MikeInWimbledon
Hardcore MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Nov 8, 2014
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- (Ex S211 E500, W212 E500, C216, S212 E500, W211 E500 5.5, W221 S500, S211 E500, SL500, S500, E55)
Well said. Time after time on here we see quality of service history at detailed level completely ignored.The responses you have on here correlate to maybe less than 5% of the car buying population (others may describe them as obsessed or OCD or pedantic); ime most buyers of used cars will take at most a cursory glance at the service history (how many "stamps") and will not delve into the detail of whether the brake fluid was changed or not. I bet most cars on the road have not had a brake fluid change in years and years - when did you last hear someone say that their brake fluid boiled? I'm not advocating not getting it done; just that it is not quite as critical as some would make out.
As for voiding warranty, who has seen a warranty ever voided because of omission of some minor element of the schedule?
Servicing matters, but don't expect a low mileage, eight year old S500 from some wealthy embassy or multi-motor international multimillionaire to have been serviced exactly to plan.