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Originally posted by prawnabie
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Another thing to consider too is that if you are not doing a complete job whilst "servicing" the car and there is something dangerously wrong that you can't check, and it is a few months till MOT time until the pros can, how would you feel if you put your family's life in peril?

On here we all want to save money and all feel capable of doing the work, but you have to ask yourself if it is worth it in your case.

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Originally posted by britishtrident

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Originally posted by prawnabie
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Another thing to consider too is that if you are not doing a complete job whilst "servicing" the car and there is something dangerously wrong that you can't check, and it is a few months till MOT time until the pros can, how would you feel if you put your family's life in peril?

On here we all want to save money and all feel capable of doing the work, but you have to ask yourself if it is worth it in your case.

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Have you looked at the service schedule for a modern car ? --- an oil change service which are usually scheduled at at 15,000 to 20,000+ mile plus intervals is just that oil change, and top up coolant and screenwasher bottle nothing else. In larger dealerships this is carried out by semi-skilled labour. The next service is uaually the same plus a brake inspection.and depending on the manuafactuer may or may not include an airfilter change. Only at over 60,000 miles + or 4years or more is real servicing done then the schedule resets.

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Originally posted by prawnabie
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Another thing to consider too is that if you are not doing a complete job whilst "servicing" the car and there is something dangerously wrong that you can't check, and it is a few months till MOT time until the pros can, how would you feel if you put your family's life in peril?

On here we all want to save money and all feel capable of doing the work, but you have to ask yourself if it is worth it in your case.

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Have you looked at the service schedule for a modern car ? --- an oil change service which are usually scheduled at at 15,000 to 20,000+ mile plus intervals is just that oil change, and top up coolant and screenwasher bottle nothing else. In larger dealerships this is carried out by semi-skilled labour. The next service is uaually the same plus a brake inspection.and depending on the manuafactuer may or may not include an airfilter change. Only at over 60,000 miles + or 4years or more is real servicing done then the schedule resets.

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So you saying I can take a car into a dealership for a scheduled service with a defective tyre, and then have it blow out on the way back from said service causing untold damage only for them to say it wasn't on the service schedule until xxx miles? utter tosh!!!

Whilst it is true that certain items aren't replaced until certain mileages or times, EVERY manufacturer I have worked for has a service checklist that is carried out on EVERY service no matter what the mileage or age.

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