Best Practices for Caring for your Telluride

[DCTellEX]

I've never really owned a car I cared enough about to put a lot of thought into really, really caring for it other than the normal maintenance schedule in the book. I've been seeing some great best practices around oil changes, etc. on the site so thought I'd create a post to consolidate some care suggestions.

How do you care for the exterior? Products for wash/wax, ceremic coat, etc. Things to avoid?
How do you care for the interior? For example, what do you do to care for the leather seats in year 1 versus year 4? Products?
Any nuances to oil changes? Oil types, mileage, climate considerations, etc.
Other regular servicing you do earlier than the book might suggest?

Just a few ideas but just curious what everyone does to keep their Telluride looking great and running like a top!

 

[DarkMossJustin]

Care for it as best as you can, but also don’t stress out about it if gets a little dirty.

She looks good either way.

If you really want to go down the rabbit hole and dive deep into the finer points of DIY Telly detailing, jump into @JerseySXP ‘s excellent thread and continue the conversation:

2021 Telluride Detailing Thread

Long overdue thread. More than a dozen threads talk about PPF and Ceramic coatings on the site. Consolidating that to one thread. Feel free to share ideas, pictures, equipment recommendations and of course list killer dealers anyone finds out there relating to detailing. My Telluride has...

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If you want to enter the pointless but occasionally entertaining Floor Mat Debate of 2019-2023, go for it.

Fanbases and quasi-religious factions have formed, no opinions or purchasing decisions are ever changed, but heck why not, right?

Poke around this forum and post some photos of your Telly if you’ve taken delivery:

Dune Brown Interior Feedback

Hello! I'm leaning to ordering Boss Moss with Dune Brown Interior...of course I have seen neither in person and am shooting from the hip. Wondering if people could send me pictures if they have this setup or just a rough idea of how they like their interior. I believe @jw_tx21 has this combo...

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Front-End Friday

Okay! It's Friday! And you know what that means... Pictures! Front-end Friday begins now... GO!

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Sport Mode Saturday

Because we spent the week in Snow or Comfort or Eco or Smart and tomorrow we'll be like that Commodores song "Easy" (like Sunday Morning), it's possibly a great idea to give our Kia Tellurides' drive mode selector a little Sport Mode love on Saturdays from now on? Even if y'all just Sport Mode...

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Sideshot Sunday

It's time for Side Shot Sunday! Let's see your best side shots (of your Telluride, of course!). GO!

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[DCTellEX]

Care for it as best as you can, but also don’t stress out about it if gets a little dirty.

She looks good either way.

If you really want to go down the rabbit hole and dive deep into the finer points of DIY Telly detailing, jump into @JerseySXP ‘s excellent thread and continue the conversation:

2021 Telluride Detailing Thread

Long overdue thread. More than a dozen threads talk about PPF and Ceramic coatings on the site. Consolidating that to one thread. Feel free to share ideas, pictures, equipment recommendations and of course list killer dealers anyone finds out there relating to detailing. My Telluride has...

tellurideforum.org

If you want to enter the pointless but occasionally entertaining Floor Mat Debate of 2019-2023, go for it.

Fanbases and quasi-religious factions have formed, no opinions or purchasing decisions are ever changed, but heck why not, right?

Poke around this forum and post some photos of your Telly if you’ve taken delivery:

Dune Brown Interior Feedback

Hello! I'm leaning to ordering Boss Moss with Dune Brown Interior...of course I have seen neither in person and am shooting from the hip. Wondering if people could send me pictures if they have this setup or just a rough idea of how they like their interior. I believe @jw_tx21 has this combo...

tellurideforum.org

Front-End Friday

Okay! It's Friday! And you know what that means... Pictures! Front-end Friday begins now... GO!

tellurideforum.org

Sport Mode Saturday

Because we spent the week in Snow or Comfort or Eco or Smart and tomorrow we'll be like that Commodores song "Easy" (like Sunday Morning), it's possibly a great idea to give our Kia Tellurides' drive mode selector a little Sport Mode love on Saturdays from now on? Even if y'all just Sport Mode...

tellurideforum.org

Sideshot Sunday

It's time for Side Shot Sunday! Let's see your best side shots (of your Telluride, of course!). GO!

tellurideforum.org

This is super, super helpful. Thanks! Man that detailing thread goes down a rabbit hole haha.