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Preventative Maintenance is Not a ‘One Size Fits All’ Solution

One of the things that you learn fast with European imports is that your maintenance requirements to keep your vehicle at its best are going to be a little bit different. This makes perfect sense - Those luxury features and performance perks need regular care, just like anything else in life.

Our technicians at European Service Center at Atlanta Piedmont deal with specialty European imports each and every day, so we’re familiar with preventative maintenance specific to each make and model. Here are a few examples:

• Porsche – Nothing will sour your day like the appearance of your Porsche warning lights. European Service Center technicians can help you to avoid this and are well aware of the widely-varying service frequency requirements based on your specific model. For instance, while a Porche Boxter or Cayman needs an oil change every 10,000 miles, a 2009-2012 Porsche won’t need it for a whole 30,000. In between those two falls the Porsche 97, which needs intermediate maintenance at the 20,000 mile-mark for things like your oil, cabin air filter, O ring, and brake fluid.
• Sprinter Vans – Mercedes Benz Sprinter Vans are high-performance beauties that need to be maintained and while you might have heard that an oil change is recommended every 20,000 miles, we wouldn’t advise that. Oil contamination can occur at around or just under 7000 miles, so it’s a lot more sensible to get the oil changed at 6000 miles for gas and diesel engine models. Book knowledge is useful, but it doesn’t ace actual experience, and that’s what our technicians are bringing to the table to protect your investment.
• Jaguar – Let’s not kid ourselves – Jaguars are made for racing, and that kind of power and precision needs to be fine-tuned and maintained. Without proper care, your aluminum-bonded beauty will only be seen in your driveway and where’s the fun in that? At European Service Center you’ll have your own personal ‘pit stop’, so that 5000 mile tasks like checking the oil filter and oil, your tire tread depth, and even granular details like lubing the power antenna won’t get missed. At 15,000 miles, spark plugs should be replaced, wheel bearings need to be greased, the throttle plate needs cleaning and a thorough inspection… you get the idea! We’ll worry about the details so that you won’t have to!