Discussion of the Day
Car maintenance
19-Oct-20
How often do you get your car serviced each year? Sometimes I have to go two or three times. Does this sound like a large amount to you? Maybe I'm being conned.
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  • The car can need servicing, on the amount of kilometeres and wear and tear
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    • Go once a year - never have the mileage up to have to do more than that.
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      • I do it once a year to help keep the car healthy and able to last longer.
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        • every 10000km as the logbook says
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          • The experts say to follow the manufacturer's service schedule - this includes both kms traveled and time. Realistically, this is the best way. How you drive obviously has an effect but the manufacturer's schedule covers this pretty well. Synthetic oils have a much greater life than straight mineral oil so this is another factor.
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            • It depends on how you use your car, if you drive less than 5000 km a year than one service will do
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              • Whenever the hubby books it in
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                • at least twice a year and every time it gets a little sluggish, every time Repco sends us the reminder for a timing belt check
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                  • I had a Suzuki SX4 for 12 years done nearly 300KM so over the last 4 years I would service my car every 6 months or 7.5kM to ensure that everything was working well,it worked very well as I didn’t have any mechanical issues,look after your investment
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                    • Once a year WOF and service
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                      • I do mine depending on mileage. Don't do very much annually so probably every 18 months.
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                        • Depends on the age of the car and the mileage each year - older cars may need six months checks in my experience.
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                          • you should go by your manual,can't go wrong then
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                            • Twice a year, but this year once because I have travelled a lot less
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                              • Every 12 months is all you need as long as everything running fine
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                                • One a year is fine unless you are doing a lot of miles.
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                                  • I have mine done twice a year
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                                    • I get mine done by the odometer - if the required kilometres travelled come up yearly or 6 monthly so be it!
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                                      • I think yearly is recommended which we try and do by sometimes go over. Of course is something requires fixing my go twice a year and get it done as finances permit, without being a risk of course. Otherwise the car has a little holiday in the carport.
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                                        • My car is about 13 yrs old and I get it done twice per year. I think 3 times is a bit unnecessary but also leaving it a whole year .......... not sure I would want to do that either.
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                                          • When i got an email.
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                                            • I get my car service every 6 months, fixed price, so that I can keep the 7 year warranty
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                                              • I get my car serviced at the recommended intervals.
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                                                • The car gets serviced more than I do. Generally with the car, it's every 10,000kms. Depending on the quality of the vehicle, sometimes every 20k is fine. But it's important if you want to run into less issues, to have it serviced regularly.
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                                                  • I don't have a car or a license
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                                                    • I do mine at least once a year.
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                                                      • Depends on how far it gets driven. I know people who drive a couple of hundred thousand KMs per year and they get it serviced 4 or 5 times at least where as others who don't drive much like one person who had 150.0 on the trip meter after a year didn't need to get a service at all but they did need to get the guys out to start it and replace the dead battery and stale fuel because it wasn't started enough or used anywhere near enough.
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                                                        • If you don't look after it ,it won't look after you. Its generally the second biggest purchase for most people, look after it!!
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                                                          • agreed! I learned this the hard way. When I finally got my previous car in for a service, they asked me how I was able to drive it up to the garage! No oil, very little water, tire pressures too low and the wind-screen wiper reservoir was bone dry. I get my car I have now serviced every 4 months or so, depending how much mileage I've done. I think, as someone else said here, it's every 10, 000 kms.
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                                                        • With the BMW and the Benz, every 10,000; with the old Jeep, when it starts running rough ..... fortunately, hubby is pretty handy with the tools and have literally saved us thousands by doing most of the mechanics himself and sourcing items from overseas ...........
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                                                          • Only when the service is due
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                                                            • I don't have a car...
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                                                              • only when its due
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                                                                • I have regular checks by the service book, always at the car maker of whatever car I have. Usually a Mitsubishi car and about twice a year but think 3 times or more is too much but it depends on how much you use it..But yes I think some places do try and put it over females, so you need to be wary.
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                                                                  • Always get our car serviced every 6 months, the modern cars it is usually every 15,000 kms. Ours is a camper van, for holidays and everyday use, that way we only have to run one vehicle. Now hubby is on the pension, Rego is free, only pay for the CTP and insurance, saves us a fortune when we holiday, mostly free camp, as we have installed solar panels, otherwise there would be no holidays at all.We have a family friend that is a mechanic so we save heaps on services.
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                                                                    • i think that is a con
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                                                                      • When I was young I fixed my own dunnga but now my car tells me when it’s time for service, get coffee, going too fast , going wrong way......shit I don’t remember marrying my car....lol
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                                                                        • I service my own car every 5000 Kms.
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                                                                          • twice a year unless something goes wrong
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                                                                            • depends how old your car is., alternatively, how many ks you are stacking up. I have a shopping "trolley" that does 5000 k per year, serviced once a year, campervan 6000k per year, serviced once every 2 years...
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                                                                              • You are being conned
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                                                                                • I have no idea, my butler takes of that sort of thing
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                                                                                  • 2 a year
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                                                                                    • Dont have a car
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                                                                                      • I do 99% of my car maintenance so it depends how much I drive usually 10,000k's for some cars and 5,000's for other's
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                                                                                        • 0nce a year when i do 10000 kilomaters
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                                                                                          • about every 6 months depending where i go
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                                                                                            • Twice a year.
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                                                                                              • I only wash my car. Any other stuff is garage work. Modern cars are too technical to touch. Once you could change spark plugs yourself but not now.
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                                                                                                • Once a year
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                                                                                                  • every six months
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                                                                                                    • I have mine done every 10,000 klms. It depends how much you drive, we drive around 2000klms every month (usually). This year is the first time we have had the car serviced on time rather than Klms.
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                                                                                                      • Hardly ever drive, hardly ever service unless we are driving a long distance.
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                                                                                                        • I get my car serviced when the book tells me to. Other than that I always check fluids and tyres quite often
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                                                                                                          • My husband is a retired mechanic so doe's it all himself
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                                                                                                            • develop vision issues in my pre-teen years - never learned to drive - never owned a car - therefore, never had car maintenance issues
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                                                                                                              • Dont have a car
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                                                                                                                • Service every 6 months and sometimes even 3 months even. A save save on the pocket when maintence of the vehicle.
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                                                                                                                  • Once a year
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                                                                                                                    • Whenever I can save money. So about every 5 years
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                                                                                                                      • Hope you also go if something is wrong with the vehicle.
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                                                                                                                    • Maybe 3, when it needs it, I go
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                                                                                                                      • I stick to the recommended maintenance schedules.
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                                                                                                                        • have a car hope it douse not brake trying to save for anther one
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                                                                                                                          • Three times a year minimum. Sometimes four
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                                                                                                                            • I have a car that seems to maintain itself. It is a Plymouth Fury. I have named her Christine.
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                                                                                                                              • Depends on the condition of the car.
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                                                                                                                                • I know our previous vehicle was a lemon truck we had to keep taking it back for the same problem 5 times in 8 months. after that my husband made the man give us a newer vehicle
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                                                                                                                                  • Just follow the log book
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                                                                                                                                    • my husband does that a few times a year.
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                                                                                                                                      • Depends on the age, condition of car. How often its used.
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                                                                                                                                        • It all depends on how many kilometers you drive and how hard you are on your driving, city verses country drives.
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                                                                                                                                          • A few years ago, when cars didn't self monitor themselves, have on board computers and were less reliable, it use be every year...nowadays it appears to be every 6 months...probably just to check all the sensors, monitors and computers are working properly...its a whole new growth industry with a lot of money involved
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