Lancaster auto repair

So you take your vehicle in for maintenance and the pro at Drivenmotos Auto Care Clinic tells you that you ought to change your oil more often. What? You followed the maintenance schedule – but you take a second look at that “severe service” schedule and see some of the following: 1. Most of your trips around LANCASTER are less than four miles/six and a half kilometers.2. Most of your trips are less than 10 miles/16 km when outside SC temperatures are below freezing.3. You don't do a lot of SC freeway driving, so you drive at low speeds most of the time.4. You drive in an area with a lot of pollution, dust, dirt, mud or slush.5. You frequently tow a trailer, haul heavy loads around LANCASTER or use a car-top carrier.6. The weather in your area can get very hot or very cold.Surprising, isn't it? Severe driving isn't quite what you'd envisioned.Ask yourself: "Which auto service schedule should I follow?" For some of us, it's obvious. But for m ... read more

Nowadays, LANCASTER drivers are paying more at SC gas pumps. For some families it adds up to several hundred dollars every month. That's got to come out of the budget somewhere. This is one of the reasons many SC drivers are putting off buying a new car. They plan on keeping their old vehicle for a year or two longer than before.Even now, 2/3 of the personal vehicles on our local LANCASTER, SC, roads have over 75,000 miles (120,000 kilometers) on them. The average age of vehicles is over nine years. And most people in the LANCASTER area can't afford to be stranded or inconvenienced by a breakdown. So following a regular maintenance schedule, like personal diet and exercise plans, is actually critical to preserving your investment.Determining what to do for a higher-mileage vehicle can be challenging because many owner's manuals don't publish service intervals after 60,000 miles (100,000 kilometers). Thus, LANCASTER drivers need to be better at keeping records and planning for prev ... read more