Mot And Service

[Tilly2]

I am taking my car for an MOT and service tomorrow. Do I need to take any documentation apart from the service booklet?

[Rockrose]

We have to take the log book and insurance certificate

[Zacs-Master]

Nope. Just your credit card.

[Tilly2]

What do I do now? :-) Take everything, just in case?

[Zacs-Master]

You only need the log book v5c if it’s the cars first MOT.

[Baldric]

As ZM says, just the means to pay will suffice.

[gingejbee]

Log book? What century is this?
Nothing is required...not even the previous MOT certificate....

[237SJ]

Doesn't the service book come in handy to record a service history for future buyers?

[Baldric]

It's the 2nd MOT

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/search/?q1=tilly2+%2B+mot

[gingejbee]

237... "service books" are a thing of the past. Most manufacturers don't provide them now...

[237SJ]

Oh OK. I`ve never bothered with them (I just keep the receipts) but when my car had a 10,000 mile service the other week the garage told me they had "stamped the book" which must have been in the manufacturers info in the glove compartment

[Tilly2]

Thank you for that link, Baldric. It was useful to read that again.

[Tilly2]

I have a service book, Ginge.

[gingejbee]

Yes, Tilly, I have a service book too (car five years old) but the dealer doesn't stamp it now because the service history is recorded electronically.

[237SJ]

So, what if the dealer isn't the garage that services the car? How would a potential buyer access service history if there was no paper record?

[gingejbee]

....because you have a print-out of the service performed and a matching invoice....just no rubber stamp in a little book.
Don't blame me, btw, that's just the way they're doing things now...

[237SJ]

I`m not blaming anyone. That's the way I have been doing it for years :)

[DarceyK123]

I just took my car for it's first MOT, & service the service book was stamped & paper MOT provided (main Ford dealer).

Hubby has just bought brand new Ford, and was provided with service book.

[gingejbee]

Ford obviously not moving with the times.....

[Tilly2]

...so, just my credit card then?

[Bazile]

^^^^
Unless you're close friends with the proprietor