Mazda service nd

Technical Area Routine Servicing
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  1. My model of MX-5 is: __nd 2.0
  2. I’m based near: somerset
  3. I’m looking for technical help or recommendations on: __just wondering does anyone do their own servicing or do you just stick it into Mazda and let them do it
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If you want to keep the service history to date and ongoing then take it to a dealer. If that doesn’t worry you then DIY service is ok, keep a record of expenditure and mileage carried out.
I do my own and keep receipts, both cars are DIY serviced and both are now 9 years old.

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My cars now 4.5 years old 3 years service by the main dealership only because this was in with the price of the car l now do my own servicing one is you can save £100s and two l know its done properly you can get most service parts from MX5 parts spread the cost of the next service over the year…….they give 10% off some times in the year or wait to you go to the national rally I got 15% last year……

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I have owned my MX-5 since new and it has never been serviced by the main dealer.

When it has been serviced (every 12 months), I buy the oil and filters etc. form Mazda and get a receipt with my registration noted on it.

The car is then serviced by my son who is a Ford fully trained Vehicle Technician. He services the car “through the books” at a discount. I then get a receipt for the service and Ford then update the Mazda Service Record (although I have never checked that).

Whether this scenario reduces the value of the car is largely irrelevant, (I will be buried in it). What’s more important to me is that I know absolutely that the service has been carried out and done “by the book”.

I would be worth a call to a Mazda dealer for a cost of the “service kit” comparted to MX-5 Parts. For me the cost of the oil was on par but I did pay more for the brake fluid when that was due.

An interesting question for us all would be; if YOU were buying a say 4-5 year old pre-owned MX-5, both exactly the same price, condition and milage etc. Only one had a Main Dealer service history and the other has a documented history such as mine and potentially as @rebel99, which one would you buy? :thinking:.

Although I doubt @rebel99 is selling his either :joy::joy: