Would anyone buy a brand new Mercedes and then drive it for 55k without servicing it ?
One owner lady driver , I can see the advert nowIn a word Yes! , I lived with a girl who bought a new 911.
When my 911 was due for a service, I took the day off to take it down to AFN in Reading.
She said why are you taking it to the garage ? It drove fine last night.
So I said its due a service.
Her reply “Oh mines really great it never breaks down”
4 years old, circa 35,000 miles never serviced .. and she drove like a bat out of hell.
The oil looked like Tar! Consistency of Marmite.
AFN did an oil flush, and 2 sequential oil changes.
Lucky B*tch ... somehow it survived.
She wasnt even phased with the bad news!
Mind you she had a stonking trust fund ....
One owner lady driver , I can see the advert now
4 years old, circa 35,000 miles never serviced .. and she drove like a bat out of hell.
The oil looked like Tar! Consistency of Marmite.
That's particularly weird as it must have got through quite a lot of tyres, probably brakes, and an MOT or two - so she can't have been unfamiliar with having work done on the car.
Indeed, surely no physical books any more, all online.55,000mls just read it.......You can take the car to the main MB agent with V5 and proof that you are the owner also take address proof etc and present this they should then be able to get you another service booklet, but then I didn't think they had the books anymore as it's all electronically recorded, hence the protection rubbish.