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Service before selling?

BraveInca · 2012-05-10 09:05:33

I'm going to have to sell my car privately. It's an 05 Mondeo estate with a good maintenance record - except that it has not been serviced for just over a year, and so that's now overdue. If I go and get it serviced now it could end up costing a couple hundred or more. Is it worth investing this money now or is it just…

10-05-2012 9:05am

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BraveInca

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I'm going to have to sell my car privately. It's an 05 Mondeo estate with a good maintenance record - except that it has not been serviced for just over a year, and so that's now overdue.

If I go and get it serviced now it could end up costing a couple hundred or more. Is it worth investing this money now or is it just money down the drain? Will potential buyers be bothered?

Thanks for opinions.

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#2 10-05-2012 9:07am

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Include a service as part of the sale if it looks like becoming an issue..if not an issue for someone then no point in you going to extra expense in advance.

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#3 10-05-2012 9:14am

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JUst get the oil and filter changed, to many folk that's a service and it being overdue won't help selling it.

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#4 10-05-2012 9:14am

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I wouldn't buy the car if I knew it was overdue a service and you couldn't be bothered to get that done for a sale. I'd be asking myself what else has been skimped on. An oil change won't cost much.

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