Apex Garaje

Apex Garaje is a mechanical workshop on Avenida Duque de Ahumada offering repair, maintenance and diagnostics, with a 4.8 over 58 reviews.

Servicing a car you only drive for three months a year

Manufacturers set service intervals in kilometres and in time, and the second one is the one that catches out seasonal drivers. A car doing four thousand kilometres a year still needs its oil changed on schedule, because oil degrades sitting still and condensation forms in an engine that never gets properly hot.

The other thing to book before you leave for the winter, rather than when you come back: brakes. Discs corrode on a car parked for months near the sea, and the first hard stop after six months standing is exactly when you find out. Half an hour of attention in October is worth more than a full service in June.