car service & MOT

xyz111

hi
i understand that MOT has to be done every year..how often service has to be done...can one avoid having service every year and have it say every 2nd year... so instead having minor service every year have a medium service every second year...
many thanks...

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xyz111 wrote: »

..how often service has to be done...

As often as you want it.

Make sure you're checking and doing the essentials yourself if you don't take it in that often.

arcon5

What car is it and how old

AdrianC

As often or as little as you want to. There is no legal requirement to ever maintain a vehicle, just one that it must be in a roadworthy condition.

Of course, it depends on how badly you wish to let a valuable asset deteriorate unnecessarily...

Ebe_Scrooge

xyz111 wrote: »

hi
how often service has to be done

Never - there's no legal requirement to service a car, you are only required to make sure it meets the minimum safety requirements. Of course, if you want to make sure that the valuable asset you've spent a large wad of your hard-earned cash on gives you many years of service, then you'll want to look after it.

Quite apart from anything else, even if you want to stick rigidly to the manufacturer's recommendations, these are based on age and mileage - along the lines of "Every 12 months or 12,000 miles, whichever comes first". And if the car is being used in particularly harsh conditions (very hot, very cold, very dusty, etc. etc.) then you should service it even more often than the recommended intervals.

So in a nutshell, you can service it as often or as little as you like - depends how much you value your investment.

foxy-stoat

xyz111 wrote: »

hi
i understand that MOT has to be done every year..how often service has to be done...can one avoid having service every year and have it say every 2nd year... so instead having minor service every year have a medium service every second year...
many thanks...

Read the service intervals for your car, they will be in the handbook.

Upto you if you want to follow the information from the manufacture or not - I wouldn't come on here complaining though if something goes tits up because you haven't followed the service intervals.