To service or not to service
06-28-12, 04:38 PM
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To service or not to service
Okay ladies and gents here's the story:
I have an 08 350 CPO. I am about to hit 30k. Now, I've been keeping to the regular maintenance schedule and I'm a devout member of the "cult of 'stealership.'" It's just recently that I've developed the passion for DIY. A big 'no-no,' you see.
So I'm fighting this urge to do it myself but I thought I'd let my ish out to get a feel for what I should do.
Do I get the regular maintenance until my CPO runs out (at 42k) or do I just handle it myself and start learning.
The reason I say this is I plan on owning this car until she dies, or absolve my student loans, whichever comes first.
Questions, comments, concerns?
I have an 08 350 CPO. I am about to hit 30k. Now, I've been keeping to the regular maintenance schedule and I'm a devout member of the "cult of 'stealership.'" It's just recently that I've developed the passion for DIY. A big 'no-no,' you see.
So I'm fighting this urge to do it myself but I thought I'd let my ish out to get a feel for what I should do.
Do I get the regular maintenance until my CPO runs out (at 42k) or do I just handle it myself and start learning.
The reason I say this is I plan on owning this car until she dies, or absolve my student loans, whichever comes first.
Questions, comments, concerns?
06-28-12, 05:13 PM
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The only things you need to do at 30k are:
Change the air/cabin filters- do these yourself, takes 5 minutes versus paying dealer $110 for 1 hr labor.
Oil change- Do yourself if you're comfortable doing it, though my dealer only gets $50 so might be worth the "good will" of doing work there while under warranty. for the $20-30 you'd save vs DIY, on the other hand if you don't know how no time like the present to learn.
Brake fluid change- This is around $120 at the dealer- again if you're comfortable doing this yourself there's no reason not to, but some folks aren't as up on how to do this compared to say changing oil and there's a bit more to it.
That's all the car needs at 30k though.
Change the air/cabin filters- do these yourself, takes 5 minutes versus paying dealer $110 for 1 hr labor.
Oil change- Do yourself if you're comfortable doing it, though my dealer only gets $50 so might be worth the "good will" of doing work there while under warranty. for the $20-30 you'd save vs DIY, on the other hand if you don't know how no time like the present to learn.
Brake fluid change- This is around $120 at the dealer- again if you're comfortable doing this yourself there's no reason not to, but some folks aren't as up on how to do this compared to say changing oil and there's a bit more to it.
That's all the car needs at 30k though.
06-28-12, 05:58 PM
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well if you plan to keep it till she croaks, at least let them treat it till the warranty is up then ......diy lol. dont want to be thinking " dam i messed up, i should had let them do it "
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06-29-12, 07:55 AM
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Many of the things are 'check this, check that, tighten this, tighten that'. For the most part the dealer is just giving a once over eyball glance at these things. I don't really do anything other than change fluids and filters as shown in the manual, these cars go a long way without much maintenance. Folks that go in and ask for a 30k mile service are just asking to have their pockets picked....be smart and either DIY or only have the dealer do specific things like change the brake fluid. When I see things like check nuts and bolts on the flux capacitor I ignore them.
07-19-12, 09:51 AM
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