Bad car habits can put a hole in your pocket if you don’t keep them in check.
As you might imagine, car maintenance is very important because the majority of cars can be relatively fragile if you don’t look after them. Bad car habits tend to be entirely self-inflicted, and therefore can cause vehicle damage that may prove to be expensive. So if you find that your car is beginning to incur problems a touch quicker than you are used to, it maybe it’s due to the way you drive.
Okay… so this post isn’t a dig, or a way to preach about road safety, it’s a legitimate concern, as certain bad car habits can directly cause crashes and accidents. Equally, the following bad car habits are going to put a severe dent in the lifespan of your vehicle.
Bad Car Habits
Dodging Maintenance
If you were to go through life without ever doing any exercise, or looking after your body in any fashion whatsoever, it would no doubt lead to shorter lifespan than normal. Right? Well a car is the exactly same. Delaying going for regular service checks ups and maintenance may turn into one of those bad car habits, meaning that your car will never get its proverbial exercise check up. If you want to avoid this dilemma, you should take your car for a regular service for things like oil and filter replacement, transmission fluids, air filters and replacement brake pads.
Head ups! Your vehicle should have come with a maintenance manual. If you can’t find it, you may be able to pick one up online. Following the advice found in your vehicle manual will help you to create a nice maintenance routine to follow.
Shifting When on the Move
Gear shifting when on the move is a foolish tactic, it’s another one of those bad car habits, it’s costly, and will wear out the transmission fairly quickly. Don’t shift from drive to reverse whilst you are moving as it’s like a kick in the face to the transmission. Too many of these jerks and jabs, and you will eventually need to replace the transmission. In many cases, this can almost be as expensive as buying a new car outright!
Computer Game Driving
Do you tend to drive at the maximum speed possible, only to come to grinding halt at every stop you encounter? If so be prepared to put your car in the scrapper early. This type of driving will accelerate the deterioration of the key parts of your vehicle, it’s again another one of those bad driving habits, and eventually it will leave you with a hulking mess of a vehicle. For a good car life span, take it nice and smooth and don’t make computer game driving a bad car habit.
Ignoring Dash Lights
It’s fairly self-explanatory – if you decide to ignore the clear warnings that your vehicle is giving you, then hands down you will eventually regret it! Bad car habits are not paying attention to dashboard warning lights, they are there for a reason. And if you do come across a legitimate problem, please do yourself a favor and hot foot it down to the local garage or your trusty mechanic to have the problem repaired.
Tire Replacements
Are your tires balding or damaged? Then you need to bite the bullet and get replacements. It might be expensive, but it may cost you more than and “arm and a leg” in the long-term if you decide to just ignore it. Bald tyres are dangerous full stop, and if you live in weather torn areas it’s asking for serious trouble. You’ve been warned, if your tyres are balding pick new ones up as soon as possible or you run the risk of having no car at all!
To health and vehicle happiness,
Your fearless mechanic,
Phil.
Girly Car Accessories
As a female car owner, you might find that the girly car accessories market is somewhat skewed. You might not want to buy all of the laddish stuff out there for your car, so what girly car accessories should you be looking for? In a market that can feel like a boy’s toy shop at times, it can be tough for female drivers to personalise their car properly.
However, if you’re struggling to find inspiration here you will find our list of what we think are brilliant girly car accessories. All of them are extremely easy to use, and can be found online in abundance. So if you want to enjoy the world of driving in distinct female style take a gander at the following girly car accessories:
Car Eyelashes
Girly Car Accessories
The first time anybody see’s your car with eyelashes, it makes them double take! If you ever watched that kids TV shows with the talking cars you know what we mean. Giant, girly car accessories eyelashes for your headlights can be absolutely hilarious, and will certainly give your car that girly, female charm that you may just feel is missing!
Driving Shoes
If rich blokes in their mid-40s can have a driving glove, then surely you young ladies are allowed a pair of driving shoes!
