Tips on how to avoid being embarrassed by your car while traveling

----Helping your car to take care of you by Pastor Samuel Aka

First and foremost, you need to acknowledge the fact that having access to a personal posh car like SUV is a blessing☺. It’s a popular saying that when you take care of your car, your car will take care of you. So also is the importance of traveling in your family car. It can’t be dismissed with the wave of hand or blinking of an eye. Most especially if you live in a bustling city and the path to your destination cuts across several similar cities or towns. Secondly, you’ll need to understand that your posh car is not an asset. Yes you get it right! It’s not but a necessity. You don’t treat necessities and assets the same way. Book keeping and accounting made us understand that every asset has right to depreciation and it must be calculated. This isn’t the same with necessities. Necessities are meant to generate utility and this utility must be improved upon over time.

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So going back to the essence of this article, prevention is better than cure says the school of thought on maintenance. Reason being that you’ll spend more when trying to correct a breakdown. However, you’ll spend less when you carry out routine check on your car and fix the foreseeable defect. There are a number of foreseeable challenges that you can simply put in order to avert sudden breakdown while traveling. In mechanical terms, what you’re simply trying to do is known to be safety inspection on your car. You might have been making good use of that car of yours on short trips here and there. For short trips you’re exempted from doing a thorough perusal of this content. However if you’re going on a long journey that will possibly cut across highways and low traffic routes before arriving at your final destination, then it’s paramount you consider the following;

Mirror Placement and Size

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This might sound funny but there’s no precautionary measure for your car before embarking on long trip that’s little. Wrong placement of car side mirrors can be very dangerous. Your car side mirror (also known as wing mirror) will not only help prevent you from damaging someone else’s vehicle while on traffic. Rather, it helps to make you to be on alert if you’re being trailed by unsuspecting car. Your wing mirrors should be set in such a way that it’s balanced with your height.

So also is your rear mirror, its size must be correct. Although the rear mirror is easier to correct if not properly placed but the emphasis is on the size. In case your wing mirror is giving you inappropriate vision, don’t manage it because you can’t duplicate life. Once a life is gone, it’s gone☺. So you may need to visit a car link or car mechanic to replace your car mirrors if not functioning properly in terms of its size and placement.

Dials and Gauges

Your car speed dials and fuel gauge are essential to be included in your safety measures. Your speed dials has got more to do with correcting your thought pattern while on steering. Thought pattern? Yes, you get it right! ☺. It’s easier to get carried away while driving on highway. However, with the right clarity of your speedometer and proper signal when crossing the limit, you’ll not find it difficult to put yourself in check. Same thing goes to your fuel. Your engine water gauge, oil gauge and petrol, gas or diesel gauge needs a close check. It can be so embarrassing if your car stops you at a point where you can hardly find a fuel filling station. In fact, it’s more embarrassing when it stops you at security flash points.

So in order to avoid all of these avoidable car embarrassments, ensure you do the needful on your car dials and gauges before embarking on your long trip.

Car Visor

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Your car visor is also necessary while taking safety measures before traveling. Be cocksure that it’s properly hinged to shield your face from ultra violet rays. Absence of properly hinged car visor that could protect your eyes from being exposed to the rays of light can lead to blurred vision overtime. You know what this could eventually lead to already if not put in check.

Noise Level

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Any car (no matter the worth) that makes so much noise is not road worthy. Reason being that it can lead to accident by agitating other drivers. Additionally, it interferes with sense of perception which are the eyes and the ears of other road users. Sadly enough, the car operator is not also safe because such car do mask other sounds thereby creating artificial hearing impairment for the driver. This is one of the reasons to be circumspect while buying a used car. Most of these used cars do have their muffler modified and hereby generating boom… boom sound that could scare your precious baby☺ from riding with you in such car. This can be a little bit difficult to rectify by you if you aren’t a mechanic. Simply check the nearby public garage to find a professional car mechanic to fix that for you.

The Braking System

Ha-ha, here we are, your breaking system is your power to bridle the tongue of your car☺. The breaking system can be likened to a horse whip. Just as a horse whip is being used to checkmate the horse speed so is the car breaking system. Your break pad and the likes (depending on the kind of car you drive- manual/automatic) should conform to the rule of instant effect once applied.

Car Battery

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The car battery is another aspect of any car that could spring surprises any day, anytime and anywhere☺. Check the positive and negative point of your car battery connection. Ensure that it’s moderately tight. Besides, your car kick should respond once the ignition is turned on. In the event that your car produces screeching sound when turned on, you’ll need to visit a car accessories shop to order a sturdy battery for your posh car.

Car Wheels and Tires

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Besides the shock absorber in a car, the wheels and tires are indispensable when thinking of car balance. The matter of a car is born by the wheels and tires. Although aluminum wheels are better off but the steel wheels are also good to go☺. While wheels connect the shock absorber, steering and brake to ensure direction, speed control and strength, tires provide the smoothness. The tires must have strength as well and made from durable tire tread material.