Winterizing Your Car Tips (from my Wife! )

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Winterize your car ??? You say? Harsh winter weather is just around the corner, and that means it’s time to prep your car for snow, sleet & all those cold and nasty conditions that are coming ready or not

Don’t get me wrong, this does NOT need to be an expensive task, and Ladies, straight from my helpful hubby…you don’t need to ask your husband for help!

Here’s the Must Do list before ‘ol man winter rears his less than pretty side:

1. Check your tire treads. Dull tires make slippery roads worse! If you live in “snow country” you already know this though.

2. Get your battery checked! Make sure that it charges correctly, and that the terminals are clean.

3. Do yourself a favor when you KNOW it’s going to snow overnight, lift your windshield wiper blades, and lay either a couple large boxes on the outside of your windshield, or a good heavy tarp. Lay your wipers back down. In the AM, you’ll have a MUCH easier time removing snow or ice with a simple tug of the tarp!

4. Check antifreeze levels, this may seem like a no brainer, but we’ll assume you didn’t know.

5. Essentials; and some you may never have thought of. Duct tape; a great easy way to hold & seal just about anything that breaks (temporarily). A locking wrench aka vise grip; will help you remove a broken lug nut, or if you pulled the cable off your hood release, you could grab the cable with your handy dandy vise grip!

6. You should be really familiar with how to change a tire; where the jack is, where the spare IS. I know “full grown men” who have no idea how to change a tire. Make your Momma proud and LEARN!

7. Learn how to jump start your car. Some cars, like a certain Cadillac…don’t have the battery located under the hood (instead it was under the rear seat which is difficult to access to jump it.

Again, I’m going to go out of a limb here, in case you forgot, make sure you have a hammer, de-icer, flashlight, spare batteries, and a BLANKET.

**Rest easy, our more than competent chauffeurs at A. Harrington Limousine Service do know what to do should an emergency occur.