Mona Vale's roads, beach and boats
Two main roads meet here
Mona Vale Road starts at Pittwater Road in Mona Vale and runs 51.3 km to Blakehurst as the A3, and much of that route is very congested in peak hour. Pittwater Road widens to four lanes at Mona Vale on its way down the coast to Manly.
Sand and salt underneath
Wet sand in the footwells and salt spray from the beach end up on the underside of the car, around the brake lines, the exhaust and the suspension mounts. A rinse underneath after beach days helps, and a look for rust belongs on every service.
Trailers need pink slips too
In NSW, trailers and caravans of 4.5 tonnes ATM or less count as light vehicles, so a boat or box trailer more than 5 years old needs its own pink slip each year, from an AIS station, like a car.
From the old Pittwater Council
Mona Vale was the administrative centre of Pittwater Council and is now part of the Northern Beaches Council. Its public transport link to the city is the B-Line bus from Wynyard, so for most other trips it's the car.
A trailer that goes in the water
Backing a boat trailer into salt water at the ramp is hard on its wheel bearings, springs and lights. A bearing that's started to rumble or run hot is the kind of thing that turns a Saturday on Pittwater into a tow home, so have it checked before the season, not halfway through it.
The same goes for the car pulling it. Towing puts extra load on the brakes, the cooling system and the transmission, and RACV counts regular towing among the reasons a car may need servicing more often.
What we'd do
If you tow a boat, we'd have the trailer's bearings and lights looked at in the same visit as the car's service, then do both pink slips at once if they're due. Mention the trailer in the note so the mechanic knows to allow for it.