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Buying, selling and proving the history of a used vehicle.

How to prove the service history of a used car

What actually counts as proof that a vehicle has been looked after, and how to put it in a buyer's hands without improvising.

What documents you need to sell a used car or motorbike

The full list of the paperwork you must have and the paperwork that changes the price, for the UK and for Europe.

Lost service book: what to do

How to rebuild a vehicle's history when the service book has gone missing, and how to make sure it does not happen again.

How to log a service so it counts as proof

A note in a phone is not proof. What to record, in what order, and why the first twenty-four hours matter.

Keep the vehicle papers where you actually need them

Registration, insurance, inspection certificate: the papers you never have on you. How to keep a copy on your phone without handing them to anyone.

How to document a restoration while you are doing it

A restoration is not a service. How to keep the story stage by stage, so it is worth something at the end instead of being a box of receipts.

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