keeping oil change history???

we have started saving our oil change histories/receipts for all automobiles... smart for resell or pointless?

discuss!

Reply to
Mr4701
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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! =)

Reply to
bucky3

Always good for resale.

Reply to
user

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.

Reply to
Ray O

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.

Reply to
Hachiroku

Will just keeping the history recorded work or should one ALSO keep the receipts?

Reply to
me

Keep the receipts and a log. The log provides the history at a glance, and the receipts provide proof of what was done.

Reply to
Ray O

Not always, for DumbFuck people you would be right....Heehee........ I look at the mileage but mileage can be phony also about 1-5%.

Reply to
Jakthehammer

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?

Reply to
Jakthehammer

OK

I have been keeping the log in Google docs spreadsheet.... very handy.... but haven't been keeping the receipts.

Reply to
me

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

Reply to
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.

Reply to
Hachiroku

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...

Reply to
Hachiroku

Nothing. That's what Jakthehammer wrote. Or so it amounted to...

BTW, methinks thou shouldst change your name..

to Jaktheass...

Reply to
Hachiroku

"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

Reply to
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.

Reply to
Ray O

Ray, I don't think he's too familiar with many of his remaining brain cells, either...

Reply to
Hachiroku

His response, if there is one, will confirm or refute that!

Reply to
Ray O

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