Car maintenance, plainly.
Straight answers about oil, tires, brakes, electric vehicles and fleets, from the team that does the work. General guidance: your owner's manual and your manufacturer's schedule always come first.
Start with the question you have.
Each guide opens with the short answer, then explains it, and ends with the questions people ask next.
How often should you change your oil?
Your oil-life monitor, your owner's manual and the rule we use: at 10% or 8,000 km (5,000 mi), never past the manufacturer.
Read the guideSynthetic vs conventional oil, and what 0W-20 means
The difference between the two, how to read an oil grade, and why the specification matters as much as the grade.
Read the guideWhen to switch to winter tires
The 7 °C rule of thumb, Québec's legal dates, and how a swap on rims works at your address.
Read the guideTire rotation: why, and how often
Why each corner wears differently, who sets the interval, and which patterns your tires allow.
Read the guideWhat a brake inspection checks
The five things an inspection measures, the warning signs, and what happens when a job needs a lift.
Read the guideIs a maintenance plan worth it?
The arithmetic of a typical year, with our own prices, and the cases where paying per visit wins.
Read the guideYour first visit: what to expect
The onboarding inspection, connecting the car, access, and what you get afterwards.
Read the guideEV maintenance: what an electric car still needs
Tires, brakes, the 12V battery, filters and fluids: the shorter list that still matters.
Read the guideFleet preventive maintenance: the basics
What a program covers, how intervals are set, and why the place you service matters as much as the service.
Read the guideBefore a road trip: a checklist
Tires, fluids, lights, brakes and an emergency kit: what to check before a long drive.
Read the guideWritten by the Aperio service team.
Each guide is written by the people who service vehicles for Aperio, and kept in line with how we actually do the work. Any price a guide quotes comes from the same price list as our pricing page.
They are general guidance, not a substitute for your owner's manual. When a guide and your manufacturer disagree, the manufacturer wins.
