Oil change this year ?

[LooneyTunes]

8Tech said:

Sorry, but if I went to purchase a car and saw a car being serviced at extremely low mileages, it would just show the previous owner was getting shafted by the dealer who was laughing all the way to the bank, or someone who had little of no knowledge about cars and blindly went where the dealer told them. It would not insinuate the car had been particularly cared-for, and I see it daily with cars with a full main dealer history, (we have even seen it here on this very forum), where the dealer themselves have skipped service tasks, and this would be even more likely on a very low mileage.

I can hear it now, "jeez, this cars only done 1000 miles since its last service, just top off the levels and pump up the tyres, it won't need anything".

Interesting view. Mine would be that there’s a much greater chance of my pants being pulled down at trade in/sale time if the service book is full of gaps. Might feel differently about it if the cat was older and/or servicing represented a much larger % of the car’s value.

[phumy]

LooneyTunes said:

8Tech said:

Sorry, but if I went to purchase a car and saw a car being serviced at extremely low mileages, it would just show the previous owner was getting shafted by the dealer who was laughing all the way to the bank, or someone who had little of no knowledge about cars and blindly went where the dealer told them. It would not insinuate the car had been particularly cared-for, and I see it daily with cars with a full main dealer history, (we have even seen it here on this very forum), where the dealer themselves have skipped service tasks, and this would be even more likely on a very low mileage.

I can hear it now, "jeez, this cars only done 1000 miles since its last service, just top off the levels and pump up the tyres, it won't need anything".

Interesting view. Mine would be that there’s a much greater chance of my pants being pulled down at trade in/sale time if the service book is full of gaps. Might feel differently about it if the cat was older and/or servicing represented a much larger % of the car’s value.

LoonyTunes, totally agree with you, with me i have the extended warranty so i need to keep the servicing up. there are different ways at looking at everything really.

[LTP]

Dewi 2 said:

Very good point, Iain.
Two different metals in contact.

Particularly as they are subjected to a regular and fairly extreme heat-cool cycle.

I'd also like to add that some items are time-limited rather than mileage-limited when it comes to servicing; for example, brake fluid, being hygroscopic, will tend to absorb water over the year irrespective of mileage.