Selling car today, should i include receipts etc?

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Hi All

Ive sold my car though Motorway, and the used car dealer that bought it is having it collected today, using a third party to collect it on a lorry.

I'm sure when i was on the phone, they said something along the lines of "we'll sort out the v5 document" but i have every intention of cutting out the yellow bit on the V5, and filling in the form online to tell the DVLA ive sold it, rather than relying on them to do it. i assume this is still the right thing to do? Its always been the sellers responsibility to do this hasnt it?

Also, i keep all the receipts from the garage for the services along with MOTs etc, all in the book with the manuals etc. As a buyer, i'd like to have all this stuff, but it all has my address on it. should i include it or not do you think?

Thanks
 
Scratch out your name and hand them in with the car. Or cover them and then photocopy the receipts if you're keen on privacy.
 
When I sold my car to Mannheim a few months back, the guy doing the inspection wouldn't accept any receipts, said no one cares about anything but a stamped service book. He was also adamant he wouldn't take anything that showed my address in case I got future sellers hassling me for any reason.

Personally, I like a stack of receipts as it backs up the services and gives a good idea to extra work done you can't see from a stamp in a book.
 
ive scratched it a bit and gone over it with a black sharpie. i'm sure that'll be ok. the garage might well bin them anyway.

Thanks guys
 
I always hand in invoices etc but get rid of card receipts. I put them in a clear plastic wallet (the type you put inside a lever arch file) when I traded my last car in.

I imagine previous keeper info is available and ive never bothered removing my name/address.

When it was resold (at a different garage at the other end of the country) the paperwork was all shown in their sales pictures.

It's something I like to see, but I guess most people don't care. It's a sign that it was well looked after IMO. Plus it shows when parts were replaced.

I'm not sure whether it makes a difference once run of mill car, but I think it's something appreciated on a performance/classic/enthusiast car.
 
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Personal sale with a car you've well looked after and perhaps modded then by all means yes the receipts for all the random bits n bobs would be nice for the new owner

For a car sale to a random co, nah ervice book n nowt else tbh

I sold a car to WBAC adn they dropped me from full service to part service history.
One of the MOT's and services were given seperate receipts, and because the service receipt didnt have the mileage on theyd not accept it as a service.
Even tho the MOT was dated the sae day swines
 
Last time I sold a car to WBAC they didn't want anything other than the V5 and service book, he said anything else would be shredded in front of me.
 
SixTwoSix said:
When I sold my car to Mannheim a few months back, the guy doing the inspection wouldn't accept any receipts, said no one cares about anything but a stamped service book. He was also adamant he wouldn't take anything that showed my address in case I got future sellers hassling me for any reason.

Personally, I like a stack of receipts as it backs up the services and gives a good idea to extra work done you can't see from a stamp in a book.
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I sold the Ibiza through motorway and the chap wasn't interested in any paperwork other than the logbook. Funnily enough we did include what paperwork I had and scratched out names, but clearly weren't careful enough. My wife had someone ping her on Facebook asking what we paid and whether it had any issues...
 
~Divine~Wind~ said:
Personal sale with a car you've well looked after and perhaps modded then by all means yes the receipts for all the random bits n bobs would be nice for the new owner

For a car sale to a random co, nah ervice book n nowt else tbh
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This - if they're not going to give you any extra ££ for it, then all your doing is adding potential profit for them when they sell it on.
 
Even if the company taking it off your hands don't want them, I'd just stick them in the glovebox or boot or something.
It doesn't affect you in the slightest, and there's a chance that the next owner might find them and see some value in them, even if Motorway, WBAC, etc, don't.
 
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I look at a ruck of receipts two ways, they show what work has been done previously. They can also act as a warning as to just what sort of money pit the next owner may be descending into.

You see it all the time on classic car auction sites, some Bentley GT, or other modern exotica with £30k of invoices over the last two years. To some it's wonderful, to me, further confirmation what a POS the things are, and to be given the widest of berths :)
 
As has already been said, a private sale I would probably include all the receipts as the buyer knows where I live anyway and they might help him in future, but a sale to a large faceless organisation, no need and they don't want them anyway.
 
are you selling a rare classic collectors car that has a long and detailed history already before your ownership. Are you handing some treasured rare classic car to another owner ?

If yes, maybe add your receipts to the previous owners collection.

If this is just your family car, then no shred 'em. Garage will only be interested in the service book.
 
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Maybe 1 in 100 buyers will care. What do receipts really add to a digital service record or service book?
 
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