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philw696 said:
How about this one in today's world of Covid looking for the locking wheel nut and service book.
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Genuine question, do you think that driving a long distance for a service is really essential right now, or even allowed. Personally, if I was buying a car in a years time and saw that the service had been neglected, I would be inclined to make an allowance for obvious reasons. There is only one place within fifty miles from where I live that I would take my car for it’s service, I’m not prepared to do that at present.
 
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Saigon said:
Genuine question, do you think that driving a long distance for a service is really essential right now, or even allowed. Personally, if I was buying a car in a years time and saw that the service had been neglected, I would be inclined to make an allowance for obvious reasons. There is only one place within fifty miles from where I live that I would take my car for it’s service, I’m not prepared to do that at present.
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Totally agreed in 2020 I only did 8,500 kilometres in 3 cars and that included a trip to the UK before the first lockdown.
Looking at how this year has started I'm wondering how many will be done this year.
 
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philw696 said:
Totally agreed in 2020 I only did 8,500 kilometres in 3 cars and that included a trip to the UK before the first lockdown.
Looking at how this year has started I'm wondering how many will be done this year.
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Absolutely, but so many times you hear someone say, stay clear of that car it hasn’t had its yearly service, even though it’s only travelled a couple of thousand miles in that year. Don’t get me wrong, irrespective of mileage I have had my cars serviced yearly in the past, but unfortunately things have changed and that is not going to be possible for a lot of people. So we have to be realistic and use some common sense.
 
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Always have mine transported down for its service...OK it may cost a little more, but it is rare that the car can be turned around in a day (as something always crops up) and if you take off the lost work time and fuel/miles saved the cost is minimal.
 
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Timo said:
Hello all my name is Tim and amnew to this forum I have just put a deposit on a 2010 GranCabrio.
I used to have Porsche's before Kids but have always wanted a Maserati.
I also have a split screen VW camper for lazy weekends away.

hope you like the the picture

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Great Choice and clearly you are aware that cars with a Rosso interior are much faster than others.
Enjoy!
 
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Saigon said:
Genuine question, do you think that driving a long distance for a service is really essential right now, or even allowed. Personally, if I was buying a car in a years time and saw that the service had been neglected, I would be inclined to make an allowance for obvious reasons. There is only one place within fifty miles from where I live that I would take my car for it’s service, I’m not prepared to do that at present.
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I'd say that's a matter entirely for you and the dealer, looking at how you live, where you go and so on. I collected mine from a service and MoT this week. Distance away is irrelevant (ignoring the risks of an accident = strain on NHS etc). As I know that the dealer has virtually sealed its premises (doors locked - knock and they'll collect you), temp checks anyone coming in, mandates sanitiser, masks and social distancing, has installed perspex screens between staff and customers (one at a time, by the way... not that there was anyone else there when I went) and uses covers on the steering wheel, gloves on staff, thoroughly cleans cars inside before handover etc etc (the list goes on) I was pretty confident that the risk was as low as it could possibly be.

Keep in mind that MoTs are still mandatory.
 
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