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FWIW for most people on this board "dealer maintained" doesn't mean much because the dealer maintenance schedule is basically the bare minimum required to get the car through the warranty and is more motivated by marketing concerns than the actual proper upkeep of the car.
For instance, witness the completely asinine "never change the transmission fluid" directive. Dealers will never change the trans fluid unless you have a symptom they're trying to correct or you specifically ask for and pay for it.
Someone who says their car was "dealer maintained" has a better car than someone who says they have an "unmaintained" car but who would ever say that.
To me personally "dealer maintined" means "I never took any personal interest in taking care of the car and left all maintenance decisions up to the dealer". This will inevitably lead to the neglect of at least the following things:
(I've also listed a common service interval for each one)
- brake fluid (2 years)
- coolant (2-5 years)
- bevel gear fluid (30k-50k miles)
- rear diff fluid (~100k miles)
- trans fluid (~50k miles)
- rubber coolant hoses (8-10 years)
- rubber brake flex lines (8-10 years)
- rubber PCV lines (8-10 years)
- rubber vac lines (8-10 years)
- carbon build up (remedy with Seafoam + water treatment) (~1 year esp for older cars)
- sludge build up (remedy with AutoRx + only use synthetic oil)
I'd be willing to be none of these items have been done to this car, even the ones that apply (age or mileage).
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1998 V70 AWD->FWD Turbo 200k+
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