C6 Corvettes & security
Discussion
Vette Guru - Can't put Peter's "name in the frame" for the missing service stamps in my book I must point out in fairness. Ist service (15k km/Ist year) allegedly done Jan 08. Where/by whom I do not know. Car possibly being used in Eastern Europe as high speed drug smuggling get-away car as far as I know, before being reposessed (you gotta laugh haven't you :-).
2nd service (30k km/2nd year) allegedly done 1/9/08, around the time it was with Strat Reading before sale to only previous UK owner. The subsequent 2 entries/stamps in the book are from Whitequay, who also MOT'd it for the last 3 occasions. Maybe they started the new book? Does the fact that the service book shows KMS service intervals tell me anything?
Thanks again guys, maybe I should try and resume my "normal life."
2nd service (30k km/2nd year) allegedly done 1/9/08, around the time it was with Strat Reading before sale to only previous UK owner. The subsequent 2 entries/stamps in the book are from Whitequay, who also MOT'd it for the last 3 occasions. Maybe they started the new book? Does the fact that the service book shows KMS service intervals tell me anything?
Thanks again guys, maybe I should try and resume my "normal life."
Silver C6 said:
2nd service (30k km/2nd year) allegedly done 1/9/08, around the time it was with Strat Reading before sale to only previous UK owner. The subsequent 2 entries/stamps in the book are from Whitequay, who also MOT'd it for the last 3 occasions. Maybe they started the new book? Does the fact that the service book shows KMS service intervals tell me anything?
Thanks again guys, maybe I should try and resume my "normal life."
As you say, resume normal life!
akeithj said:
... nor did I receive a COC at the time of purchase, although with Jame's help I did eventually manage to obtain one from the official receiver at in Belgium...
Something I've never quite understood... Should I have received a CoC for my UK C6 at the time of purchase, or is it something I just apply for if I ever need to sell the car outside the UK? (I didn't receive a CoC at purchase, so how would I go about getting one?)GW65 - I did not even know of the existence of a COC until quite a while after I bought my car as it was never mentioned at the time of purchase, the only reason I went to the trouble of getting one was to make the car easier to sell if I ever decide to do so. I obtained mine from the receiver up was winding up the Kroymans operation, but that was about 18 months ago, so I suspect that's all done and dusted by now, so I don't know if you would still be able to get one.
I'm not sure I've ever seen a certificate of conformity in any of my paperwork either and I'm fairly certain that the Tracker installer would have told me if there was one fitted (might have just charged me anyway!)
The servicing being recorded in km might be down to not resetting the system back to 'english/american' units.
I have to remind Whitequay about doing that on my MOT - otherwise it looks like I'm clocking it. I'm not sure how it happens but the car comes in set to mph and can come out with a certificate in kmh.
The servicing being recorded in km might be down to not resetting the system back to 'english/american' units.
I have to remind Whitequay about doing that on my MOT - otherwise it looks like I'm clocking it. I'm not sure how it happens but the car comes in set to mph and can come out with a certificate in kmh.
Rob/GW65/akeithj - I am starting to feel lucky now that I actually got a COC certificate with my car. Not knowing when I went to view the car, the fact that it was in Dutch should have told me immediately that this is originally a Euro mainland registered car. I was thinking well Kroymans the distributor were a Dutch company and the GM European HQ was in Brussels wasn't it, so that is maybe/probably not an exception.
As Mitch pointed out to me 1) UK cars have an English language COC and 2) The paragraph above the signature on the COC tells you whether the car is approved to be driven in EEC (EG) states with right or left side driving. Mine obviously mentions the right. My COC was "stamped" by the DVLA Theale office in Sept 2008 when they issued the number plate/number plate authorisation certificate. Don't know whether they are supposed to check the lights on a car with a "drive on the right" COC as part of their procedures?
Rob - My query on my service book was that the "preprinted" service intervals in the book are in kms (e.g. 15,000/30,000kms). I was wondering if you guys with UK originally supplied cars had preprinted service intervals in miles? If so, that might have told me something about the origin of the service book. Also, thanks for the tip on the Whitequay MOT modus operandi. That's "reverse" clocking isn't it? You drive in with a car showing X miles and come out with an MOT showing X miles x 1.62? That sent me back to my service book & MOT's, both the last 2 of which were done by Whitequay. Thankfully, they seem to have recorded them correctly in miles.
As Mitch pointed out to me 1) UK cars have an English language COC and 2) The paragraph above the signature on the COC tells you whether the car is approved to be driven in EEC (EG) states with right or left side driving. Mine obviously mentions the right. My COC was "stamped" by the DVLA Theale office in Sept 2008 when they issued the number plate/number plate authorisation certificate. Don't know whether they are supposed to check the lights on a car with a "drive on the right" COC as part of their procedures?
