Everyday Things That Will Ruin Your Car

You may already know the proper way to take care of your car. Remembering to take your car for maintenance repairs is extremely beneficial to your car. Other than crashing our cars, there are everyday things that we may do that will damage our cars.

Here are just a few common things that we do that ruin our cars:

Parking brakes – Not many of us use our parking brakes. We should remember that parking brakes are very valuable. When we park on an incline without using our parking brakes, we’re actually putting all of the stress on the transmission. When a parking brake is used, it locks the non drive wheels as well as the drive wheels and takes the stress off the transmission adding years to the life span of your cars transmission.

Brakes – When driving down a hill, you should not keep your foot on the brakes. Riding your brakes down a hill will wear out your brake pads quickly. This can also cause problems with your tires if you’re constantly riding your brakes down the hill the entire time.

Engine – 50% of all engine wear occurs in the first few seconds after you start your car. Revving your engine when you start up the car does damage. It takes more time to warm up the engine when your car is sitting idle so you should drive your car gently for the first five minutes until your car is warmed up.

Shifting – We’re usually in a rush and most of us make this mistake but we need to try having our car come to a complete stop before we shift gears. This adds months of wear to your transmission in just seconds. Not only does it damage your transmission but can also damage your drive shafts which the thing that sends power to your wheels. After a while, it will also affect your suspension handling.

Oil – Changing your oil every 5 thousand miles or when your owner’s manual suggests is important. Doing this will increase your cars performance and may double the life span of your car.

There are many things we do every day without realization that can affect our cars performance and life span. 

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Remembering the above simple things will help. There are also many other things that will help even if it’s minimal. Things like not ignoring your cars sounds, turning off your radio, wipers and temperature controls will all make a difference.

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