02-20-2008, 03:53 PM
Typically when someone trades a car in they don't pass those service records along with the car. In reality, the dealer could not care less to see them. The car will be valued based on some basic criteria and an offer is made. If it is accepted and the dealer takes the car in trade it is then looked at by techs to determine if it should be wholesaled or not.
A lot went into the determination of whether to put the car on the lot or wholesale it out. Either way, the only claim to maintenance the dealer can stand by is what THEY did. 100 receipts from joes oil means nothing.
At the Land Rover dealer in Encino, CA we did provide service records if requested as most owners did have their car serviced there. At the Chevy dealer, most people do not return for anything other than warranty work so there are no good records.
A lot went into the determination of whether to put the car on the lot or wholesale it out. Either way, the only claim to maintenance the dealer can stand by is what THEY did. 100 receipts from joes oil means nothing.
At the Land Rover dealer in Encino, CA we did provide service records if requested as most owners did have their car serviced there. At the Chevy dealer, most people do not return for anything other than warranty work so there are no good records.
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Former: 2010 Ford Edge | 1999 Integra GS
I have a little bit of a rub near lock but if you are turned to lock on a track there are other problems already...