we have started saving our oil change histories/receipts for all automobiles... smart for resell or pointless?
discuss!
we have started saving our oil change histories/receipts for all automobiles... smart for resell or pointless?
discuss!
smart. that way if you ever have some serious car problem that had to be fixed, the buyer will never spot the repair records in the thick pile of maintenance docs! =)
Always good for resale.
Not only is it smart for resale, if you have a problem caused by the oil change, you have proof of what oil and oil filter were used and who did the oil change.
ANY documentation is good. Oil change, tire rotation, timing belts, coolant change, yada, yada, yada. The more documentation, the more you can ask towards High Book.
Will just keeping the history recorded work or should one ALSO keep the receipts?
Keep the receipts and a log. The log provides the history at a glance, and the receipts provide proof of what was done.
Not always, for DumbFuck people you would be right....Heehee........ I look at the mileage but mileage can be phony also about 1-5%.
Oil can never cause a damage to your engine, only in your mind. ONLY Insufficient OIL can cause a damage, How and Why? Lack of oil = high HEAT build-up, it'll burn your Piston Rings. It's not the oil, it is the HEAT. Got it?
OK
I have been keeping the log in Google docs spreadsheet.... very handy.... but haven't been keeping the receipts.
Get a folder and keep the receipts there. They may come in handy if there is a warranty or quality issue with the car or the parts you buy.
Jeff
Can't read very well, can ya?
Here, have another look:
Guess you missed the word "change", eh?
Methinks that having been a Factory Rep for Toyota for a number of years, Ray *might* have a little more experience in automotives than you.
But, you seem more interested in playing games with semantics and being a troll than offering anything of any value.
I have plonked about 6 people in almost 20 years of Usenet. You're teetering on the edge of being #7.
So what? ALL cars are off by that much. My Mazda is off even more. It says
175,000 on the Odo, but by using "Measured Miles" on the highyway it's off by .05 miles per 10 miles. Do the math.So what, the Odo says 175,000 so 175,000 it is.
Schiesekopf...
Nothing. That's what Jakthehammer wrote. Or so it amounted to...
BTW, methinks thou shouldst change your name..
to Jaktheass...
"Mr4701" ...
I have glove boxes full of receipts stuffed in there. They have never done me any good, as I always run my vehicles forever. They just sit there, taking up space.... Tomes
I am fairly familiar with how engines work, the mistakes that service facilities can make when changing oil, and with warranty policies and procedures. Apparently, you are not familiar with any of the above.
Ray, I don't think he's too familiar with many of his remaining brain cells, either...
His response, if there is one, will confirm or refute that!
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