I’m dusty and frazzled from my unexpectedly hyper extended trip thanks to trespassers on the track and my overall confusion around inspecting a car and trying to decide what can slide and what’s risky. I get different answers from different people about how important documented logbook servicing is.
Folks with a working class background tell me it’s not everything if it clears a pre purchase inspection and drives ok, and won’t impact resale value that much, plenty of people just get their mates to do the servicing and it’s turned out fine. Everyone else is like no way… rather even take a similar car with some aesthetic panel damage if it’s got a solid logbook.
Log books, particularly logs where the owner paid for the service tell you that regular maintenance mattered to the owner. It’s an indicator that the car has been cared for and looked after.
But they aren’t everything. And their lack doesn’t say that the owner didn’t look after the car.
That’s the thing with the second point, it’s hard to decide whether it was just the owner being negligent or just looked after it in other ways.
However, adding onto the fact that it was an ex-auction car before this person bought it… and then left the country and has got her mum to handle selling it… is really adding up to some ???
Hahaha hahaha absolutely zero chance of it being available at the budget I’m after! That was very nice to enjoy when I had my work car. But well out of my range with car prices being what they are. Right now I just need an affordable old thing to do basic commutes and a few weekend drives over the next year or two and then I might pass it onto a young relative.
My “real” car spend will likely be in 2-3 years time.
I’m dusty and frazzled from my unexpectedly hyper extended trip thanks to trespassers on the track and my overall confusion around inspecting a car and trying to decide what can slide and what’s risky. I get different answers from different people about how important documented logbook servicing is.
Folks with a working class background tell me it’s not everything if it clears a pre purchase inspection and drives ok, and won’t impact resale value that much, plenty of people just get their mates to do the servicing and it’s turned out fine. Everyone else is like no way… rather even take a similar car with some aesthetic panel damage if it’s got a solid logbook.
Log books, particularly logs where the owner paid for the service tell you that regular maintenance mattered to the owner. It’s an indicator that the car has been cared for and looked after.
But they aren’t everything. And their lack doesn’t say that the owner didn’t look after the car.
That’s the thing with the second point, it’s hard to decide whether it was just the owner being negligent or just looked after it in other ways.
However, adding onto the fact that it was an ex-auction car before this person bought it… and then left the country and has got her mum to handle selling it… is really adding up to some ???
Don’t forget radar cruise (if it’s available at that budget, not sure)
Hahaha hahaha absolutely zero chance of it being available at the budget I’m after! That was very nice to enjoy when I had my work car. But well out of my range with car prices being what they are. Right now I just need an affordable old thing to do basic commutes and a few weekend drives over the next year or two and then I might pass it onto a young relative.
My “real” car spend will likely be in 2-3 years time.