You may be wondering how my car service went. Well, I guess it went fair. There are definitely things that could have been done differently and I would have been more satisfied.

I was almost due for my 80,000 KM service on MY Daihatsu Terios. I bought it new and have religiously taken it to the dealer for service. My Terios gets service every 10,000 KM. It has always been reasonably priced in my opinion.

Even though I was about 500 KM early, I decided to take it is because I have been having a strange problem with the starter. Sometimes it startes fine and sometimes it doesn’t want to turn over. It acts different than a problem with a bad battery.

I went in earlier this week to set an appointment. I told them I wanted to have the 80,000 service, but I especially wanted them to identify what my starter problem was. They set the appointment knowing that I wanted both done. Continue reading →