7 Series Service book

[sjn2004]

A friend of mine is looking to buy a 735i, he's seen one particular vehicle but the dealer said no service book was with the car because the 7 series don't have them! When my friend pushed the dealer about the history, the dealer then said he had the reocrds on their computer system and could make him up a new service book with back dated stamps etc. Is this normal (to me sounds rather fishy).

The car in question also had a very shiny drivers seat and steering wheel, it has a claimed 55,000 on the clock but would the seat wear so quickly on a 2002 car?

thanks

[bmwdrivernigel]

sjn2004 said:

A friend of mine is looking to buy a 735i, he's seen one particular vehicle but the dealer said no service book was with the car because the 7 series don't have them! When my friend pushed the dealer about the history, the dealer then said he had the reocrds on their computer system and could make him up a new service book with back dated stamps etc. Is this normal (to me sounds rather fishy).

The car in question also had a very shiny drivers seat and steering wheel, it has a claimed 55,000 on the clock but would the seat wear so quickly on a 2002 car?

thanks

See above!

[B'stard Child]

sjn2004 said:

A friend of mine is looking to buy a 735i, he's seen one particular vehicle but the dealer said no service book was with the car because the 7 series don't have them!

How stange mine does

sjn2004 said:

When my friend pushed the dealer about the history, the dealer then said he had the reocrds on their computer system and could make him up a new service book with back dated stamps etc. Is this normal (to me sounds rather fishy).

With the VIN number you can go to any BMW dealer and they'll look up the history and original spec for you - they don't charge either

sjn2004 said:

The car in question also had a very shiny drivers seat and steering wheel, it has a claimed 55,000 on the clock but would the seat wear so quickly on a 2002 car?

thanks

Sounds a bit "fishy" as you say