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Uh well after about 181,000km or so I stopped reporting my information (aka paying cash for ALL repairs and maintenence), what do I do if I want to sell the car later on?
1998 Mercury Mystique LS
- Looking for SVT EXHAUST, SVT Rear bumper (silver frost) and ANY rocker mouldings (side skirts)
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What are you talking about? You're crazy  Seriously, though... I don't think awesome maintainance records are going to up the value of a 98 Mystique.
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I didn't know Carfax reported maintenance.
Anyway, keeping your maintenance records might help you get a buyer more quickly than the competition, but it has nearly no bearing on the value of a 98 Mystique unfortunately.
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Originally posted by Rouar:
I didn't know Carfax reported maintenance.
Some dealers report... other than that, I dunno. I doubt a place like Jiffy Lube or Midas will report... and obviously any local repair place is a no-go there.
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Do you pay "cash" for your plate renewal and emissions tests too? Otherwise Carfax will still have access to your mileage updates.
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I mean when I got the carfax from you guys (thanks again) it only details the mileage until...I renew my sticker and it looks at the mileage. But maintenence records don't help with sale? I mean don't they usually show the potential buyer they're not buying a lemon ?
1998 Mercury Mystique LS
- Looking for SVT EXHAUST, SVT Rear bumper (silver frost) and ANY rocker mouldings (side skirts)
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Maintenance entries don't always make it to the Carfax report. And the Canadian Carfax reports are especially sparse. We just bought a van that's 10 years old, has a 1" thick history of dealership maintenance and repair records and it only has 10 entries, nearly all registration related.
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True, carfax maintenance entries are self administered. Anyone can enter information about the car's history on the reports.
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1997 Yamaha YZF1000R Thunderace
1996 Volvo 850-R
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