original guvnor wrote:Beedub was having the major services carried out by a reputable specialist though. That's why his and SRHutch's situations were different because SRH was going to do ALL work himself.
I see your point but it depends on what work is being done and the extent to which it is being self-serviced. There's probably a lot of our cars that have had some aspect of the serviceable items carried out by the owner - whether that's brake fluid change, brake pads/discs, oil and filter changes etc.
On Beedub's car whoever buys it off him in the future will be going into it eyes wide open anyway because it is heavily modified away from standard anyway. So you knid of know what you're letting yourself in for.
I wasn't singling out BD or srhutch or anyone else who decides they want to do work on their own car , that is totally their right to do so , i'm merely saying that if the trend continued across the marketplace as the cars changed hands a couple of times along the way we would soon have little way to judge or recognise a properly serviced car other than pieces of paper with details previous owners had kept a record of
As it happen's i don't believe that there are that many owners pro rata for number of cars who either want to or would feel competent to do even the minor tasks
