How to keep your new car in showroom condition and maintain its value? It’s not easy to keep a car in pristine condition. It requires regular maintenance and being careful as to how you use your car.
Here are a few simple and periodic checks you can do that will help you get there.
Check the Engine Oil
Check it regularly or more often if you notice an oil leak or find you need to add oil regularly. Don’t overfill when adding oil. If you do have an oil leak, fix it as soon as possible.
Check Tire Air Pressure
Once a month or before any road trips, check the inflation pressure in each tire by using a tire-pressure gauge. Make sure you do this when the tires are cold. The recommended pressure is usually found in the owner’s manual. Also be sure to inspect tires for abnormal or uneven wear and cuts routinely.
Oil Change
For normal driving, many automakers recommend changing the engine oil and filter every 7,500 miles or six months, whichever comes first. In general it’s sufficient for most of motorists. Special engines like diesels and turbocharged engines may have more-frequent oil changes.
Wash the Car
Try to wash your car every month if you can. Wash the body and hose out the fender wells and undercarriage to remove dirt and road salt. It’s time to wax the finish when you see water beads become larger than a quarter.
Protecting the exterior
Parking your car in a garage is the best way to protect the exterior. This will shelter it from sun damage, tree sap, collisions and all other possible forms of damage that could be inflicted while parked. If this isn’t possible, then you can buy a cover that you can slip over the top of your car.
Damage to your car could be inflicted while driving. Cars will accumulate bumps and scratches and paintwork over time. This is harder to prevent, but wash your car as often as you can and apply a wax or sealer could help to reduce damage on the surface.
Protecting the interior
Interior damage can also occur over time, especially when you have kids or pets.
Seat covers are one of the simplest ways of protecting interior. And these seat covers can be machine-washed. Cleaning the vents, washing floor mats and vacuuming regularly can also help to preserve the interior of your car in good condition.
Protecting the mechanical parts
Good car maintenance is helpful to preserve engine parts. This includes keeping fluids topped up, doing annual oil changes, and changing filters. You could do all this maintenance yourself or you could get your car serviced by a mechanic on a yearly basis. The mechanics of your vehicle are also affected by the way you drive. Bad driving habits or overloading your car will speed up damages.
On the other hand, maintaining all the mechanical parts and fixing them when problems occur is important. But you should also be aware the way you drive your car. Rapid acceleration, abrupt braking, sharp turns, and crude parking cause unnecessary damages on the vehicle.
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