Why dont people keep service records?

[tallywacker]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

I don't sell my cars - I trade them in.

For thousands less then its worth

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by tallywacker

For thousands less then its worth

Not by the time I trade 'em in. Besides, the loss is worth not having to deal with the agrivation of selling it outright.

[Cutty72]

I buy oil and filters by the case, how do you use that to show service?

I keep them for the major repairs, and parts with warranty

[wildchild]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

Not by the time I trade 'em in. Besides, the loss is worth not having to deal with the agrivation of selling it outright.

was just explaining that same thing to my dad tonight. tire kickers and joy riders are so aggravating. how about the "can you take payments" crowd?

i'll just keep 'em and add another, or trade it in.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by wildchild

was just explaining that same thing to my dad tonight. tire kickers and joy riders are so aggravating. how about the "can you take payments" crowd?

i'll just keep 'em and add another, or trade it in.

I did it once. Never again.

[anthonyk]

Never owned anything with a warranty, so dealers haven't ever been a concern. Don't care about resale, either. If a potential buyer walks because I don't have receipts, there'll be someone else along shortly who doesn't care.

If I ever get a vehicle with less than 100k on the clock to start with, maybe I'll think about keeping records.

I do try to jot down most stuff for the bike, though. Dates of tires, oil changes, valve checks with clearances noted, etc. I don't bother with receipts, though.

[anthonyk]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

So I guess you agree that seeing the receipt is valuable

Nah, not really. It's honestly not going to sway me one way or another. I might trust a receipt for a timing belt replacement, but I'm not going to pay more for a car that has one. It's an afternoon's work and a few hundred bucks in parts at the most. I just don't care that much.

Just give up on trying to convince everyone, already. We're lazy.

[derf]

Originally Posted by wildchild

was just explaining that same thing to my dad tonight. tire kickers and joy riders are so aggravating. how about the "can you take payments" crowd?

I'll totally take payments, give me a down payment, and monthly installments and once you pay me off 100% I'll give you the bike and the title.

[Captain Morgan]

Originally Posted by RedRider2k2

Ever have an engine let go and have the dealer want to see records? I've watched friends go through it. The old "I'm a mechanic" or "I do my own oil changes" bit doesnt work either without receipts for oil/filters.

Myself, I keep almost everything for my new cars. I toss everything in the glove box. The GF is anal about organizing things so eventually it finds it's way into a file. It's helped in the past. I had an Ion that spent most of the first 2 years I owned it in the shop. A folder full of records easily convinced GM to extend the bumper to bumper warranty.

Originally Posted by anthonyk

Never owned anything with a warranty, so dealers haven't ever been a concern. Don't care about resale, either. If a potential buyer walks because I don't have receipts, there'll be someone else along shortly who doesn't care.

If I ever get a vehicle with less than 100k on the clock to start with, maybe I'll think about keeping records.

I do try to jot down most stuff for the bike, though. Dates of tires, oil changes, valve checks with clearances noted, etc. I don't bother with receipts, though.

ditto. I think the newest vehicle I've ever bought (other than a motorcycle) was 6 years old. The warranty on my v-strom is over, so no point keeping receipts there, either.

[Gas Man]

Originally Posted by Tmall

You either need counselling or meds...

Probably both honestly. If you truely knew me, you would understand that my attention to detail is far beyond most. I don't like being call anal, I prefer neurotic. This is also why I have people always asking me to work on their bikes, and magazines constantly asking me to write articles. I'm a high energy, constantly on the run, neurotic, multi tasking fool. Ask Marko & more so Caveman. I will honestly say, I don't know a single person that can keep up with me.

Originally Posted by VatorMan

No newspaper with the date in oil change pic ? FAIL.

Again, if you seen it all in person, there wouldn't be an issue. I have pics, dated reciepts, dated pictures, a cd of the pics, pics in folders for each oil change, the service log... all in the log book. Not too mention you can look at EVERYTHING I own. I'm a huge perfectionist. Anybody that lives even remotely close to me knows this.

Originally Posted by Drewpy

you cant use gasman as a judge of current trends, hell he doesnt keep reciepts he has an entire forum with dates, time stamps, comments, and food eaten during every mc/ car tweak/ change/ mod/ hiccup and poo LOLZ

This is true... sorry but true.

Originally Posted by Cutty72

I buy oil and filters by the case, how do you use that to show service?

I keep them for the major repairs, and parts with warranty

I keep the receipt and log it on the sheet. I always have MC oil, because I'm always changing somebody's oil.