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Brilliant_Rock
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How often do you need to replace the battery, tires, and brakes in your car?
I know absolutely nothing about cars, but in the last month I''ve had to replace the battery (it was fine one day and totally dead the next and I didn''t leave any lights on or anything), get an oil change (which I know I generally get every few months, so that was expected), and now I was just told I need to replace my tires and brakes. I don''t get it - the car isn''t that old! It''s a 2006 Honda Accord with a little under 35,000 miles on it. I bought it a little over 3 years ago.
It''s possible this is totally normal for me to have to do all this maintenance at this point in the car''s "life" - so I''m just looking for some reassurance that I''m not seeing a bad mechanic or that there isn''t something actually *wrong* with the car and this is all normal.
Just seems like SO much money to spend all at once... but obviously necessary for safety reasons.
I know absolutely nothing about cars, but in the last month I''ve had to replace the battery (it was fine one day and totally dead the next and I didn''t leave any lights on or anything), get an oil change (which I know I generally get every few months, so that was expected), and now I was just told I need to replace my tires and brakes. I don''t get it - the car isn''t that old! It''s a 2006 Honda Accord with a little under 35,000 miles on it. I bought it a little over 3 years ago.
It''s possible this is totally normal for me to have to do all this maintenance at this point in the car''s "life" - so I''m just looking for some reassurance that I''m not seeing a bad mechanic or that there isn''t something actually *wrong* with the car and this is all normal.
Just seems like SO much money to spend all at once... but obviously necessary for safety reasons.