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| shingwell Member Since: 13 Mar 2009 Location: herefordshire Posts: 45  
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There's nothing to stop you stamping the book yourself if you have serviced it according to the manufacture's specification. There is an official LR "tick list" of things that must be done, including recording brake shoe thickness, tyre depth etc and I do all these fully. I do my own vehicle servicing and stamp my books with my name and phone number (you can get a suitable stamp from Staples or somewhere similar). There's nothing dodgy in doing this - you have serviced the vehicle properly and the service record is to show this has been done. I also keep all receipts for oil, filters, spares etc.
I have never had a problem selling cars on, although I have been phoned up subsequently by new owners asking if I would do their servicing for them! Having said that I only do my own servicing after the manufacturer's warrranty period is up (3 years for a Puma), just to make sure they don't have an excuse not to fix things. |
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10th Jul 2010 12:00pm |
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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5024 
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Im lucky i have a friend that owns an independant so he stamps it  - Im talking when these go out of warranty anyway - as like you any excuse sometimes is all they need. Mike |
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10th Jul 2010 12:07pm |
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| stevie d Member Since: 09 Nov 2009 Location: Bishops Stortford Posts: 342 
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I think I am starting to agree with you.
Having had a look at both a D3 and Defender service schedule, most of it is very do-able. A service in a garage appears to be changing engine oil, fuel filter, air filter and (pollen filter) and a whole load of safety stuff. A lot of the safety stuff is duplicated on the MOT and if you are aware of your car shouldn't be a problem. In addition, I have in the past had numerous concerns about what garages actually do or don't do!! How many times has a car returned from a service with something wrong? I am keeping all the documentation on my Defender and a list of what was done and when, so shouldn't be a problem to sell. I have also sold several cars over the years, mostly privately and one to a dealer - only 1 person ever asked to see a service history 
So that shouldn't be a problem 
Steve Defender 90 TD5 Station Wagon Discovery 3 HSE BMW 330i Coupe |
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13th Jul 2010 7:52pm |
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| Mad Cow Member Since: 27 Oct 2009 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 292  
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I was kinda hoping mine wouldn't reach 24,000 before the warranty ran out (October) but it duly clocked it up at the weekend.
So it's off to an independant to be done this week, with LR parts and according to the LR schedule but about half the labour cost. So the warranty will be OK for the remaining three months. after that i would have no worries doing it myself. After my less than enjoyable experience with the local main stealer over warranty issues last month, there was no way they were getting my money. Hopefully all the warranty related issues were sorted then  MAD COW
2007 90 Hard Top - 2009 BMW F800GS - 2002 CCM 604E Dual Sport Project90 |
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19th Jul 2010 1:37pm |
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| eutek Member Since: 03 Mar 2009 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 586 
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I've only had one service on mine - the 12K/1-year service, and an indie carried it out.
I took it to the place where I purchased it from, and to be honest I was a bit disappointed. Not only did they give me a hard time about scheduling the service and using a loaner car, but when they repaired a rear-diff leak they botched something up (introducing a brand new "clunk" in the process) and then told me that everything is normal. When my next service comes around I might take it to the dealer around the corner from me who carried out the recent repairs; they did a good job and the customer service was excellent... that is, unless I can find another recommended indie near Oxford. |
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19th Jul 2010 3:43pm |
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