£1800 for b service!

[markjay]

My point is that some fastidious owners may be obsessed with FSH but the dealers do not seem to be and neither can the used buyers be or they would struggle to find a car to buy.

I have bought cars with no service history in the past. I buy on condition, and it's easy to see if the car was well looked after.

One car I bought with no history was immaculate, had 4 newish identical premium tyres, clean engine oil, and new front discs and pads - for example.

I have also bought a car with only one key fob.

The point is that these were advertised as such and it was reflected in the price.

My issue is with a car that is incorrectly advertised as having FSH, because I know that when I try to sell it, the buyer will want to pay me accordingly.

In short, FSH isn't a deal breaker for me, but I don't want to pay for something that I am not getting.

You could say that I am fastidious about cars being correctly described and correctly priced.

 

[ALFAitalia]

Good post....sounds much like me. My car also has one key. Will have to talk to PCS about another. Mind you I said that about my ALFA....5 years later I sold it....still with the one key!!!

 

[Cherrypd]

Hubby is considering looking after both our cars. He can do all the servicing, bar gearbox oil changes. If it has a fault then throw it into a specialist with all the gizmos. Keeping all the receipts for when the time comes to change. He used to do all our cars over the years but rolling around on the driveway as the years have gone on isn't appealing. But he has mentioned it a couple of times now, so perhaps the rekindled interest has sparked again.

As mentioned above he spent a small fortune on his Range Rover in maintenance but when the time came to change I doubt it affected the value again lesser maintained RR. Although in 7 years it only let us down once.

Dare I ask for a link to a dealer that sells on Ebay.......

 

[markjay]

Hubby is considering looking after both our cars. He can do all the servicing, bar gearbox oil changes. If it has a fault then throw it into a specialist with all the gizmos. Keeping all the receipts for when the time comes to change. He used to do all our cars over the years but rolling around on the driveway as the years have gone on isn't appealing. But he has mentioned it a couple of times now, so perhaps the rekindled interest has sparked again.

As mentioned above he spent a small fortune on his Range Rover in maintenance but when the time came to change I doubt it affected the value again lesser maintained RR. Although in 7 years it only let us down once.

Dare I ask for a link to a dealer that sells on Ebay.......

The older the car, the less effect the service history will have on resale value.

A bunch of invoices on a 3 years old car will be frowned upon, but on a 7 years old car it's absolutely fine.

Re eBay, there are a few, see for example:

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