Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Automotive Preventative Maintenance can SAVE you a Bundle!

People often underestimate the power of preventative maintenance when it comes to cars.  One excuse is they cannot afford to spend money on preventive maintenance and that they only want to spend money to fix an existing problems.  It may be surprising to some to discover just how much money they can save by scheduling preventative maintenance. 

The average car is driven 12,000 miles a year and when a car is well taken care of can run for as many as 400,000 miles!  Wow!  That means that your car has the capability of being driven normally and last over 30 years!   There is no reason that the car you buy at age 25 can then at age 41 be passed on to your 16 year old, and still reliably run until you are 58 and your child is a 33 year old adult. Those numbers are impressive and completely achievable when you bring your vehicle into Casey Automotive for automotive maintenance.

Here’s some more info you might like:  The average car lease is 3 to 4 years. The average cost of a new car is $28,400.00 and without tacking on the percentage of leasing, breaks down to $7,100.00 a year in payments.  If we were to overestimate and say that you spent $1000.00, four times a year on automotive maintenance every 3,000 miles, you would spend $4000.00 a year. That’s $3,100 less than you would spend in car payments and over a five year period you would save $15,500.00. Saving this money over the lifetime of a vehicle will accumulate to over $90,000.00, or three brand new vehicles. Even if you were to be excessively conservative and cut this number in half you would still be saving over $45,000.00!  Got it?

It is very easy to disregard preventative maintenance for your car when you think in the short term. People often get scared off by the idea of spending money that isn’t immediately fixing a serious problem, but when you see the figures for what you can save in the future, the point becomes clear. An oil change and tune-up along with other automotive maintenance at CaseyAutomotive will keep your car running long into the future.  Now that makes sense!

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