50 steep avtolayfhakov on all occasions
A Life / / December 19, 2019
On the road
1. Chew to stay awake
When you can not stop and take a nap in long journeys, instead of Power and the coffee is better to chew gum, chew seeds or eat an apple. If you have a lemon on hand, you can cut a slice and put under the tongue. And also help to cheer up the open window, especially during the cold season.
2. At intersections do not remove the wheel advance
Standing at a traffic light and turn left going, never unscrew the wheel advance. If the driver behind for some reason will not have time to slow down and knock you into the bumper, the impact on the car will throw into the oncoming lane and small accident will turn serious accident.
3. Make DVR from your smartphone
Quickly turn any phone with a camera in the DVR, you can use a pair of ordinary rubber bands. We just need to lower the sun visor and securing it on the phone, adjust the angle.
4. Do not guess which side the gas tank
If you have recently bought a car or have rented it, it is easy to forget which side the tank. To find out, you need only look at the dashboard and found the gas station icon. A small arrow next to it and indicate which side the gas tank.
In emergency situations
5. Use tape or stretch film instead of a cable
If towing cable It was not in the trunk, in the glove compartment but found a Scotch or film, any of them can successfully make a rope to drag the car to the service center. Wind the tape in several layers between the side mirrors facing each other and secure the machine in regular lugs. You get a solid band that can withstand the weight of the car.
6. Repair the punctured tire by using screws
On punched tubeless tire is quite possible to get to the nearest tire, when the hand is no spare wheel. Detect a puncture can, pouring water from a bottle wheel, and remove - simply wrapped in it one of the screws trim thresholds.
7. Warm up the battery in the bitter cold
At low temperatures the electrolyte density in the battery is reduced, and with it the container and fall inrush current. But if the temperature of the electrolyte in the pores of the plates will increase and the battery will turn the starter much faster before starting the engine include the high beam headlight for a couple of minutes.
8. Use area rugs to leave the snow
Stuck in deep winter snowdriftDo not be quick to look for help. Try to escape from the trap of their own, put it under the wheels saloon car. They will improve traction and will not allow the machine to spin.
In the parking lot
9. Park reversing
Leaving the car in the parking lot, where the other cars are "herringbone" or parallel to each other, try to stop by the space, moving in reverse. So it will be easier to maneuver because the front wheels are always turning. And then it will go much easier.
10. In the heat of the parking lot turn the steering wheel a half turn
This simple technique will help protect your hands from burns and eliminates the need to take on red-hot wheel when you return. After all, it heats the upper part, converted to the windshield.
11. Quickly ventilate cabin, opening and closing the door
If the machine is not air conditioning, After a long stay in the sun, you can quickly ventilate the interior, lowered the window and the driver's door several times slamming the back door on the opposite side.
12. Leaving the car in the parking lot in the winter, cool interior
Before you go home and leave the car in the street, open all the doors for a few minutes to equalize the temperature in the cabin and outside. This prevents fogging of glasses and the formation of frost on them from the inside. You can even pre-approaching the house or garage, turn off the heater and lift the box.
13. Park in the direction of the sun
Also in the winter if possible should be parked in the direction of the east. So in the morning sun's rays warm as the windshield - clean it will be easier.
14. Use stretch film to deal with frost
In the off-season on the windshield left by the street car always frost forms, which have to clean off a scraper or wait until the glass otogreet inside heater. Help save time draped over the glass in the evening band film. Hoarfrost formed thereon. After removing this protection, you get a clean glass and a great overview.
15. Clean the glass of ice via omyvayki
Winter washer fluid copes with the dissolution of ice on the windshield. The most convenient way to apply it in a small bottle with a sprayer.
16. Remove misting from the air conditioner
If the windows fogged up from the inside, which often happens in the offseason, quickly dry they can simply turn the air conditioner. It will help remove excess humidity in the cabin, which is the cause of fogging.
17. Lubricate door seal with silicone grease
And then he did not primorznet to the door and do not come off when you open it in the morning after on-street parking.
For repair and maintenance
18. Automate jack
If independently to change tires in the garage, it is convenient to raise and lower the jack using a screwdriver. They can also twist the loose wheel bolts. This trick will help significantly accelerate the replacement process.
19. Mark the correct end of the balloon key
Quickly find the right size in the crusade Cross wrench can be simply wound around it a few turns of tape, or by making an incision with a file.
20. Reduce the oil change
If you do change oilIt is possible to do without the great basins and facilitate their task. To do this, you need to make the sewer drain to the height of the hole through which the oil will drain from the pan straight into standing on the floor of the canister.
21. Do not spill oil by pouring
And not to shed new oil by pouring when the hand is not a watering can of suitable size, you can use an ordinary screwdriver. Put into the filler neck and pour the oil so that it flowed by a screwdriver.
22. Unscrew the plug on coin battery
When charging the battery, turn it relies cork, but it's not always easy to do. In this case it is more convenient to use a normal coin. It fits much better than even the large screwdriver, which will rotate and spoil slot plug.
23. Disguise scratches on the body
It is easy to remove a small scratch, you can use is similar in color nail polish. Carefully paint over it, causing a couple of layers, then give a varnish to dry and wipe it polish.
24. Stop the crack on the windshield
Also, using the varnish, but colorless, can prevent the spread of cracks on the windshield. To do this you need a good clean it and apply two or three coats of varnish as soon as you notice the crack. And it is better to use a special set to recover, which will help to completely hide the defect.
