Is it ok to send a car for maintenance based solely on mileage and not time lapse from Last Servicing ?

[Carnewbie321]

Everytime when a car has been serviced by a distributor, the distributor would indicate the next mileage due for servicing Or month due for servicing whichever is earlier. I am just wondering if it is ok to just to send our car for the next servicing based solely on the Mileage and ignore the Month due.

 

I ask this because I have travelled overseas for 3 months after my car's last servicing. The car is due for servicing this month or a mileage of 30148 Km which ever is earlier. However, I have cloaked only 24234Km till now. Wouldn't it be a waste of $$$ to send the car for servicing 5000km before its mileage is due simply because the duration has been six month since the last service ???

 

Any brothers here face this scenario before ??? Would you still send your car based on the 6 month period still ???

[Try_conti]

like you, I have to travel because of work & i always go by mileage .... didn't really bother about the month count .....

[Nullifi3d]

usually its whichever that comes first right?

[Xmark]

Go for mileage if you can clock 5000km in two month time or something like 30k.