If you want to keep your car on the road, you will need to make sure you keep it well serviced. I say this now, with the confidence of a man who has driven his car many miles without even looking under the hood. I told myself that I just didn't have the time. I did have the time to break down on the side of the road and to wait for over 3 hours until a recovery truck came to get me. The mechanic at the auto garage was a really great guy. He took a look at my car and got her back on the road. But only after he had explained to me exactly where I had been going wrong.