We own 2 vehicles - one 11 year-old and another that is 7 years old. Both are well maintained but the older one recently required repairs including replacement of its shock absorbers. Recently, we had some trouble on its air-conditioning and eventually had it checked and repaired (defective evaporator).
We had our vehicle serviced at home. The shop sent their service people to work on the vehicle at our garage. Here's what the dashboard looked like while they were working.
Here is what it looked like after the repairs. The air-conditioning is back strong and smelling all clean.
I joked about all the parts, screws and all, that came out when they disassembled the dashboard. I was worried they won't be able to remember where to put these back. Of course they were able to assemble them all back and the car and the air-conditioning are all running well now. Vehicle maintenance costs are notable expenses and if you don't do the routine maintenance works on your vehicle, you might just be surprised at how expensive it would be for major repairs. So far, we have been lucky with our vehicles after the losses due to Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) that resulted in 2 damaged vehicles. Maintenance costs are considered by some as hidden costs in owning vehicles. This shouldn't be the case if you have a regular maintenance regime and keep track of the actual costs.
With the new hybrid and electric models coming out, who knows when the conventional vehicles will be phased out. Those new models would be different in terms of maintenance costs as well. I guess we'll know soon how much it will take to maintain these new vehicles.
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