In the garage
25. Use a tennis ball as a beacon
Novice drivers and owners to close garages will be much easier to call in, if hung the ceiling tennis ball so that it touches the windshield at the right position cars. Those who drives into the garage backwards, instead of the ball you need to use a board nailed to the floor.
26. Set the damper to the door
Another trick for owners of garages close - a soft damper of insulation for the pipe that will protect the door from hitting the wall. We just need to stick or otherwise fasten a strip of insulation at the door.
to save
27. Do not overpay for spare parts in car repair
If you want to save, you will never buy parts and consumables for the repair or maintenance of the masters car service. Much more profitable to order them on the Internet, to choose the best price and quality parts.
28. Use analogues details
The price of spare parts bite, and almost never they are not available. It is therefore advantageous to install high-quality counterparts, advice on the choice of which can be found on online forums car ownership of your car.
29. Reduce fuel consumption, clearing the trunk
Removing from the trunk all the excess can be reduced to a few percent of consumption. Nowhere to carry it all year round bottles omyvayki, BBQ, large tool box and other unnecessary things.
To maintain cleanliness and order
30. polish headlights
When the glass head optics fade, not necessarily to change them. Just a few minutes using a conventional toothpaste return it to its former transparency. For this purpose, washed lights need to apply the paste, previously having stuck their contours masking tape to protect the body from abrasive. Next will only vigorously rub the paste with a napkin or a piece of felt and wash off with water.
31. Clean alloy wheels
complex shape hard drives clean when washing and polishing to a shine even more difficult. To help in this situation can soda. Dilute it with water and make a thick paste, which is then put on the surface of the disc and leave for half an hour. Then only need to rinse with water gruel, and drives will be like new.
32. Polish dashboard
Grate front panel to light as possible and without any chemistry. For this purpose will approach the most common olive oilWhich should be well rubbed into the surface of the panel fleecy cloth.
33. Make your own Freshener
Without chemistry, you can do when it comes fresheners. Instead of buying a new vial or suspension can take your favorite essential oil, soak them wooden clothes pegs and attach it to the lattice of ventilation.
34. Clean holders
At the bottom of the cup holders constantly accumulates dust and other debris that is difficult to clean. If you put to paper or silicone molds for cakes, then get out of it will be much easier. In addition, with the glass stand will be much safer.
35. Start small urn
Out of the box for napkins or cans of potato chips with a package inside a great turn out for the urn candy wrappers, napkins and other small debris, which usually ends up in the ashtrays and pocket doors. You can even buy ready-made box of small size, and to find a place for her in the cabin.
36. Clean mats with snow
In winter, it is very easy to clean the mats, just by rubbing them on the clean snow. With heavily soiled better do this: pour a little bit of snow on the mats, and rub it with a brush for glasses.
37. Secure the contents of the trunk
If you still have to constantly carry with them some things in the trunk, it is easy to fix them can wound each other stretch film or luggage elastics.
For the comfort in the cabin
38. Make a holder for glasses
In the absence of regular holder for glasses can be replaced with a self-made. To do this, simply take the letter clips, fasten it to a ventilation grille, and then pass one of the arches of points in the clamping lugs. You can also mount an accessory to the sun visor using the clothesline clothespins.
39. Make a holder for tablet
During a long trip for the children in the back seat, you can arrange a video, securing the headrest of the front seat the tablet with a few rubber bands.
40. Mark the position of the driver's seat
If you go by car a few family members, and memory settings have no seats, it is convenient to paste on threshold and the side of the chair pieces of tape to help quickly set it to the desired position.
41. Close the gap between the seats
Treacherous space between the driver's and the passenger's seat as a black hole absorbs keys, coins and other small items that fall to the worst possible moment. Avoid such problems can close it with the help of the familiar insulation for pipes.
42. Hide the radio under the hood
In some machines, cassette player automatically hides when you turn off the dashboard. To implement such a system is difficult to own. But it can be made more simple and at the same time no less effective counterpart, having cut a hinged cover from a piece of old boxes than DVD-ROM in order to cover up her tape recorder in the parking lot.
43. Prevent fogging of glasses
To solve the problem of fogging glasses can be internally rubbed toothpaste or shaving foam. After the treatment, remain clear glass with a dry cloth. The more they will not sweat.
44. Remove excess moisture silica
Another way to deal with fogging in wet weather - a silica gel filler for cat trays. Pour it into a sock and place it on the back shelf. He will absorb moisture from the air in the cabin and will not allow condensation to form on the glasses.
miscellanea
45. Turn on the heated seats to keep food warm
Buying a pizza or other food home, you can drop off her warm by using heated seats. Additionally, you can cover the box jacket or sweater.
46. Hold on to the roof, not to get discharge static
Out of the car, touch the roof of your hand or the door before set foot on the ground. Then you are definitely not a static shock.
47. Increase range alarm transmitter
When stick does not work, and it is impossible to get closer, it is possible to use his body as an antenna for him. Just pritrontes charm to the neck or chin, and then click.
48. Arrange disco, sync music on several cars
To have a party somewhere in nature, when the power of one car is not enough, you can use FM-trasmitterom and catch its wave radio tape recorders other machines, making the sound at times louder.
49. Make convenient charging cable
If the wire charging not a spring, and constantly confused, then it's easy to curl themselves. Simply wrap the cord on the stick a little warm hair dryer and let cool to secure this form.
50. Take care of the ignition switch
Give up the habit to hang car keys other chords with the keys to the garage, home, work. Ignition lock modern cars - is quite delicate detail that is not cheap. And because it is not necessary to load it once again pile constantly sloshing up and down keys.
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