There is a funny little myth around EVs, that they “don’t need servicing”. They need less servicing than an ICE car, but they still need to be serviced.
Tag: Service
It was obvious from the moment the car was delivered that I had purchased yet another car with a deferred maintenance problem. There were leaks everywhere, and the coolant was anything but.
With the driveshaft all fresh and clean, all I needed to do was crawl under the car and refit it. While under there though, I thought it prudent to replace the last remaining fluids.
Today has been the first real day of work on the Marina. I got some important prep work out of the way, and had a good look around under the car.
Before we can get into doing fun things with this car, I needed to undo some neglect and deferred maintenance.
In my quest to tidy up the loose ends and get the Mini ready for sale, the car received an oil service and a simple but impactful cosmetic change.
Its been a few months since my last update, but the Saab had some love during this time.
The transmission has never been great since I got the car. It was really the biggest thing letting down the enjoyment of hooning around on boost.
Things with Tess haven’t been going quite to plan, so I took a couple of days off, but here we go again.
Since getting the Mini, I have been using it a lot, but it needs a good servicing and to fix the coolant leak. I got around to doing it the past couple of days.