How often should a Bentley actually get its transmission fluid checked, feels like nobody agrees
this has turned into a bigger rabbit hole than i expected honestly. bought my flying spur used about a year ago and the previous owner's service records were kind of spotty when it came to transmission specific maintenance, lots of documentation for oil changes and general stuff but almost nothing clearly noting when or if the transmission fluid itself had ever been addressed separately, which is making me nervous now that i'm coming up on my own service planning for the year. asked in a couple different owner groups what people's actual intervals look like and got answers all over the place, some people saying every 60 to 80 thousand kilometers is standard for these zf transmissions, others insisting theirs has never needed it touched even well past that mileage and it's still shifting perfectly fine, and a few people saying it really depends heavily on driving conditions and climate rather than just a fixed mileage number you can apply universally regardless of where you actually live and drive. i recently moved to a place near al nahda so i've been trying to find somewhere local i can actually trust for ongoing maintenance rather than just guessing at intervals myself based on conflicting internet opinions, and came across some info about quality bentley gearbox repair near al nahda sharjah that seemed like a reasonable starting point to actually get a professional assessment of where my car currently stands rather than continuing to go in circles trying to figure out the right interval purely through online research. for anyone who's owned a bentley long term, what interval have you personally found works well for you, and does climate genuinely change the calculation the way some people are suggesting, or is that more of an assumption people repeat without real evidence behind it. also curious if there's a way to actually assess current fluid condition without just committing to a full service outright, since ideally i'd like to know where things stand before deciding how urgently i need to address this given the incomplete history i inherited with this car.