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Generally my car comes out of the service center within half a day, however when I calculate the downtime cumulatively in a year, it comes about 8-12 days in a year which includes, routine wear and tear parts, washing, tyre change(happens every 1-1.5 years as I travel 40-50k kms in a year) and the mods I do on my car.
I voted for 1-7 days per year.
My current daily driver is a 17-year-old wagon R (144K on Odo) so she takes approx 2 to 3 days a year in service. Probably I have made a lot of friends now in the service centre with my visits over the last 17 years.
The second is a Kia Carens, and it usually travels about 12K a year, so it requires about 2 days of service in a year approx.
2023 BMW 520d Touring-1 day for the biannual service as I drove 17000 miles in one year. 1 day for windscreen replacement as I had cracked with a stone chip on a rainy day
2024 Merc A class hatch- none till date. Will go for annual service on Thursday, promised return in 2 hours! And a loan car for those 2 hours
I am responsible for 2 Toyotas: a 2012 Camry and a 2019 Corolla.
We give these cars for service once a year, which is enough to keep them operational.
So far, apart from an annual oil and filter change, tyre rotation, and alignment, all they needed was a fresh battery every four years and fresh tyres every 40,000 km.
Our Skoda Yeti had technically zero downtime over the past 12 months. It had spent few hours at a FNG for general service and a quick 20-30 mins stop another day for a sensor change.
The 3 series on the other hand was off the road for almost six months with multiple issues - ABS Module, EGR, Compressor etc. But this was the first major downtime. Over the past decade though it had probably averaged around 3-4 days a year.
My Mercedes C220d has been very reliable and hardly spends any time at the service center. My last service took a couple days because I got my brake disks replaced, otherwise it would have only taken a single day.
I did have to leave my car at the service center for a few weeks last year to get it repaired after an accident, but that's not the car's fault of course.
Own a RE Classic Reborn. Date of Purchase - 10.01.2022
Mileage clocked till today - 59000+ km.
Servicing done every 5000 km at authorised RE service centre only.
So that's 12 scheduled service days + 2 unscheduled ( 1 - chain sprocket change, 2- Rear shock absorbers replaced under warranty).
So that's 14 service days in 3 years or About 5 in 1 year.
Service from RE has been satisfactory to good.
The bike has been very reliable. It still has the smoothness. Parts have not fallen off ever. No oil leakage. So sudden tantrums generally associated with the old REs. Just stick to scheduled servicing and I would request my fellow owners to get the oil changed every 5000 km and not 10000 as suggested by RE.
One can stick to Liquid Gun. No need to mess one's head up with famous branded engine oils. Stick to Liquid Gun. I have done it and no issues as of now.
Single longest one side trip was 603 km with luggage and wife. No issues with the engine heat or stalling.
Super comfortable all day tourer but a bit slow. It is ok for an all day 90 kmph. Anything over that it is a slight struggle. It will still hit 120 kmph on the speedo if there is sufficient stretch of road.
But I must say that it is only 5% of the times that I miss that additional punch. 95% of the time I am very happy riding this bike. I would go as far as to say that on an open stretch of road with scenic beauty all round and the bike cruising 80-90 kmph has a therapeutic effect on me. It is very refined at those speeds. I feel
the combination of beautiful looks, comfort, reliability, affordability, chassis balance on the go is what makes it what it is.
Do doubt it's still the bike to beat even in 2025.
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