are accident damaged get rid) - he always self services them from new as per the servicing schedule uses OEM parts now but used to use non OEM but has found that for the extra you pay the lifespan of the part is far better & more often than not a much better fit.
Welshbeef said:
With regard to its market value if self serviced, clearly this is going to be less that a full main dealer service history.
However you buy a car on condition and if you are a competant mechanic self servicing your own car your going to do a proper job - so many times I have herd of shoddy work from dealers. If you do it yourself you know its been done properly.
One thing though if your intending on selling the car in the future its not the best thing - however this is all dependant on the cars rough value i.e. will it be a 15year old car come sale time or a 4 year old??
If however its a keeper then just self service - OR if you planning on keeping it in the family/pass it down/sell it at family prices then self servicing also makes sense.
My old man always buys his cars brand new/pre reg but then runs them for 15-20years...(or if they are accident damaged get rid) - he always self services them from new as per the servicing schedule uses OEM parts now but used to use non OEM but has found that for the extra you pay the lifespan of the part is far better & more often than not a much better fit.
If your "old man" (dad?) runs cars for 15-20 years, unless he's VERY dead, he can't have had more than 2 or 3 cars in his lifetime. One must have been a 1950's Ford Prefect, the next one a 1970's Vauxhall Viva, then a Ford Capri in the 1980's!!!However you buy a car on condition and if you are a competant mechanic self servicing your own car your going to do a proper job - so many times I have herd of shoddy work from dealers. If you do it yourself you know its been done properly.
One thing though if your intending on selling the car in the future its not the best thing - however this is all dependant on the cars rough value i.e. will it be a 15year old car come sale time or a 4 year old??
If however its a keeper then just self service - OR if you planning on keeping it in the family/pass it down/sell it at family prices then self servicing also makes sense.
My old man always buys his cars brand new/pre reg but then runs them for 15-20years...(or if they are accident damaged get rid) - he always self services them from new as per the servicing schedule uses OEM parts now but used to use non OEM but has found that for the extra you pay the lifespan of the part is far better & more often than not a much better fit.
Then, like my dad, he snuffed it....
Other than your unbelievable comments (which I am sure, with your hindsight, you did not mean) I totally agree with you.
Edited by mikez328 on Friday 30th January 12:43
Edited by mikez328 on Friday 30th January 12:45
mikez328 said:
Welshbeef said:
With regard to its market value if self serviced, clearly this is going to be less that a full main dealer service history.
However you buy a car on condition and if you are a competant mechanic self servicing your own car your going to do a proper job - so many times I have herd of shoddy work from dealers. If you do it yourself you know its been done properly.
One thing though if your intending on selling the car in the future its not the best thing - however this is all dependant on the cars rough value i.e. will it be a 15year old car come sale time or a 4 year old??
If however its a keeper then just self service - OR if you planning on keeping it in the family/pass it down/sell it at family prices then self servicing also makes sense.
My old man always buys his cars brand new/pre reg but then runs them for 15-20years...(or if they are accident damaged get rid) - he always self services them from new as per the servicing schedule uses OEM parts now but used to use non OEM but has found that for the extra you pay the lifespan of the part is far better & more often than not a much better fit.
If your "old man" (dad?) runs cars for 15-20 years, unless he's VERY dead, he can't have had more than 2 or 3 cars in his lifetime. One must have been a 1950's Ford Prefect, the next one a 1970's Vauxhall Viva, then a Ford Capri in the 1980's!!!However you buy a car on condition and if you are a competant mechanic self servicing your own car your going to do a proper job - so many times I have herd of shoddy work from dealers. If you do it yourself you know its been done properly.
One thing though if your intending on selling the car in the future its not the best thing - however this is all dependant on the cars rough value i.e. will it be a 15year old car come sale time or a 4 year old??
If however its a keeper then just self service - OR if you planning on keeping it in the family/pass it down/sell it at family prices then self servicing also makes sense.
My old man always buys his cars brand new/pre reg but then runs them for 15-20years...(or if they are accident damaged get rid) - he always self services them from new as per the servicing schedule uses OEM parts now but used to use non OEM but has found that for the extra you pay the lifespan of the part is far better & more often than not a much better fit.
Then, like my dad, he snuffed it....
Other than your unbelievable comments (which I am sure, with your hindsight, you did not mean) I totally agree with you.
Edited by mikez328 on Friday 30th January 12:43
Edited by mikez328 on Friday 30th January 12:45
since 1990 he has only had 2 new cars and one in the last few years - the other one being used as my mothers car as her's was much older & getting to that scrap value point.
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