Service interval light

wyliecoyote1

Hello all,

the service interval light has been on in my car for the last week. Ill be driving if for another 1-2 weeks before i sell it one so im just wondering if its essential to get the car serviced straight away?

My understanding is that these are recommended intervals and is most likely just an oil change. so i dont see it being much a problem myself. the oil has been changed this time last year

Ill be trading it into a garage so i dont see the point in getting it serviced and then getting rid of it.

the car is a 2.0 turbo diesel golf

Thanks in advance

porsche boy

Love this idea of 'fu€k it, let it be someone else's problem'. If the car your buying isn't new then I hope the previous owner dosent have your attitude.

Toyotafanboi

porsche boy wrote: »

Love this idea of 'fu€k it, let it be someone else's problem'. If the car your buying isn't new then I hope the previous owner dosent have your attitude.

Servicing isn't an exact sceince either.

2 weeks or 1000km over an oil change interval isn't going to make any great impact on the cars condition.

If I had a trade in deal arranged for a fortnights time, no way i'd be getting my current car serviced.

Financially it's silly, you're going to spend €2-300 to service a car that you've already agreed a value on and a date of handover. It'l be serviced for the new owner when the garage take it in anyway.

OP, no need to service it. Dip it for oil, top up if neccessary, that's as far as i'd go in this circumstance.

biko

Put yourself in a buyer's shoes, would you buy it?

wyliecoyote1

porsche boy wrote: »

Love this idea of 'fu€k it, let it be someone else's problem'. If the car your buying isn't new then I hope the previous owner dosent have your attitude.

thank you so much for your useful input

GustavoFring

Just make sure there's enough oil in it and top it up if needs be. Don't spend anything more than that and drive on until it's traded. I've let cars go over the mileage when they're being traded in, there's a lot of leeway built into the intervals.

JohnBoy26

biko wrote: »

Put yourself in a buyer's shoes, would you buy it?

If a buyer was looking for a diesel golf and the op's car was a good example then I don't see why not. Going slightly over the service interval is no big deal and wouldn't be a deal breaker. The garage will more than likely be servicing it anyway.

pablo128

I went to look at a car once. I noticed all 4 tyres needed to be replaced. When I pointed this out, the owner said 'sure why would I put new ones on when I'm selling it?'

I asked him what else had he scrimped on since he was selling it. As his face dropped, I walked away.

JohnBoy26

pablo128 wrote: »

I went to look at a car once. I noticed all 4 tyres needed to be replaced. When I pointed this out, the owner said 'sure why would I put new ones on when I'm selling it?'

I asked him what else had he scrimped on since he was selling it. As his face dropped, I walked away.

Atlantic Dawn

pablo128 wrote: »

I went to look at a car once. I noticed all 4 tyres needed to be replaced. When I pointed this out, the owner said 'sure why would I put new ones on when I'm selling it?'

At a dealers I would rather see a car with 4 bald tyres on it than have 4 brand new Chinese ditchfinders as I would be replacing the ditchfinders. Dealers should never change tyres to a dirt brand unless they are dealing with idiot buyers who know nothing about cars when sale done.

pablo128

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

At a dealers I would rather see a car with 4 bald tyres on it than have 4 brand new Chinese ditchfinders as I would be replacing the ditchfinders. Dealers should never change tyres to a dirt brand unless they are dealing with idiot buyers who know nothing about cars when sale done.

It was more the fact that he said that straight to my face.
I had the luxury of walking away because first off I was looking at the car for someone else, and secondly I had told the lad wanting to buy it that it wasn't a particularly good model of car, but he insisted.

I personally would buy a car needing 4 tyres because I prefer to put a good brand on. But not before beating the seller down on price first!

9935452

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Servicing isn't an exact sceince either.

2 weeks or 1000km over an oil change interval isn't going to make any great impact on the cars condition.

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Especially when you look at long life oil and extended services.
Assuming the ops car is on 15k service interval, if it was put on an extended service it might not be due for another 10/15k.

A plus point is the garage will give it a full service and sell the car as having just being serviced. I hear there are a few main dealers who wont service a car until its due, but selling the car as fully serviced.

Regarding tyres and servicing, i have a friend with a sportage, it hit 3 years old, was due a service and all 4 tyres needed to be replaced.
He upgraded to a new one. The salesman didnt look at the car/tyres and my mate reckoned there was the bones of a grand to be put into the car and he might as well use that money to help upgrade to a new one.