Auto maintenance can be a pricey hit on your monthly budget, so we’re here to look at some car care tips from our version of Goofus and Gallant, CEO and CFO.
CEO never reads the manuals for anything, because if there’s something he needs to know his assistant should have figured it out and told him. His car manual is still wrapped in plastic in his glove compartment.
CFO stopped and read the owner’s manual for his car before he even pulled out of the dealership parking lot. He found it was full of useful information, such as a recommended maintenance schedule (which he put in his smartphone). He also bookmarked the website www.carcare.org, which had lots of useful information just in case he lost the owner’s manual in the future.
CEO doesn’t shop around for repairs because he knows a guy through his golfing buddies who always guarantees that he’s getting the best price.
CFO always asks his friends and family for recommendations for car repair shops, but still gets at least three quotes before he selects one. He also tends toward independent repair shops because they’re typically cheaper, and always requires that there be at least one certified automobile technician at any place he considers.
CEO hasn’t changed his oil since he bought his car, and peeled the little sticker off of the windshield because it annoyed him. Besides, shouldn’t his assistant be handling that?
CFO always changes his oil according to schedule recommended in his car’s owner’s manual. He knows that major engine repairs are directly correlated to the frequency and regularity of oil changes.
CEO doesn’t have time to figure out cruise control, he’s too busy and has places to be. Besides, he’s got a bit of a lead foot and the less time in the car the less gas he uses, right?
CFO always uses the cruise control on the highway. Since that means that his speed remains more constant, it improves his gas mileage sometimes up to a whopping 7% based on an Edmunds.com study done in 2005.
CEO hasn’t thought about his tires since he looked into getting those big fancy rims to impress his buddies at the local CEO club. He doesn’t even have an air gauge in his glove compartment.
CFO knows that another great way to reduce his gas mileage is to make sure that his tires are properly inflated. The recommended tire pressure of his vehicle’s original tires is just inside the driver’s side door jamb (he knows that it might change if he gets new tires though). He also has his tires regularly rotated to more evenly distribute wear on the tread and reduce maintenance costs.
So there you have it, the differences between our fictional CEO and CFO. Which lead will you take? How will it affect your repair budget in the long run?
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