Reply To: DIY car repairs on the rise but drivers end up paying £170 to fix their mistakes, study shows

[Peter Miles]

For Mark Hughes
Yes, keeping records of what’s been done to the car over, say, the past year and who by could be useful in the event of a major accident. You could also include a requirement to keep a record of where the parts came from, which might panic a few Ebay sellers!
But the fact is most of these “bodge-ups” don’t end in major accidents (more through luck than anything else!) and although I may have recorded what I did 11 months ago but someone else has fiddled with it since but ISN’T going to admit it…I’m sure you can see where I’m going. Even some supposedly proper traders don’t keep records because they try and do stuff “off the books”.
So it’s not an idea that could work I’m afraid.