Lighten Up Your Car Key & Key Chain

Do not hang anything heavy on your car key (or key chain) and do not hang a dozen other keys on it. The weight (combined with bouncing while you drive), can wear out the tumblers inside the ignition. This leads to ignition switch failure over time. Drive with only the ignition key in your ignition [...]

By | 2016-12-14T02:55:48+00:00 July 24th, 2009|Motoring Tips|1 Comment

Choosing a Good Car Mat

A good car mat should fully cover the area it is protecting and not just part of it. Standard car mats on retailer racks are often bad fitting. Therefore it’s best to tailor a set of car mats that have a much better fit and will not slide about easily. Although tailored car mats are [...]

By | 2016-12-14T02:55:48+00:00 July 23rd, 2009|Motoring Tips|0 Comments

Use Car Shades

Car shades can minimize interior damage from sunlight (due to UV) and heat. Ideally, parking in a covered car park will be the best solution. However we don’t all have covered car parks, so parking under a tree might work…except that it results in bird droppings covering your car and eating into the paintwork. Therefore…make [...]

By | 2009-07-20T15:57:47+00:00 July 21st, 2009|Motoring Tips|0 Comments