I'm on the ball with predictive and preventive maintenance of everything in my home and on my car. I read the owner's manuals for everything, designed a maintenance schedule for routine inspections, cleaning and servicing, and I do as much as possible myself. Self-performing these tasks saves a bundle over paying someone else to do them. A good maintenance program also minimizes the chance for those surprise breakdowns/emergencies, which are usually very expensive to repair (ever have to call the furnace repair technician on a holiday?).
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