10/12/2015

Prepare your car for winter

Prepare your car for winter

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Prepare your car for winter

Cold weather is on its approach, so is your vehicle prepared forcold mornings and snowy or icy roads. Are you prepared forcold weather? It’s time to inventory your vehicle’s emergencygear and to pull out the swimsuits and sandals and replacethem with cold weather wear. Vehicle maintenance is vital aswell, and so there are sure things that should be checked beforethe first cold snap.

There are lots of, if not thousands of articles out there on this verysubject, and yet each year people jump in their cars and head outunprepared.

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They wear their office wear and inadequate footwear whensnow and ice storms are expected, because they think it’s onlysome miles to work and i can beat the storm. Several don’t have anygloves, hat, or any cold weather survival gear in their vehicles.

Some end up stranded, and this can be when tragedy strikes, and soyes, another article, call it a friendly reminder, if you’ll, that nature isunforgiving and we aren’t yet ready to management it or maybeforecast it all right.

1. Depending on your location, you’ll be needed to own snowchains available. Signs sometimes go up stating they’re required toproceed along the highway or road, so you better have them if youlive in certain parts of the country.

Keep in mind studded tires aren’t a replacement for chains if tirechains are called for. Typically, there’s a weight demand when itinvolves studded tires, some states don’t enable them on vehiclesover 10,000 pounds. Obviously, ensure the tires themselves areserviceable, because worn tires are a hazard regardless of theweather.

All wheel drive vehicles are sometimes exempt from chainnecessities, however check your state laws. There are only certaintimes of the year that you simply will drive with studded tires/chainsso check 1st. Studded tires aren’t nearly as common as they were acouple of years past, because of all wheel drive and advances in tirechain technology.

2. Anti-freeze should be checked and it’s forever a good idea toown your system flushed and checked once a year. Adding anti-freeze on top of old anti-freeze or on top of water dilutes thesolution and this might result in issues when the cold gets extreme.You’ll check the solution yourself with a coolant tester available atany parts store or at several retail stores.

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3. Have cold weather shoes/boots in the vehicle. while you mustalways stay with the vehicle if it’s safe to do so, you’ll need tohike out in some circumstances, or perhaps explore in and aroundthe vehicle so you would like the proper footwear. You can’t walkon slippery surfaces with high heels and loafers and a few peoplehave been stranded, as a result of their footwear wouldn’t let themget ten feet from their vehicle if the ground is slick with ice or snow.

4. Heavy coat, gloves, and hat ought to be in the vehicle also as,blankets like wool and/or mylar solar blankets. Sleeping bagscan even ...

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