Car Maintenance Tips
Oil
changes, tune-ups and other car care tasks can easily be neglected when
you have no concept of time. Instead of a regular maintenance routine,
a rule of thumb approach can serve you well. Sell your car whenever:
- It starts making new noises
- It starts making strange smells (not including banana under the seat smell)
- The tires need to be changed
- You observe smoke coming from any part of the car
- The odometer reads nearly 100,000 miles
- The windshield has a few too many chips out of it
- Handles and knobs start falling off
Car Care Routines
Unfortunately,
routine is the key to having a car that doesn't embarrass you on a
regular basis. Until it's time to sell old Betsy, here are some tips
for keeping your car sort of clean:
- Choose
one day of the week to run your car through the car wash. DO NOT
attempt to wash it yourself, at home or otherwise. You'll only do it
every week if it's quick and easy.
- Keep
Armour All wipes and Windex wipes in the car. When you're stuck in
traffic, you can clean the interior. If you have backseat passengers,
put them to work!
- Keep a lint roller in the car to clean the carpet and seats when you are stuck in traffic.
- Find
a plastic tote that can hold the miscellaneous items that need to go
with you each day (and ideally, to carry the things that should leave
the car at the end of the day). The Rubbermaid Mini Flex 'N Carry, a
plastic tote, works well for this purpose.
- Oil changes? Haha, you're on your own on this one (we never claimed to have all of the answers)!
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