Having car serviced before selling

skm1981

When we buy cars, we usually end up using them until they are pretty much finished, and don't regularly service them. This time, we're not planning on doing that. We've had our car for 2 years. It's a 2012 car and was serviced in 2013 and 14. It hasn't been serviced since but we now want to sell it. A service is about £160 and I'm just wondering if we get it serviced before we sell it, is it likely to not make any difference to the price offered (we're looking to part-exchange)?

a.turner

You haven't got a full service history so will take the hit when selling. It's probably wasted money now and false economy when keeping a car.

worried_jim

No oil change for six years?

Richard53

worried_jim wrote: »

No oil change for six years?

I wouldn't go near it, to be honest. That is serious neglect.


If it's gone six years without a service, then servicing it before sale won't make any difference to a buyer who is concerned about that kind of thing. Save your money.

ShandyAndy_2

Let us all know what it is so we can avoid like the plague, that’s ridiculous.

Brilley

...no oil change for 5+ years is a serious neglect and false economy, I would not touch it with a barge pole...

Scrapit

The point to service it has well gone.

Jackmydad

Should increase the value to around £160.
There's a reason for those annual services. And "annual" is a bare minimum.

Sammy2018

worried_jim wrote: »

No oil change for six years?

Depends on how many miles the car's done since the last one.

Brilley

...regardless of miles oil should be changed at least once every 2 years, (some suggest every year regardless which is probably a bit OTT...)

silverwhistle

My car is coming up to 10 years old this summer and I've done only around 4k miles this year due to a change in circumstances, but even if I don't get it serviced at MOT time I'll still get an oil change done. I've considered doing it myself but haven't really got the facilities (or tools).