On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 17:21:10 -0600, "bearman" <noyb@home.com> wrote:

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>"dgk" <dgk@somewhere.com> wrote in message
>news:equ4939uoquhjns9n630nva2222si5fb88@4ax.com.. .
>>I called my dealer to arrange a service for my 91 Accord, which just
>> turned 100,000. The service person says that they don't have any
>> records for the car and explained that the system wipes records for
>> any car that hasn't be serviced in six months.
>>
>> I'm a computer programmer and nothing is cheaper than disk space these
>> days, and I could likely fit all of the maintenance records of all the
>> Accords in the US on one of my PCs. It just doesn't make any sense
>> that they would wipe out stuff.
>>
>> I don't do much maintenance of the car at the dealer, but the car was
>> originally bought there by the previous owner and I have had it there
>> several times. The original owner had all of the maintenance done
>> there.
>>
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>As a computer programmer, it would be a no sweat job for you to make a
>spreadsheet detailing all the work done on your car. Besides being a backup
>for the idiot dealer, it makes a good selling point when you want to get rid
>of the car.

There are plenty of programs out there that already do this and I'll
admit to just being too lazy (I'll be nice to myself and say "too
busy"). I do keep all the paper and eventually it ends up in a folder.
It just seems so odd that they "routinely" wipe the records. If so, it
makes no sense, and if not, then I don't like being lied to. If they
lie about that, then they'll lie about other stuff.