Car maintenance is a topic that makes many car owners very helpless. In addition to the rise in oil prices, I believe that the most talked about by car owners is related to car maintenance. At present, there are generally two places to maintain cars in China, one is 4S shop maintenance and the other is repair shop maintenance.
The maintenance difference between these two places is also very obvious, but in the final analysis, it can be summarized as this sentence, that is, the maintenance of 4S shop is more expensive than that of repair shop. However, the question is, why do many car owners go to 4S shops for maintenance when they know that 4S shops are more expensive than repair shops?
In fact, just talking about the maintenance of a project, there is not much difference between maintenance in a 4S shop and maintenance in a repair shop. For example, when changing the oil, we use the same 5W-40, SN-rated 4S shop. The price of the shop may be about 70 yuan higher than that of the repair shop. Of course, there are also differences in engine oil brands. In 4S shopping malls, the really expensive maintenance costs are some accessories maintenance projects.
As we know, the maintenance of 4S stores generally includes the maintenance specified in the maintenance manual and the maintenance items attached to 4S stores for profit. Such projects are generally cleaning, such as cleaning of three-way catalytic converters, cleaning of air ducts, cleaning of carbon deposits in cylinders, and even cleaning of engines. And if you simply install the terms in the maintenance manual to maintain your car, then maintaining it in a 4S shop is nothing more than a good choice.
In addition, the quality of accessories in 4S shop will be more reliable than that in the outside repair shop. Although there is no problem with the quality of accessories in most regular repair shops, they are generally not original accessories, and if there is no corresponding record after replacing accessories, it is difficult to find the responsible party if there is a problem.
In 4S shop maintenance, car owners said that although the price may be more expensive, the quality of accessories is reliable. Even if there is a problem, there is a basis for maintenance in 4S shop, and there will be no problems such as fraud.
Not only that, if you go to some roadside small repair shops for maintenance, the risk is unknown. On the one hand, if the maintenance is not fixed in a repair shop, it is difficult to assign responsibility for the replaced parts with problems.
In addition, some informal quick repair shops may have big problems. It is understood that some informal quick repair shops will renovate some scrapped parts or disassembled parts and then sell them to car owners at new prices. In this case, it is difficult for ordinary car owners to notice and it is difficult to get compensation if something goes wrong.
Generally speaking, although it is more expensive to maintain in a 4S shop than in a repair shop, many car owners still like to maintain expensive things like cars. After all, 4S stores are still trustworthy in terms of service, parts quality, reliability and reputation. However, if the owner has a friend who runs a garage, or is familiar with car maintenance and sensitive to price, he can also consider maintaining it in a regular garage.