Service advice

[JA51ON W]

Hi all, i've had my v8v for a year now and its due its yearly service having only done 3500 miles since the last one.Question is, i'm going to sorn it till the end of feb and wondering if i should have it serviced now to keep the service book up to date or service in feb? cheers,jason.

[burntout]

JA51ON W said:

Hi all, i've had my v8v for a year now and its due its yearly service having only done 3500 miles since the last one.Question is, i'm going to sorn it till the end of feb and wondering if i should have it serviced now to keep the service book up to date or service in feb? cheers,jason.

I reakon you can leave it til your ready to use it...

[JohnG1]

If you're keeping the car - do it when it suits you. If you are going to be selling - do it on the right date.

I would not buy an AM without the correct stamps and I'm sure you'd remove a large part of your would-be purchasers if you don't.

[michael gould]

JA51ON W said:

Hi all, i've had my v8v for a year now and its due its yearly service having only done 3500 miles since the last one.Question is, i'm going to sorn it till the end of feb and wondering if i should have it serviced now to keep the service book up to date or service in feb? cheers,jason.

If you have warranty then you will have to do it now .......otherwise It wont make any difference to its value if you have it serviced in Feb

[Gio1210]

michael gould said:

If you have warranty then you will have to do it now .......otherwise It wont make any difference to its value if you have it serviced in Feb

Agree with Michael! AM is quite strict with the warranty-service! If anything goes wrong before the service has been carried out (on time) then you might have problems with the warranty!

[JA51ON W]

Theres no warranty , that ran out in jan.I'm thinking as i have the paper work for the sorn and the road tax has been refunded if i ever sell it people can see that is was off the road not being used, fingers crossed it will be ok. I think john is correct also but his is a 100k car and mines a 32k car.

[michael gould]

JA51ON W said:

Theres no warranty , that ran out in jan.I'm thinking as i have the paper work for the sorn and the road tax has been refunded if i ever sell it people can see that is was off the road not being used, fingers crossed it will be ok. I think john is correct also but his is a 100k car and mines a 32k car.

I agree.......different for a newer car.....don't sweat over it

[V8V Man]

JA51ON W said:

Hi all, i've had my v8v for a year now and its due its yearly service having only done 3500 miles since the last one.Question is, i'm going to sorn it till the end of feb and wondering if i should have it serviced now to keep the service book up to date or service in feb? cheers,jason.

I also did this Jan-March 2011 as I was not able to drive mine owing to shoulder surgery. The advice I got from Rick at DMS, was pump the tyres up say around 40psi and every 6 weeks or so start the car up and run up to operating temperature. Also make sure you move the car so as not to develop flat spots on the tyres, plus leave handbrake off.

I did see the other week in my local AM dealer some rather neat pads for putting under the wheel to stop the flat spotting!