Question for Oppo- Maintenance Records

"Spaceball-Two" (spaceball-two) 09/07/2015 at 17:50 • Filed to: scared kitty

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When you trade in a vehicle with its maintenance records do you black out your contact info on the invoices?

TheHondaBro > Spaceball-Two 09/07/2015 at 17:56

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That gif is the best.

dogisbadob > Spaceball-Two 09/07/2015 at 17:59

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Awesome gif! I don’t sell my cars; I junk them, so the maintenance records aren’t really necessary, are they? :p

Spaceball-Two > dogisbadob 09/07/2015 at 18:00

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Not so much! ha ha

My citroen won't start > Spaceball-Two 09/07/2015 at 18:05

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No, never dif

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Spaceball-Two 09/07/2015 at 18:13

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I never bothered.

Especially if you sell it privately, they have your name already. They could easily get your number or address if they dont have it already.

I don’t even know if all dealers pass those records on to the next guy or not

Spaceball-Two > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 09/07/2015 at 18:18

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I keep pretty extensive records and I want to make sure the next owner knows everything done on the car while it was under my care. I would hope a dealer would pass those records on.

Agrajag > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 09/07/2015 at 18:45

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The two used cars that I’ve bought from dealers have had numerous service receipts in the glove box. In the case of my 240D the previous owner was dead.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Spaceball-Two 09/07/2015 at 19:08

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I never have... Even when I sell them privately.

Spaceball-Two > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/07/2015 at 20:03

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I don’t care if my phone number is on them but my shop has my address.

shop-teacher > Spaceball-Two 09/07/2015 at 20:08

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Unless it’s a specialized car/dealer, I doubt they get passed along. I fold the Monroney sticker into the manual and toss the rest.

Spaceball-Two > shop-teacher 09/07/2015 at 20:24

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That’s kind of a bummer. I’d like the next owns to know what’s been taken care of already.

BLCKSTRM > Spaceball-Two 09/07/2015 at 20:27

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Two questions - are you selling something where maintenance records even matter, and if you’re trading it in - doors the dealer care (I wouldn’t think so).

If they aren’t giving you more because of the records, why include them?

Or conversely, if the records matter so much, why are you trading it in to a dealer who very likely doesn’t care and likely isn’t paying you what a private buyer would (especially considering the extra value a private buyer could place on those records)?

Spaceball-Two > BLCKSTRM 09/07/2015 at 20:38

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It’s ten year old Audi so I would hope the next buyer would like to know what was done. Doubt the dealer cares though.

BLCKSTRM > Spaceball-Two 09/07/2015 at 20:44

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It’s a noble thought, but I don’t see why you’d include information that makes you nervous when there’s no benefit to you.

The risk seems to outweigh the rewards here, despite it being “the right thing to do.”

shop-teacher > Spaceball-Two 09/07/2015 at 20:57

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I could be wrong, but I’ve never received any service records on a used car I’ve purchased from a dealer, nor have I ever been asked for them when I traded a vehicle in. When I sold my first truck years ago, which I did privately, I had a big file of all my records. The buyer didn’t want them, and didn’t even want to look at them.