Rob - My query on my service book was that the "preprinted" service intervals in the book are in kms (e.g. 15,000/30,000kms). I was wondering if you guys with UK originally supplied cars had preprinted service intervals in miles? If so, that might have told me something about the origin of the service book. Also, thanks for the tip on the Whitequay MOT modus operandi. That's "reverse" clocking isn't it? You drive in with a car showing X miles and come out with an MOT showing X miles x 1.62? That sent me back to my service book & MOT's, both the last 2 of which were done by Whitequay. Thankfully, they seem to have recorded them correctly in miles.
Edited by Silver C6 on Tuesday 20th March 16:22
Edited by Silver C6 on Tuesday 20th March 16:25
akeithj said:
My car is a UK car and the service book shows the service intervals in KMS, however when BM have carried out the services they have stamped the book and noted the mileage in miles.
Somebody has supplied it with a wrong book. The service intervals are a year or 10k so if it's miles or Kms it's not an issue.akeithj said:
"Somebody has supplied it with a wrong book. The service intervals are a year or 10k so if it's miles or Kms it's not an issue"
That would be Stratstone then.
Don't talk to me about Stratstone and service book a friend of mine bought a cadillac when we looked at the car first it had all the bookpack within a week the book which had his details in it had gone! towards the end of them selling Corvette/Cadillac they could not keep up with the sales and did not have enough service books as they were knocking out used cars cheap too. My used CTS had a book stamped up and when i collected that vanished along with the spare key. Birmingham must have void of customer service books and spare keys!!That would be Stratstone then.
Must admit, I was waiting for James to chip in and say that a) Stratstones used/issued service books with both miles and Kms service intervals printed in them and b) which one you got and whether it got stamped when car serviced (& PDI'd?) depended on the routing of the car through the Stratstone empire?
On the positive side, does that mean if I ever come to sell the car, I can describe it as "Full Stratstone service history" ? :-)
On the positive side, does that mean if I ever come to sell the car, I can describe it as "Full Stratstone service history" ? :-)
Silver C6 said:
Must admit, I was waiting for James to chip in and say that a) Stratstones used/issued service books with both miles and Kms service intervals printed in them and b) which one you got and whether it got stamped when car serviced (& PDI'd?) depended on the routing of the car through the Stratstone empire?
My memory is a little fuzzy on service books, but I seem to recall that the cars were meant to be supplied with 'miles'. When service books went missing and replacements were ordered they invariably turned up in 'km' and when Kroymans ran out of / couldn't find the 'miles' books new vehicles were delivered to us with 'km' literature.Mercedes have now solved service book stamping problems by supplying cars without one (I believe that some other manufacturers are also doing this).
All services are stored electronically with Mercedes. While I'm sure that their intentions are solely down to retaining profit for the franchises, it does mean that the buying of a used Merc will become more transparent -
any servicing done outside of the main dealer will need the invoice as evidence, giving the prospective purchaser a decent representation of work carried out, rather than having to trust a stamp.
Bringing this very useful thread bang up to date and relative to the origional.
Being a previous C4 Corvette owner I have just updated from a 2000 C5 Corvette to an 07 C6. My well known specialist insurer ( who will remain nameless at the present time) , whom I have been with over some years are adamant that their recommended sub contractor needs to visit me and fit a Thatcham approved UK alarm system !!!! At considerable expence to me.
The 07 C6 is Euro spec vehicle, supplied new from Stratstones and was a one owner car.
Nobody is coming anywhere near my car with a pair of wire snippers !!
But it would appear that in 4 days time my vehicle will be uninsured. NICE
I am in the process of trying to get confirmation letter from GM that the sophisticated system of alarm, immobilizer and keyless entry system is equal or in excess of this requirment.
I would not be opposed to having a tracker system fitted as that only needs a power supply. But rummaging about in the very sophisticated alarm and immobilizer saystem of a modern Vette is a non starter ( and probably will be too )
Any advice out there from you guys would be appreciated.
Being a previous C4 Corvette owner I have just updated from a 2000 C5 Corvette to an 07 C6. My well known specialist insurer ( who will remain nameless at the present time) , whom I have been with over some years are adamant that their recommended sub contractor needs to visit me and fit a Thatcham approved UK alarm system !!!! At considerable expence to me.
The 07 C6 is Euro spec vehicle, supplied new from Stratstones and was a one owner car.
Nobody is coming anywhere near my car with a pair of wire snippers !!
But it would appear that in 4 days time my vehicle will be uninsured. NICE
I am in the process of trying to get confirmation letter from GM that the sophisticated system of alarm, immobilizer and keyless entry system is equal or in excess of this requirment.
I would not be opposed to having a tracker system fitted as that only needs a power supply. But rummaging about in the very sophisticated alarm and immobilizer saystem of a modern Vette is a non starter ( and probably will be too )
Any advice out there from you guys would be appreciated.
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