Feel Confident Behind the Wheel: Maintain Your Own Car

Feel Confident Behind the Wheel: Maintain Your Own Car

  • Sensible Sensors – Controlling Your Engine for Best Effect

    Are you somebody who is intimidated by new technology, or do you revel in the possibility? Do you wonder how you can take advantage of the opportunities to lead an interesting and, in many cases, easier life? One way or the other, everybody has to get used to such advances and nowhere is this pace of development more evident than in the automotive world. It wasn't that long ago when a car would be purely mechanical and rely on a series of predictable actions in order to operate, but today your vehicle is controlled by a complex series of electronics with the ubiquitous sensor at the core.

  • Some Unusual Ways to Keep Your Vehicle Maintenance Budget in Check

    Most Australians have made a significant investment in their humble automobile. After all, they rely on this vehicle to get them back and forth to work so that they can earn a living and need to make sure that it is kept in the best possible condition. Yet still, a lot of people are reactive rather than proactive and end up spending much more money on maintenance than they need to.

  • Why Truck Wheel Alignment Is Only Part of the Story

    If you're in charge of a long-haul truck fleet, you know that you need to treat each vehicle as its own profit centre so that you maximise productivity and meet your monthly budget. To help you do so, you may have some proactive fleet maintenance procedures in place and feel that you are doing everything you can to get each load to its destination as soon as possible. However, as you strive for total efficiency, you may be missing some low hanging fruit and could easily cut back on some unwanted expenditures.

  • Car Service – Applicable Measures for Preventing a Blown-Out Tyre

    While driving is relatively safe, there are some hazards that you could be exposed to on the road. One scary encounter that you can experience is a blown-out tyre. For some people, this seems like an unlikely occurrence, as they believe you have to drive over sharp objects for tyres to burst. However, this is a misconception. Tyre bursts typically occur due to lack of tyre maintenance coupled with high-speed driving, and the consequences are terrifying.

  • How to Make Your Car Breathe More Efficiently

    If you'd like to get some more performance out of your relatively standard car, you will undoubtedly invest in some engine modifications to release some of that all-important horsepower. Yet you can only go so far when you tinker with your engine if you don't upgrade some other components at the same time. In particular, you need to focus on your exhaust, as otherwise you will create a bottleneck that will seriously impede your progress.

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Feel Confident Behind the Wheel: Maintain Your Own Car

If, like me, you like to drive and are something of a petrol-head, then feeling confident is part of what it is all about when motoring. Knowing what to do if you face a hazard on the road or how to deal with a blowout is all part of the driving experience, to me. Having said that, few motorists really know what checks they should be making to ensure their car is properly roadworthy. I've spent the last few years upgrading my car maintenance skills and - although I'm no qualified mechanic - I now undertake all sorts of jobs needed to keep my car running properly and safely. Read my blog and pick up some car maintenance tips that anyone can do.

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