My 2020 Infiniti QX50 crossed the warranty line last month, and now I am facing a choice I never thought much about before. For three years I did everything at the agency because it was simple, they sent reminders, and I never had to think. But the last bill was higher than I expected, and I started wondering if I was paying mostly for the nice lobby and the free coffee. The car has about 78,000 kilometers and runs perfectly, so this is not an emergency, just a question about the next five years. My colleague moved to a smaller workshop after his warranty ended and says he saves almost forty percent with the same quality. My brother says that is a risk, because a general garage may not have the right scanner or know the quirks of the CVT and the turbo engine. I do not want to lose my service history either, since I plan to sell the car in a few years and a clean record should help the price. I read a page from a workshop in Mussafah about services for Infiniti cars, and it explained how oil, filters, brakes, fluids and scanning are handled step by step, and that a good workshop gives you a written list of what was done. That was useful, but it was written by a workshop, so I want to hear from real owners. I also noticed that when people search for Infiniti Service Musaffah online, the results mostly say the same nice words, and I cannot tell who actually keeps their promises. So here is what I want to ask. Did you switch from the agency after the warranty, and did you regret it? Does a stamped invoice from an independent place hurt resale value, or do buyers only care that the work was done? Also, how do you check that the workshop uses the right oil and original filters, and not cheaper ones? One more thing, is it smart to go back to the agency only for the big services and use a local place for the small ones? If you made this move, please tell me how it went and what you save in a year. Thanks everyone.
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