A car is worth no less without books... it just puts some people off buying them... 50% of people dont care if it has books or not and the other 50% do... yes its nice to have them if you plan on keeping the car, but its not the end of the world not having them. Well that's what my car yard experience tells me. Personally, I wouldnt care less if it had them or not, service history means nothing when the car is a few years old, as long as its all in order, its all in order! Anyone can make up whats written in the back of the book, especially if its had more than one owner. This is just my opinion, so please, dont take any offense or the like to what im saying, everyone can have their own opinion. In saying that, mine has all the books and service history... but I guess what im trying to get at is that it would not be worth the time COST and effort trying to chase someone on the other side of the country over books. Sorry, I hope I dont anger too many people!?