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My car is only approaching 26k miles, but it's 4 years old. Schedule?

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Wondering if I should move any maintenance items up just due to time, even though my mileage per year has been pretty low to this point.

The only things that have really been touched on the car is the oil and battery.

Should I be looking into spark plugs yet or anything like that?
 
zrickety

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nvturbo said:
must be nice to barely drive a car
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I feel the opposite, sounds depressing. Low miles are great, but I can't stop driving this car. I would stick to mileage based service unless you store it long term.
 
ashchuckton

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I'd change out the brake fluid, at 4 years you are 2 years past due. It absorbs moisture over time & that isn't good for the brake parts.
 
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nvturbo said:
must be nice to barely drive a car
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zrickety said:
I feel the opposite, sounds depressing. Low miles are great, but I can't stop driving this car. I would stick to mileage based service unless you store it long term.
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2.5 mile commute for the first few years of ownership. Now it's 20 miles so they will be going on a lot faster. :laugh:
 
lilonespaz

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My commute went from 22 miles round trip to 1.5 miles round trip.. So i put on about 25 miles a week now. "Luckily":)iono:) i do some trips everynow and again going to the larger cities near me. So going to Orlando is like 150~ mile trip(in total) and St. Augustine is around 200~ miles or so round trip.

I do my services based on mileage or when im getting close to one and its been a long time.
 
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nvturbo

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zrickety said:
I feel the opposite, sounds depressing. Low miles are great, but I can't stop driving this car. I would stick to mileage based service unless you store it long term.
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haha....I was being sarcastic. At the moment, I have 102K on mine and I barely drive it since I picked up a daily driver. I do drive the GTI at least once a week.

Yeah, I know what you mean because there are countless forum members with low mileage cars and they have issues with their cars just about every week.
 
Along The Razor's Edge

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CFG9000 said:
Wondering if I should move any maintenance items up just due to time, even though my mileage per year has been pretty low to this point.



The only things that have really been touched on the car is the oil and battery.



Should I be looking into spark plugs yet or anything like that?
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For the first few years, I was running very low mileage (~5K miles per year) on my car, now running a bit higher (~20K miles per year).

I'd say anything around fluids...oil, brake, transmission, fuel, coolant. I did my DSG at 4 years and 30K miles.

As stated above, you may be due a brake flush and a DSG service. Think about doing your fuel filter as well.
 
ArcsandSparks

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Change the brake fluid, if you haven't done the cabin air filter I'd do that as well (if you live in a high-pollen area).
 
spenny02

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CFG9000 said:
2.5 mile commute for the first few years of ownership. Now it's 20 miles so they will be going on a lot faster. :laugh:
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Wouldn't this type of driving greatly increase the carbon buildup on the valves? May need a valve cleaning sooner than most.

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