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Periodic maintenance costs anywhere from $600 to $800 per year.

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When you ignore periodic maintenance, you expose your car to wear and tear and partial or complete failure.

With periodic maintenance, your mechanic can identify issues and fix them.

It is relatively cheap but some car owners neglect to stick to their regular schedule.

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Long-term issues such as engine sludge can result from such neglect, Gelfand added.

Avoid such damage by sticking to your cars maintenance schedule and by using high-quality oil with timely filter changes.

These steps will help increase your cars engine life and performance.

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There will also be more load ontransmission and tires, leading to more fuel consumption, he added.

For instance, he explained how German cars are built withspecific engineering requirementsthat require mechanics with specialized knowledge.

Avoiding this mistake is fairly easy, he added.

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Doing this will prevent damage to your cars performance and can lower future costs.

Some states will even suspend your driving license registration and you could be sentenced to probation or community service.

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