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Repairing Vs Maintaining
Many
people use the words "repairing" and "maintaining" interchangeably. So
many times people mistake maintenance with repair, for example a brake
job. Changing brake pads is a maintenance operation. Your brakes didn't
break, they are designed to wear and are changed at predetermined intervals. But the words don't
mean the same thing and can't be used to talk about the same kind of
care for your vehicle.When one repairs a vehicle, he fixes what is
broken after it breaks. For many years, we've heard, " Don't fix it if
it ain't broke." The flip side, though, is that if you "maintain" your
vehicle, you can decrease the number of times it breaks. Manufacturers
recommend that a vehicle be properly maintained on a routine schedule
because they know that makes a vehicle far more dependable, safer and
longer lasting. It will also bring about a higher customer satisfaction
for their product.
In reality, the worst approach we can take is to just plan on fixing our vehicle when it breaks. The problem with that approach is that it can lead to one repair after another. So, when people buy a vehicle that has not been maintained, they feel as though they are being nickeled and dimed to death because they have to fix all of the things that weren't maintained.
When we truly maintain a vehicle, we service systems step by step and in a timely fashion in order to avoid sub sequent repairs that could be more costly. The initial investment in vehicles today is much higher than even 10 years ago. People are keeping vehicles longer because of that initial level of investment. Because of the complex technology involved in designing today's vehicles, the potential for a situation of cascading repairs has increased greatly in cars that have not been maintained. step and in a timely fashion in order to avoid sub sequent repairs that could be more costly. The initial investment in vehicles today is much higher than even 10 years ago. People are keeping vehicles longer because of that initial level of investment. Because of the complex technology involved in designing today's vehicles, the potential for a situation of cascading repairs has increased greatly in cars that have not been properly maintained
Cascading repairs are caused when one part of a vehicle performs out of specifications for a time, which in turn causes another part to perform out of specification and eventually fail. which may cause still another part to perform out of specifications and fail. This type of situation can cause very expensive repairs, ranging from three to four times the cost of the initial single repair-- and possibly many times more than the cost of maintaining the vehicle according to manufacturers recommendations to start with..
We can agree on one hand with manufacturers claims that today's vehicles require less maintenance if your talking about replacing certain parts. Many parts are designed to last for many more miles of use than their counter parts from 10 years ago. The problem is that they are also designed to require servicing or scheduled maintenance now more than ever before.
Its easy to avoid costly auto repairs. Just make sure that you give your vehicle the routine maintenance it needs when it needs it. This keeps little problems from becoming big ones that can be quite costly. This will deliver a safe, dependable driving, quick starting vehicle with better gas mileage, less pollution, greater performance and peace of mind all year long.
Did you know that every 20 minutes Americans dump enough cars into junkyards to form a stack of vehicles as high as the Empire State Building? That's 72 stacks a day or 25,402 a year !! Many of these vehicles could still be on the road if they'd been properly maintained.
Like Grandma used to say: " an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
In reality, the worst approach we can take is to just plan on fixing our vehicle when it breaks. The problem with that approach is that it can lead to one repair after another. So, when people buy a vehicle that has not been maintained, they feel as though they are being nickeled and dimed to death because they have to fix all of the things that weren't maintained.
When we truly maintain a vehicle, we service systems step by step and in a timely fashion in order to avoid sub sequent repairs that could be more costly. The initial investment in vehicles today is much higher than even 10 years ago. People are keeping vehicles longer because of that initial level of investment. Because of the complex technology involved in designing today's vehicles, the potential for a situation of cascading repairs has increased greatly in cars that have not been maintained. step and in a timely fashion in order to avoid sub sequent repairs that could be more costly. The initial investment in vehicles today is much higher than even 10 years ago. People are keeping vehicles longer because of that initial level of investment. Because of the complex technology involved in designing today's vehicles, the potential for a situation of cascading repairs has increased greatly in cars that have not been properly maintained
Cascading repairs are caused when one part of a vehicle performs out of specifications for a time, which in turn causes another part to perform out of specification and eventually fail. which may cause still another part to perform out of specifications and fail. This type of situation can cause very expensive repairs, ranging from three to four times the cost of the initial single repair-- and possibly many times more than the cost of maintaining the vehicle according to manufacturers recommendations to start with..
We can agree on one hand with manufacturers claims that today's vehicles require less maintenance if your talking about replacing certain parts. Many parts are designed to last for many more miles of use than their counter parts from 10 years ago. The problem is that they are also designed to require servicing or scheduled maintenance now more than ever before.
Its easy to avoid costly auto repairs. Just make sure that you give your vehicle the routine maintenance it needs when it needs it. This keeps little problems from becoming big ones that can be quite costly. This will deliver a safe, dependable driving, quick starting vehicle with better gas mileage, less pollution, greater performance and peace of mind all year long.
Did you know that every 20 minutes Americans dump enough cars into junkyards to form a stack of vehicles as high as the Empire State Building? That's 72 stacks a day or 25,402 a year !! Many of these vehicles could still be on the road if they'd been properly maintained.
Like Grandma used to say: " an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."