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Tips to Improve the Mileage of a Petrol Car

For a rational Indian consumer, fuel efficiency of a vehicle is one of the most considerable points while making a purchase decision. And with rapidly mounting petrol prices, it has become pressing need for the day that he takes home a fuel efficient vehicle. Though, cars come with certified fuel efficiency figures to let you choose the best one out of the lot; a big factor that hampers the company claimed mileage is driving habits. Here are few tips to maintain your car so that you can get best out of it and can enjoy cost-effective ride.

The very first thing you need to take care is to avoid destructive driving habits as rapid hastening followed by sudden braking can lower the mileage by 10%.  Moreover, drive the vehicle within posted speed limits in car’s manual. Usually petrol car being run at 60-70 kmph speed reduces fuel consumption by 10%.

 

3 Top Tips for Storing your Car for Long Period of Time

Whether you are to use your vehicle on a regular basis or keep it unused for really long, its storage does matter a lot. A Car properly stored gets a longer life compared to an improperly stored one.

Below you have three most important considerations to take care of while storing your car the right way.

Where Exactly to Store your Car

Pretty important question to ask, isn’t it? So, where do you prefer storing your vehicle by the way? Some people either prefer or have no other choice but to keep their vehicles outdoor whereas others make sure that their vehicles are well kept inside.

Notably, indoor storage of car is the best of all as it keeps your car safe from all kinds of wear and tear and other damages. And you don’t even have to take a lot of care. On the other hand, when you store your car outside, you need to ensure that your car is safe from sun, rain, chemical effects, and a long list of other troubles. But if that’....

 

Tips on How to Save Money by Saving Petrol

Petrol price hike is dreadfully killing the car users. Are you planning to abandon your car to save money? Now that may work but it is neither practicable nor a long term solution. How about learning the tips that will help you save money by saving petrol?

Below you have some of the ways of doing that.

 

Essential Car Safety Features that No Car Should Miss

With the rise in road accidents in the country, equipping your car with enough safety gadgets has become the need of the day. Though seat belts, front and rear bumpers, side beam, etc have been long coming in the automobiles but with the advancement in the technology, some modern safety features needs to be inserted in the vehicle for enhanced safety. Plenty of protective gadgets are available in the market but the ones of prime importance include Anti-lock Braking System known as ABS, steering column mounted controls and side & head protection air bags.

Below are some of the essential safety features:-

 

Great Tricks to Make Your Old Car Run Like New

We all do a lot of driving, and daily commuting in our cars has become an integral part of our lives. So with so much of use we all wish that our old cars should remain in best of condition but for the same we need to follow some tricks and advices to make it run like new. We must remember a fact that the more kms we run our car we require to maintain the vehicle at the same pace. Each of us wants to keep our vehicle running efficiently without any pause because we all hate to pay that huge repair bill and dislike that sudden breakdown in the middle of the journey.

In fact we’ve acknowledged that in this high inflation period people now believe in maintaining their cars for that enhanced life. They’ve realized that it is cheaper and affordable to make old cars run like new instead of spending a huge amount on buying a new vehicle. Moreover maintaining the cars properly help them retain their market value so that when it’s time to buy a new one their old car gets a good resale amount. Even national surveys reveal that a good number of passenger car owners are now keen to keep their old vehicles for a longer period of time.

 

Make Your Pajero Radiator Clean with These Tips

A Pajero radiator is a brand of radiators that is used in Mitsubishi vehicles. Basically a radiator is used to keep the engine cool and prevent the same from overheating. Over time, dust and oil mix up and can form a sludgy combination leading to deteriorating performance of the machine. So, in order to ensure better working of the engine and to maintain the performance of vehicle, it is necessary to timely clean the radiator. Cleaning Pajero radiator is not a difficult task and requires the same process, which is needed in cleaning any other radiator. Listed below are few tips on how to clean a Pajero radiator. Follow them but before starting the process, make sure that the engine has completely cooled down.

First and foremost thing, whenever you decide to clean the radiator, let the car engine to cool for around 12 hours. After that open the drain cap, which is located at the bottom of radiator and then allow the radiator fluid to deplete in the drain pan.

 

Get Rid of That Impure Fuel for Your Car

Your car is precious for you and to make it run for more years you better need to use a right fuel instead of any impure. Any local or adulterated fuel can harm your vehicle’s engine and can lower the overall fuel efficiency as well. So better make sure that every time you head towards the fuel station, just fill your car with only clean fuel.

A right, clean and unadulterated fuel enhances the life of the car’s engine and also improves the mileage, and the same can be achieved only after continuous use of pure fuel. An impure, bad or spurious fuel is one which is contaminated with adulterants like kerosene.

 

Five car tools that make its owner complete

Automobile buying is easy than its maintenance. This is the common belief of the Indian auto buyers which turns in to reality as the vehicle begins to show its signs of aging. To minimize the repair and maintenance expenses, there are certain important tools that every car owner should possess. Mechanics can charge you a good amount for a small work, to avoid such unknown blows, fixing the minor problems at home is the need of the day. Here are those important five tools which makes life of the car easy.

1) Basic and most vital tool is the Jack and Jack stand. With the help of a Jack, simple things like lifting the car, rotating tyres can be easily done at home itself. Also, it is advisable for car owners to keep Jack inside their vehicle as it proves to be useful when your tyre runs flat and you are required to replace them with the spare tyre. Most of the minor problems can be sorted out at house’s garage by elevating the car using Jack.

 

Tips to make your car smell fresh

The new car you bought some months back was so much fresh with opulent ambience but with passing time, the fresh smell has turned out to be bad odor. Now you are concerned over the increasing bad odor of your vehicle, the solution is simple; we have to do some serious cleaning. Below pointers will assist you in removing the bad smell.

1) Keenly check for any waste lying in any corner of your vehicle. Ensure that there is no leftover food or empty cans that may be spreading the bad odors. Thoroughly clean over non-fabric material with a help of smooth cleanser and when you have decided to clean, wipe the window mirrors also with a glass cleaner.

 

Checking Engine Oil is not a Big Deal

For assured long life and proper working of engine, it is advisable to check oil level at regular intervals. This is important as low oil level puts extra pressure on the engine and this hampers the overall performance of the vehicle. Suggested time for periodic checks of engine oil is twice a month. To know the present oil level, read the below instructions. (more…)