Why dont people keep service records?

[Flexin]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

The question was in general. Someone mods their bike, and it could be either themselves, or a shop, that did it. You don't know yet until you ask.

Take a BMW car for example. Let's say you're looking for one, and you know you'd install a Dinan kit on it if you bought one. Someone comes along who has a Dinan BMW, and has the receipt from the dealer who installed the kit.

Let's say the market value of that car is $20K.......and the Dinan kit normally costs $3K........So he lists the car for $22K saying that the Dinan kit makes it worth more than market. I might not agree with $22K, but I might be willing to pay $21K instead of $20K. Because now I've gotten a $3K Dinan kit for only $1K.

All of that can be done without a receipt. Your also getting away from your original point.

But looking at your new point you have to look at the parts installed. Think about the age of part. Is it a wear item? Brakes for example would be worth X amount of dollars new in the box but as the wear the value drops fast. If the upgrade included calipers then some value would remain but you would have to decide how much.

What if a kit was installed early on and the car is now 3 years old? Your $2000 worth of savings doesn't seem so good to me at that point. Why? Well if shocks are part of the kit they now have 3 years worth of wear and so do the other parts. Did the owner like to drive the car hard with his new mods? In my case I would rather try to get the stock car for under $20000 if I could and then get the brand new kit installed.

In my case maybe I get the car for $19000 and pay full price for the kit. Now I'm paying $1000 more but I have a car that may not have been driven hard, and I have brand new parts on it that might also have some improvements over the old design of the kit.

There are many ways to look at things.

James