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Originally Posted by tlgerdes
If its your first 1000km change, why are you doing it? I thought they were always free.
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Capped for 5 yrs at $180.00 including road-side assistance.
Nobody touches my cars.
The only time I had to take the Accent to the Hyundai service center to change the immobiliser some young bloke managed to cross thread a spark plug in the block and broke the bakelite cover as well because he cross threaded that too, got the s||ts and pulled on it.
Nicolas's got my old Excel Sprint 97 model now. Rebuilt the engine, changed the bearings and sent the heads to be machined 6 months ago. She goes like a zyrtec. That's a 16yrs old car.
All I can do myself I try to do. Basic servicing is easy enough.
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Originally Posted by Larryp
With new cars now, the 1000 or 1500 Km service seems to be just a check-no oil change until 10,000 or 15,000 Km. I don't like it, but that's how it is!
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That's right. People don't realise that regular oil change is the life of your engine. Period.
5L of W20-50: $25-$30
1 oil filter: $5-$7
20min of your time every 5000km or 6 months whichever comes first.