Tucked under the passenger seat, driving shoes can be perfect girly car accessories! Classic loafers maybe the best driving shoes as they give comfort in abundance while making it easy to drive in. At the end of the day why not treat yourself, and if the hubby asks where the shoes came from, just tell him you brought them so that you both enjoy leisurely drives together! (Yeah I said it).
Ice Mit
You don’t WANT to be out there in your dressing gown at 6am morning scraping the ice off your car – hell…nobody does.
Unfortunately, the winter can bite quite hard and your glass windows can feel the brunt of it. To cover yourself, be sure to get yourself some ice mits to help make those mornings ice scrapping sessions a touch easier. Insulated and waterproofed, these mits come in all styles and colours and are perfect for clearing the ice from the windscreen.
Sunnies
Sunglasses may spend more time as an ornament above your mirror, but these girly car accessories are good to for those horrible winter mornings where the sun can catch you out and blind you. Sunglasses can make driving more enjoyable, less strenuous on the eyes and can make your driving experience far more enjoyable, plus you can look super “cool and the gang.
Flower Vase
An absolute trademark of any self-styled “girly” car is the flower vase. It’s perfect for any car that wants to be brightened up a little. Why not make things that little bit more comical by getting those little plastic, girly car accessories bees that you can buy along with them too!
Making your car to look suitable girly… can be a lot of fun. So for maximum effect, why not let your creative side really flow through.
To health and vehicle happiness,
Your fearless mechanic,
Phil.
Famous Cars of All Time
If there’s one thing that can make a car brand successful it’s a movie or TV show. We all love to have our favourite movies or TV characters, but nothing makes them cooler than when they drive a badass car.
If you’re looking to see what kind of cars have inspired us, and become famous cars over the years, we have compiled a list of the top TV and Movie famous cars of all time. So sit back as we take you through some of the classics.
Goldfinger – 1964 AM DB5
Ever since I can remember, Aston Martin has been a big name in the world of cars. And the Bond films helped set that in motion with the car featured in the imperious Goldfinger. In typical Bond style, these famous cars came with a hilarious arsenal of “badboy” weapons, bulletproof glassing and even a radar screen. The DB5 is considered to be the best of the Bond cars over the years, combines class, style, speed and features into one absolute killing machine.
Knight Rider – 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans AM
Famous Cars
Knight Rider is right up there with the most famous cars. Okay I’ll be honest – I loved the TV show. Saturday afternoon with my bro, waiting for Michael to press “turbo Boost” whooo hooo!
As an American TV hit series, even to this day Knight Rider has a huge cult following. It follows Michael Long, an undercover cop who gets shot in the face. Saved by a philanthropist, he is given a new face – and a talking car – changes his name to Michael Knight and drives his car KITT and the rest as they say is history. The famous cars outrageous features – and banter – make it one of the best-loved culture cars in history.
Dukes of Hazzard – 1969 Dodge Charger
Ahh, the Dukes. It ran for six years as a TV show and even had a 2005 movie, and followed Bo and Luke Duke and their wild run through the most outrageous happenings and events from episode to episode. With two cars literally wrecked on average per episode, the title “Hazzard” certainly seems to be appropriate. The Dodge Charger is the most notable car of the show, known otherwise as “General Lee”. If you’re a petrol head and your into TV’s famous cars and have never watched Dukes of Hazzard, you really should!
Back to the Future – 1981 DeLorean DMC-12
One of the most famous cars for sci-fi fans, is the DeLorean In Back to the Future, a car turned time machine! The 1985 hit – Back to the Future followed the story of Marty McFly (Michael J Fox) and his insane friend Dr Emmett Brown. Throughout the movie trilogy, the characters go back to various parts in time to make significant changes and save certain aspects of their worlds. The DeLorean’s unique look and style makes it one of the dream cars even for people reading this today – it’s a truly magnificent piece of auto history.
So there you have it –some teasers of the most famous cars in TV history, that I’m sure will provide you with TV and Movie entertainment for years to come.
To health and vehicle happiness,
Your fearless mechanic,
Phil.