As car owners, some of us tend to take our precious investments for granted. Car care services can be timely and expensive if you are not careful, but there are simple things you can do to keep it in good condition, thus eliminating the possibilities of major repairs.
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Dealing with Frozen Handles
By using a squirt of a hand sanitizer, you can unfreeze your door handles. When doing this, make sure it contains alcohol, which is the key to unfreezing.
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Using Floor Mat Traction
When you park your car on an icy surface, you can use your front floor mats and place them under its tires for some traction. Just make sure you will not forget to pick them back up before you hit the road.
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Brushing Your Lights
With a little bit of toothpaste (and some elbow grease), you can clean your car’s headlights to drastically improve its clarity. This is definitely much cheaper than the cleaning kits sold at specialty stores that only gives you the same results.
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Getting Rid of Pesky Adhesives
It is difficult to remove an old registration sticker from your car’s windshield, but there is a free and easy way to do it. You can soak a page from the newspaper in warm water, and then press it against the sticker. You will see that the water from the paper will be absorbed by the sticker, releasing its adhesive in minutes.
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Fixing Small Dents
Did you know that you can simply fix small dents with a plunger? You can just place the plunger directly over the dent, and pop it out.
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Load Lightening
Remember that excess weight can negatively affect your gas mileage. So, keep it light for your car, and it will just need lesser fuel to run as it is expected.
Though these tips and tricks might be very simple, they can help with keeping your car in good condition and keeping major repairs at bay.
