It’s not unusual to have stickers on your windshield or other windows in your vehicle. Some grant access to parking areas, pre-pay tolls and enter gated areas, while others are used for decoration. Regardless of why a sticker is in place on the glass in your vehicle, you may want or need to remove it …
Maintenance
Bird droppings are abrasive and acidic, with acidity levels ranging from a pH of 3.5 to 4.5. The high acidity damages your car paint and results from a chemical known as uric acid produced from the bird’s kidney. The bird will then relieve itself and eliminate solid and liquid waste as bird poop. If you’re …
Displacement on Demand (DOD) is a General Motors (GM) technology that improves your vehicle’s fuel economy by shutting down half of the engine cylinders under light-load conditions. It’ll then revert to full engine performance under heavy loads, improving gas mileage by 5-7%. However, it has some significant shortcomings that may outweigh its advantages, forcing some …
Having stained seats in your car can be frustrating. After all, a single stain can diminish the entire look of your otherwise pristine vehicle. Even though this can be annoying, you’ll find that cleaning stains off your car seats is relatively easy, and that you can even use products you have in your home. Cleaning …
The tires on our vehicles may get flat due to punctures or tire bursts while we’re on the road or when the car is left to sit in the garage for extended periods of time. If you’ve noticed that one or two tires are flat, the best thing is to pull over if you’re driving, …
Unlike old times when your car would surprisingly fail in the middle of the road, modern cars have sophisticated electronics to ensure that such instances are behind us. One such feature is the check engine light, which illuminates as a blink or a constant light depending on the extent of the problem. It’s an excellent …