What are the different types of car services
Every car owner will sooner or later face the problem of choosing a car service centre. For a newly bought car, preventive maintenance may be necessary, for a not very new car — major repairs.
There are several basic types of car servicing. The type of service depends on its functions, the list of services offered to the client, the availability of production space, equipment, structuring, and the specifics of the production processes.
The main types of car service enterprises:
- Garage car services. Such private workshops are suitable for owners of domestic cars and inexpensive foreign cars, who do not claim to high quality service and want to make repairs with minimal financial costs;
- Independent car services. When for the owner of the car is important: a wide choice of services; professionalism of work performance; safety; the ability to sign up for a preliminary consultation; loyal, trusting relationships; and at the same time there are no problems with money, then, of course, the obvious choice — independent or official dealership car service.
- Dealership auto service centres. The main difference between a dealer centre and independent — providing an official guarantee for all types of work, car maintenance at the highest level. The dealer service centre should be contacted when the car is under warranty
- Specialised car services. They are technical centres of narrow specialization, with extensive experience in one chosen direction. When the priority for the car owner is a low price, availability of warranty, professionalism, you can resort to the services of a specialised service station.
Further in the series of articles we will consider the main types of car service enterprises in more detail.
Directed types of car service centres
Service stations are often located at petrol stations. They perform oil and coolant changes, brake pads, some chassis and transmission parts. At petrol stations there are car wash services, car interior cleaning, self-service equipment installed.
Tire service stations. Tyre fitting services include tyre inflation and repair, tyre treatment, balancing, wheel removal and mounting. There are separate types of tyre fitting: car, truck, special purpose tyre fitting.
Check stations are diagnostic points equipped with diagnostic equipment to monitor the condition of the vehicle.
Restoration and painting stations are engaged in restoration, renewal, repair of the bodywork, its elements and parts. They also carry out car body care work, including tuning and anti-corrosion treatment.
Reconditioning and Colouring Stations.
Self-service stations. Car owners are provided with a place and all the necessary tools to do the work themselves. Self-service stations are divided into two types — small and large. At the first ones they carry out washing, lubrication, fuel refuelling, here a number of functions are often automated. Larger stations can carry out a more extensive range of work.
Stations for repair of emergency vehicles. The main purpose of — restoration of working functions and appearance of the car after deformation of the body.
Wrecker repair stations.
Mobile Stations. Such services are often equipped on the basis of lorry chassis. Here you can do not only maintenance and small repairs, but also buy urgently needed spare parts. There are services for emergency technical support after accidents and stations for servicing cars at the customer's premises.
There are different types of car service stations specialising in certain types of services, or providing a full list of them. Let's try to figure out which one to prioritise, shall we?
Every car owner, faced, for example, with the situation of a punctured wheel or a burned-out bulb, with a high probability will go to the first service. Whereas in case of planned repair of the car, having come across a complex malfunction, the driver will choose a car service with more responsibility. We will consider all kinds of car services that exist today, their positive and negative characteristics, we will show you what you should pay attention to in the first place.
