I've pretty much always paid for my cars to be serviced. i know its fairly straight forward to maybe most of you reading this, but on Sunday I did my first service on the truck. Oil, both filters, fuel filter and diff oils. Service book says 7000 miles since last service. Now it might be me just being chuffed at doing it myself but the engine does seem to spool up much quicker. fresh oil must be the cause, we do lots of short stop start journeys so i think i'll aim for about 4000 miles. Does that seem right?

itchyfeet.

It's very satisfying to do stuff like that, even if it's just the basics, especially when you know what it would cost you to have someone else do it.
Service book says 12k or 12 months for engine oil change, whereas Haynes manual says 6k - maybe 4k is a bit often but it can't hurt and it's your car! Diff oil is 96k, autobox oil is 72k, if you have one of those (both according to Haynes).
The Haynes manual gives you a good service schedule to go by, telling you what to check and change, and when.

I run fewer than 5000 miles a year but I still get the engine oil changed annually, combined service and MoT and the transmission; gearbox, t-box and diffs every other year. Grease nipples on the prop shafts I try to do every six months but they're always done at the annual service.

I do my oil every 6k. If you have the time then break the service into sections -not trying to do the whole thing in one day - then you can easily do everything yourself. Nothing is difficult just time consuming.
Griff

I have been servicing my D2 TD5 myself every 10,000km (6,000miles) since 2009. We bought her at 24,000 miles/3 years old and she is now at 180,000 miles/12 years old. To be fair Daisy is beginning to show her age (new rear diff, radiator, starter, fuel pressure regulator, steering box and gearbox) but apart from the cog box I have been able to do all the work myself; and I have done a gearbox change before on a 200Tdi but that was back in the days when I had access to a ramp. As for the engine, I am whipping out the injectors to change the seals this weekend which is the most intrusive work the engine has ever had. I am still getting just shy of 30 mpg/10L per 100km. Doing your own servicing is relatively straightforward, just take your time and buy whatever tools you need. They pay for themselves as soon as your lift them to the car and will last a lifetime (lurking in my tool box is a pair of my great grandfather's taper-nose pliers). There is great satisfaction in doing the work yourself and you will quickly get to know your Land Rover inside out.