Muffleman

Hi all,

Still thinking of going for a P1, but I have another question.

I know service interval is every 7,500 or 6 months (whichever is sooner), but what if it's a third car and you only do 'say' 3,000 miles per annum (weekends and Fridays etc) ?

Will I still need to service it every 6 months ? Or would annually be okay considering the mileage ?

Cheers



Matt

RB5320

if you have a warranty then definitely every 6 months. If you dont have a warranty then still worth keeping to the schedule.
Resale value may suffer a bit of you dont. Also things like cambelts can deteriorate with age.
Steve

chrisp

Its worth speaking to Subaru UK if you do a low mileage.

Muffleman

Cheers, I'll give Subaru a call and let you know what they say.

Matt

SCOOBY TOWERS

iTrader: (7)

Every 6 months.
I looked at buying a 7 year old car b4 I settled on the one I've got.
8 K on the clock and a plethora of service stamps, bang on time for every one.
Dealer was asking top book, and wouldn't shift, so I walked away in the end, but I wondn't even have looked if it didn't have history.

BigMikeyBoy

You need to keep it bang on 6 months even if you dont drive it anywhere! If you dont then that warranty isnt worth the paper its written on!
I suspect that even a friendly dealer would turn you away from a warranty claim if your service book wasnt up to date.

Laters

Mikey

Molds

I do about 4k miles a year and have wondered similar.

What goes in a 6 month service? New sparks, oil, oil filter, air filter? 2 per year for 4k miles, hmmm?

Then how does the book get stamped? I had a 6 month service in Dec and the dealer stamped the book in the space for my next biggy. If I do it again then the book will say I am ready for 92k svrc but I have done 20k miles less than that.


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M

JonGould

a service isnt about fiking problems on a car, it is there to catch them before they develop.

if you run the cost of two identical cars, one serviced and one not, the serviced one would cost less money to run overall as major problems are caught beforehand. also alot less hassle.

on a interim service you usually get oil and filter and then checks over the car. major is o/f, plugs, air filter and engine resets (timing e.t.c).

with out a doubt keep it serviced. less milage can sometimes cause more problems as joint e.t.c wear out quicker due to long periods of standstill. grease and stuff goes muck and engines are drained of oil completly before startup putting stress on oil pump and wearing out the engine.

GrahameS

What about if the subaru dealer had told you to go on mileage
as is the case with mine ?

HELLOM8

Being a P1 I would keep to the 6 months regardless.
Of course if you were buying a car with no warranty and already incomplete service history (i.e. a cheaper car, than one with) then I could see why you would only service it yearly say.