e4gleeye
22-02-2006, 10:19 AM
Hi, I tried doing a few searches and came up with nothing. This is a wall of text post so bear with me.
My car is at 8,500km but its due for the 10,000km/6 months service. Should I carry on the service based on the calendar date or ignore it until 10,000km? I'm asking this because I'm originally Indonesian and over there regular maintenance is done purely based on distance travelled or if you rarely use your car, it's should only be done at least once a year. As far as I know, all manufacturers do that over there & that's also the case with my dad's current 3 Hondas. So why does here in Oz there's this every 6 month requirements?
An extra condition to my car that might not apply to many of you is that its used only 8 months in a year. I'm in Indonesia on the other 4 months so I stow the car in the garage with disconnected battery & covered from dust. On my previous cars, I do the every 6 months maintenance every time I got back from Indonesia so it always got "checked up" after its long sleep.
Another question is that where should I do my service? I got the impression that Honda dealership rips people off because my friend's service bill amounts to the $600's for some reason (She got a Jazz). I live in Melb. CBD and I bought my car at John Blair Honda but reading the forums, the impression I got is that maintenance at JBH is not cheap. So I plan to just bring it to Robert Lane Honda which might also be as expensive as JBH, but at least they pick up & deliver my car for free, no need to go to their place... Or is there any good place around Southbank that you can recommend for cheaper maintenance? There's a local Ultratune but I don't really know how good they are.
Phew, that's a lot of text, and might confuse you guys, ask me questions if you're not clear about anything...
My car is at 8,500km but its due for the 10,000km/6 months service. Should I carry on the service based on the calendar date or ignore it until 10,000km? I'm asking this because I'm originally Indonesian and over there regular maintenance is done purely based on distance travelled or if you rarely use your car, it's should only be done at least once a year. As far as I know, all manufacturers do that over there & that's also the case with my dad's current 3 Hondas. So why does here in Oz there's this every 6 month requirements?
An extra condition to my car that might not apply to many of you is that its used only 8 months in a year. I'm in Indonesia on the other 4 months so I stow the car in the garage with disconnected battery & covered from dust. On my previous cars, I do the every 6 months maintenance every time I got back from Indonesia so it always got "checked up" after its long sleep.
Another question is that where should I do my service? I got the impression that Honda dealership rips people off because my friend's service bill amounts to the $600's for some reason (She got a Jazz). I live in Melb. CBD and I bought my car at John Blair Honda but reading the forums, the impression I got is that maintenance at JBH is not cheap. So I plan to just bring it to Robert Lane Honda which might also be as expensive as JBH, but at least they pick up & deliver my car for free, no need to go to their place... Or is there any good place around Southbank that you can recommend for cheaper maintenance? There's a local Ultratune but I don't really know how good they are.
Phew, that's a lot of text, and might confuse you guys, ask me questions if you're not clear about anything...