Automotive Tips & Tricks

Here are a few helpful tips & tricks for vehicle owners...

• In the glove box, keep a few Handy Wipes to remove gas odor from your hands from filling the tank.
• Remove auto grease from hands with baking soda and water.
• A hubcap can be used as a shovel if your auto gets stuck in the snow, mud, or sand.
• Use carpet strips, foam rubber, or pieces of rubber tire around support studs or framing that car doors open against.
• Never warm your car in an attached garage and never with the garage door closed.
• Apply vaseline to battery posts for better contact.
• Clean hard to reach areas of your auto (dashboard, cup holders) with a dampened sponge tipped paint brush.
• Laundry pre-wash liquid removes tar from your car's finish.
• Drop a business card (or file card with your name on it) down the window slot in case you ever need to prove ownership.
• Prevent rust by keeping the underside of your car clean also. Place a lawn sprinkler under your car and turn on full blast. Move occasionally so it will reach all areas. This is a good way to remove all salt and road grime.
• If you chip the paint on your car, clean promptly and apply clear nail polish to area to prevent rust.
• If car windows tend to steam up on the inside, carry a blackboard eraser in your vehicle. Wiping the condensation away with the eraser.
• Keep an auto maintenance book. Write down dates that repairs, or maintenance was done. Write down where the work was done or by whom.
• Never wash your car in the sun to prevent streaking.
• Coca-cola® and aluminum foil will clean rust off your car bumper.
• Remove old bumper stickers with lighter fluid. Soak stickers for a few minutes then gently remove with a razor blade.
• Clean headlights, chrome and enamel with baking soda.
• When white walls are clean use a little vinyl top wax to keep them clean longer.

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