Thread: How often do you take your car for a service?
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Old 22-09-2022, 16:16   #8
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Re: How often do you take your car for a service?
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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth View Post
Service and MOT done together so every 12 months. If you want to save money, find a good 'local' garage (one that'll stamp your service book )and don't go to main dealer unless you need to.

These last couple of years we've done so few miles the service isn't really needed but the book want's a stamp every 12 months so it gets a stamp every 12 months.
We had grief off our main dealer (Vauxhall) for going to our local garage and they used to scrutinise every bit of the service record trying to find fault so they could side step the very good 10 year warranty. They eased off a bit when we reminded them of the Block Exemption regulations, essentially you can't force someone to use the dealership to maintain a warranty. Our current dealer (Peugeot) are a bit techy about it as well but we have successfully invoked the warranty twice so far (cos Peugeot car parts are seemingly made of meringue and polystyrene) despite always using the local garage for servicing.
To answer the OP, we also get MOT done at same time as service yearly.
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