Why dont people keep service records?

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

I keep all receipts for service or parts/chems/etc. to show that I either had the service performed or did it myself. For all of our vehicles/bikes we've had.

When we sold my wife's Civic ~4 years ago, the guy that bought it showed up and gave the car a quick once over, then looked at my garage. I showed him the folder full of receipts for the vehicle and offered to go through them with him and he declined. We went for a quick test drive and when we got back I went to open the hood and he said don't bother. He then told me that after seeing the state my garage was in (clean and organized) and the stack of receipts that anyone who kept their shit in order like that would have taken care of their car. He gave me a deposit and came back in a couple of days with cash in hand for my asking price.

So yeah - personally, I am a firm believer in keeping receipts and records.

Good story... proof that keeping those records is a waste of time...

[Dave]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Good story... proof that keeping those records is a waste of time...

More like proof dude was a gullible moron

[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Good story... proof that keeping those records is a waste of time...

Riiiiiiggggghhhhht......

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

Riiiiiiggggghhhhht......

did the guy ask for them? was he even interested in looking at them? nope... so it's pointless.

Again, you make up your mind based on the condition of the vehicle and how the person selling it keeps up their other shit.

[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

did the guy ask for them? was he even interested in looking at them? nope... so it's pointless.

Again, you make up your mind based on the condition of the vehicle and how the person selling it keeps up their other shit.

The fact that I had them all in a pile ready to go was part of what convinced him I took care of the car. How is that pointless?

Reading comprehension. Work on it.

[dubbs]

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

The fact that I had them all in a pile ready to go was part of what convinced him I took care of the car. How is that pointless?

Reading comprehension. Work on it.

You could of had a stack of papers from any other vehicle.

So all that time and effort was, in fact, wasted..

[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by dubbs

You could of had a stack of papers from any other vehicle.

So all that time and effort was, in fact, wasted..

If you say so. I say there's people in this thread just trying to find ways to justify their laziness and lack of organizational skills.

Just my $.02

[dubbs]

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

If you say so. I say there's people in this thread just trying to find ways to justify their laziness and lack of organizational skills.

Just my $.02

No doubt with some people..

In my case, i don't do it for other people.. I have a simple text file on my PC with the date, mileage, bolt size, filter #, amount added, and viscosity so this way I have an easy cheat sheet when I need to go do an oil change or find out when I need to do one.

When I sell vehicles, I just tell them it's been taken care of and once they take it for a ride and check it out, they never ask for records..

IMO there's a diff between being organized and going overboard.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

If you say so. I say there's people in this thread just trying to find ways to justify their laziness and lack of organizational skills.

Just my $.02

Plus million.

[Flexin]

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

If you say so. I say there's people in this thread just trying to find ways to justify their laziness and lack of organizational skills.

Just my $.02

For some it could be but for more I think its just not important. Some just keep a car so long that its not going to be an issue.

For me the condition of the car and the way it runs are number 1. The fact that your garage is spotless would lead me to believe that you didn't just have your nasty car detailed to sell it but take care of it all the time.

The papers would be interesting to look at but I wouldn't trust them from anyone unless they were all with the same shop and I knew and trusted that shop.

Someone could drive a car so hard that they are replacing brakes every month or month and a half. That person could keep records and notice what that would say about the way the car has been drove and remove a couple of brake jobs in between to make look like they don't beat the shit out of it.

Without an index and page numbers its hard to tell if your reading the whole story.

James