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From what I saw, the full service history car was mostly routine stuff. No heads off or major stuff.
The owner of the no service history car has sent me copies of what he had. Turns out he has produced me receipts for the last 31,000km so it's not so bad. I'm looking at this one today.
I've been casually looking for the past 10 months and are happy to wait for the right car, so fingers crossed...
Craig
Service history is important but in saying that I stopped taking my old Commodore to one of Perths main Holden dealers as their servicing was very average.
The final straw was them leaving both castle nuts on the power steering rack only wound on by 3 threads!!
It's a good sign if he's letting you take it to a LR specialist.
There is so many way's to do service.. least in here ;)
I would trust only my self or some experienced friend! History is just stamps in paper.. google the service place/places and see if there is any problems whit other customers, etc.
and like all the other says.. how has it been kept? It have tried this when I bought my D2 and still it's an old car so there is always surprise behind the corner and the Murphy's law :D
Good luck :)
I'd prefer a Service history, as this tells the cars story. These V8's sludge up so do need an oil change every 6 months. D2's are high maintainence ( as we know) so its crutial to know what's been done and when all the other fluids have been done, repairs etc.
If the one with 81k's has been maintained and serviced fully, albeit cosmetically the body is messy, i'd live with that option IMHO
If the heads have just been done on the other then it overheated! Did the radiator get serviced/replaced?, new thermostat , viscous fan, hoses? was the block checked for cracks?. If the heads just got done then perhaps lack on care let it fail?. After all heads don't just go for no reason. Like slipped liners. Both these issues are not failing's in the V8 they are the fail's caused by other problems.
If it helps , no history is a gamble.....My friend took the same gamble with a 2006 D3 which had little to no history. We even called the LR dealer which stamped the book at one point who had not seen the car back there since 2009 while. LR checked it over and said all OK. 20,000k's later the Auto Failed as it had most likely not been serviced , 7 grand out of pocket. Hind site maybe should have had the Auto Service the day he bought it...