When to service the Car ?

We have seen some People keep a log of when to service the car and some just think its time to service the car.

I would say it depends on the following factors:

1. Road Conditions where you drive the car-Rough Roads , Smooth Roads, Gravel
2. Type of the engine in the car: Petrol ,Diesel, Turbo Petrol/Diesel , Supercharged petrol
3. Driving habit of a person: High Reving, average speeding or Granny driver
4. Road types : Highway and City
5. Drive Time: Driving all day or for 10-20 minutes?


What do you say after reading all these conditions?

Do you still think servicing your car after 10,000 KM is IDEAL

When do yo get your car serviced and what do you normally Fix/replace?

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I am not Good I am not bad!

all the condition u maintaind above are same with me and with me nt. coz i live in india. mean i drive both on the express way and road with a lot of clay. smtym at a very good motion and smtym very fast and smtym for a whole day and night and smtym for half an hour.
finally at every 9000 k.m. i servicing and tuned my car.

for me oil changes are done every 3-4k with synthetic oil. brakes are done once they look like they need a change or once they start to squeak. tune up is done about every 4-5 months because of the amount of power.

since i do all this stuff at home, i can do it anytime. don't have to delay cause i know if i go to the mechanic shop its going to be rush!!

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98 nissan 240sx turbo {summer car} 293WHP, 315WTQ at 12psi.......... goals are to reach 500whp !!
97 honda civic {winter car}
99 Mercedes ml320 {summer/winter car}

Usually every 6-7000 KMs.

good to know guys

Gagan : Semi Synthetic or fully synthetic?

Fully synthetic oil you can use for the car that have KMS less then 100K on clock

since i run my cars in city most of the time, I make sure i service them at regular intervals i.e,
Hyundai Santro: Oil, Oil Filter And because this one goes through a lot of traffic i make sure i flush the engine every 10000kms
Swift DDiS: Oil Every 5K, Oil Filter Fuel Filter every 10K
Honda City: Oil & Oil Filter Every 7k,
I clean their air filters regularly, about say twice a month
And I replace other filters as and when I see fit; all cars i have ever sold were more than twelve years old and were sold only when they weren't road worthy anymore

oh okay .. thats good thing you do check ur car urself

good work bhai

my pod needs a clean

i use fully synthetic, im suppose to use just regular oil but ive been using this one for years now so i stuck with it.

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98 nissan 240sx turbo {summer car} 293WHP, 315WTQ at 12psi.......... goals are to reach 500whp !!
97 honda civic {winter car}
99 Mercedes ml320 {summer/winter car}

not good all the time man. ask your mechanic too

@rahul, i thought that once the engine had clocked more than 100k's you should start using synthetic regardless wether you were using it before or not..! or am i mistaken?