Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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Why cant you stamp your own service book? or does a service only count if its done by a registered business? What do you even need to own a valid stamp?
Basically I want to service my own car, but obviously this means I cant get the book stamped - must be ways around it, honest ways I mean
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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why bother when saying you serviced it to the next owner yourself is as good as saying its never been serviced.
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Nic Barnes
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just provide a load of receipts?
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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Won't keep a warranty valid. Its annoying that to keep my warranty I have to take it to a garage just to get stamps, when I know I can be ten times more careful and do it myself
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Eck
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Buy a stamp on eBay?
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Nic Barnes
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i know what you mean, however because you think you can do it more careful doesnt mean anything to a complete stranger that buys it from you sadly. even though common sense dictates most mechanics are careless morons at garages, people still seem to believe they know best for some reason.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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Not officially valid is it?
If it is then happy days
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
Not officially valid is it?
If it is then happy days
who checks/regulates it? probably nobody.
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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What you chatting?
My dad has done oil changes on my car and filled in the service book.
It is a record it has been done/looked after.
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Steve
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Manufacturer wouldn't honour a warranty based on that I imagine
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Ellis
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I have a warranty external from the garage I purchased my car from and I know they won't accept a stamped service book as proof of servicing. They require a valid VAT invoice from a garage in order to prove the car has been maintained correctly to keep warranty valid.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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This is my gripe. I don't understand why a VAT invoice proves a car has been maintained correctly. I can maintain a car correctly myself without VAT invoices. I know from their point of view its just your word saying that, but what about if you kept all receipts or something
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
but what about if you kept all receipts or something
proves things were bought, doesnt prove they were fitted 
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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Is this your VXR?
Just get it serviced at Vauxhall. It's like £129? Hardly much compared with other VM's. You can get it serviced anywhere else outside the network so long as they use the correct schedules and gen parts, the warranty will be valid because of block exemption.
Seems senseless to want to service your own brand new car, not that there is anything wrong with doing an oil change itself personally, but it's likely to wipe out a shit load of value, or fraudulently complete a log book which will only come back to haunt you.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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Yeah, I cant see how its fraud though, because you have done the service lol
It would be fraud to fill it in and not do the service granted
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taylorboosh
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Vat register a fake company and get your own stamps made.... Service yourself with fake invoices to yourself? May have to pay a bit tax
Or just go to vaux
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DaveyLC
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The clue is in the name of the box that you stamp: "MAIN DEALER STAMP", anything else other than a main dealer stamp can amount to fraud.. Trading standards are hot on this at the moment.
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Originally posted by taylorboosh
Vat register a fake company and get your own stamps made.... Service yourself with fake invoices to yourself? May have to pay a bit tax
Or just go to vaux
WTF are you talking about? What has VAT got to do with anything?
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
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Steve, are you talking about your Brand-new Corsa here??
If you have bought it out-right you should get it serviced at the main-dealer as it will help with the resale value and any warranty claims.
Also if its on PCP/Finance you will probably find one of the conditions of the finance is that it is serviced 'PROPERLY' otherwise you might find yourself paying a hefty penalty at the end.
[Edited on 27-08-2015 by DaveyLC]
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Marc
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
Manufacturer wouldn't honour a warranty based on that I imagine
Oh didn't realise we were talking cars under warranty.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
The clue is in the name of the box that you stamp: "MAIN DEALER STAMP", anything else other than a main dealer stamp can amount to fraud.. Trading standards are hot on this at the moment.
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Originally posted by taylorboosh
Vat register a fake company and get your own stamps made.... Service yourself with fake invoices to yourself? May have to pay a bit tax
Or just go to vaux
WTF are you talking about? What has VAT got to do with anything?
I thought it changed that you could get it serviced any garage now and they have to honour the warranty?
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35704/watchdog-keeping-your-warranty-valid
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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Wonder if keeping a detailed record of parts used etc as per that article would suffice
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Nic Barnes
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im looking forward to the outcome of this in a couple of years.
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3CorsaMeal
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Hate the thought of this, what if you are paying someone and they aren't even doing it yet still stamping the book.
You will have to pay someone to service it, and then take it home and do it yourself.
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Jack-
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Registered: 8th Mar 11
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if you get it done at a main dealer the service gets saved on vx's computer system, won't get recorded if you don't
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