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How do you service your Car?Views : 19062 Replies : 128Users Viewing This Thread : |
View Poll Results: How do you service your car | |||
Serviced by a Main Dealer | 117 | 22.08% | |
Serviced by a Local garage | 128 | 24.15% | |
Serviced only whern a fault develops | 13 | 2.45% | |
Serviced 2X yearly | 21 | 3.96% | |
Serviced by owner at home | 308 | 58.11% | |
Not serviced | 3 | 0.57% | |
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May 9th, 2014, 00:29 | #101 |
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Always do my own , including any body work , went to collage for way to long to pay a garage and as others have said posibly not all work done , ive worked in the motor trade ok a refinisher but have seen many tricks done to save time and money, though age and health are against me now but still do it just takes longer
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Aug 25th, 2014, 22:08 | #102 |
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Service Mine myself but im a qualified mechanic.
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Apr 9th, 2018, 19:56 | #103 |
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Anual service at dealer for the updates all mechanical works do myself at home unless no time.
Electronic faults, while I have Vida I am not fully conversant with it so would try resetting codes and reading them before it went to dealer, they have never tried to rip me off yet but sensors are too expensive to change on spec, so I want an idea what it may be before committing to big bills. Paul. |
Apr 12th, 2018, 08:22 | #104 |
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Volvo dealer on monthly payment plan
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Apr 12th, 2018, 17:14 | #105 |
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Rarely.....
Actually, that's not true, my last few nice cars were serviced well, shorter intervals than required truth be told... My beetle on the other hand recieves sod all. 180k miles and counting. |
Apr 14th, 2018, 14:45 | #106 |
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I do what I can at home, the rest is done by a local garage.
I am not referring to servicing, but also general maintenance to keep the car in as good as a condition as possible. |
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Apr 15th, 2018, 17:48 | #107 |
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Still got 3 years 'free servicing' left. So main dealer.
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Oct 25th, 2018, 17:09 | #108 |
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Do what I can myself, otherwise indy. Interestingly though the last job was cheaper at the dealer than it was at the indy (suspension coil springs front & rear).
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Oct 25th, 2018, 17:31 | #109 |
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As a retired engineer now almost 78 I still do my own maintenance on the Volvo & my classics, although I did use a friends garage to do the belts change. I have a garage/workshop with a pit, so that makes things easier, cheers,JDmac.
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Nov 6th, 2018, 20:37 | #110 |
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Having worked for two main dealers, I would actively dissuade anyone I can from using one. You pay the most money and in return, you get the worst service.
There are two reasons to use a main dealer for maintenance. One is free servicing and the other is for updates. If your car isn't new enough to need them then you'll be doing yourself a favour by avoiding main dealers like the plague.
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