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Originally Posted by Jim B.
So, is it your position that if there were two identical cars that appeared equal in all respects, but one had a full set of books and maintenance records and the other had none at all, it wouldn't matter which one you picked?
While it may be true that past history is no indication of future problems, wouldn't you rather opt for the vehicle, all other things being equal, that had a documented history of repairs and regular maintenance or the one that had none, and may have been a repo, had indifferent owners or passed through 5 differrent auctions?
Cars are advertised "with full main dealer service history" for a reason and used car buyers are exhorted to look for cars with that pedigree. Reassurance and peace of mind do matter.
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Jim: No idea how you drew that conclusion at all. Jerry, the original poster, did you read his post at all? He just wanted to know how he could find out when the last service was done on a car HE ALREADY BOUGHT without records. I was merely asking, in this case, if it might not be alot less hair pulling to simply DO the service for peace of mind. If he wants to go through alot of effort to have the RECORDS, that's a different matter, and I wouldn't knock him for wanting to do that, but it wasn't the question.
Gilly