There is such a saying: "Stupid learned on their mistakes, and smart - on others." I, apparently, treat the first category, but it doesn't upset me at all, but on the contrary. After all, when I get into the unpleasant situation associated with the car, and deciding the problem, I as a car mechanic I get awareless experience and in the future I am pleased to share them with other car owners, thereby trying to protect them from trouble.
Therefore, here are the advice that you need to do so that your New Year holidays do not overshadow the troubles because of your car, from the personal experience of Yuri Sidorenko. This, of course, mainly concerns cars that stay for holidays on open parking in the yard. If there is an opportunity to put a car for the time of winter holidays in a warm, protected parking, then some questions will be solved.
Yuri Sidorenko
Tip first. Correctly select the place for parking your car.
New Year, on the one hand, a holiday, a meeting with close and fun feast, and on the other hand, an increased danger. Fireworks and alcohol often lead to sad consequences, and often cases when saving people come "ambulance" and firefighters, the passage of which cars parked in the courtyards are not clear how. It often happens that the large fire trucks, making his way to the extinguishing place, hurt parked cars until their owners sleep peacefully after the feast. So that this does not happen, best:
- Remove the car into a paid parking, or leave the car so that you can sort a big machine, is at least 3 meters. In all other cases, there may be problems.
- Be sure to leave under the windshield phone number in order to contact you, and the car could be quickly rearranged.
- Also in advance, before the New Year parking, pay attention to the condition of the wheels. If some kind of supruits, contact your tire and troubleshoot. Even if the car does not start, it is always possible to push it with your hands, which is very problematic with a shredded wheel.
Council second. Provide a convenient approach to the car from the other side where the battery is installed.
It is possible that due to the cold and long-lasting parking of the car standing on the alarm, the battery is discharged. You will have to remove it and put on charging or "searcate" from another car. Therefore, Park your car taking into account these conditions. Also pre-prepare and put the tools in access, with which the battery is unscrewed from the place of attachment, as well as wires for cigarette. They, by the way, should be in every car.
Council third. Get yourself such a habit - on the eve of the new year, be sure to change batteries in the key chains of the alarms, the pills of immobilizers and electronic keys.
We exclude car models where batteries that are recharged from the ignition lock.
Believe me, this operation is not at all costly if you do everything in advance. Do not forget that the batteries, according to the law of meanness, sit at the most inopportune moment. Believe me, it will be very disappointing when the car will not be able to start a car in the New Year holidays, because the battery fell, and it seems to buy such a little thing, because everything is closed on the New Year holidays. After replacing the key chains, it is necessary to check for performance. Do not want to change? Then, at least buy all the necessary batteries in advance and a set of Chinese little rearrangements, so as not to unscrew small bolts in the knife key chains. Keychain sat down, changed the battery, and everything is OK! Nerves, mood and time saved.
Council fourth. Wire in advance.
Do not leave the car in the parking lot with an empty fuel tank. By the way, under the neck, I also do not recommend pouring - then I will explain why. 15-20 liters of good gasoline will be quite enough. And take care that access to the benzobak for vorays was closed, so that gasoline did not merge. This item, like the previous ones, I also brought, based on my own experience. I'll tell this story.
Before the new year, put the car in the yard. Gasoline's light bulb has already lit, but did not have time to refue. The second of January came out, started, sang, while the family was going and left the house. Next, booted into the car and drove. First, naturally, on gas station, gasoline on zero. I have three refueling in the area. I arrived at the nearest, and it does not work. No electricity. Here I am already strained, there is no gasoline in the tank, I went to the second, nearest to this. And naturally, did not reach. Further, everything, as in a bad comedy: Search canisters, call taxi, drove up to refueling, then fill gasoline from the canister without a funnel. After that, you never leave the car with an empty tank. It is better to spend some time before the holidays than half a day during the holidays.
And the car with a full tank filled under the neck, I also do not recommend leaving for a long parking. God forbid due to the temperature difference gasoline will be squeezed out from under the plug, and it will outward. There is nothing more dangerous than fresh gasoline puddle next to the car.
It is important to choose the right place for parking and change batteries in the alarms, immobilizer tablets and electronic keys
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Council fifth. Right before parking standing, you do not need to wash the car.
Stupid frost, doors, hoods, trunk caps are trying so that even the "installation" does not always work.
If you really want to make a New Year's gift to your car, then do not be lazy and after washing, you spend time on drying and processing all rubber seals with special silicone wax, and fill the defrost to the locks. In order to then, in the New Year, do not arrange dancing with tambourines around your car.
Here are the five simplest tips from me, followed by which you protect yourself from trouble in the New Year holidays!
There are still other tips that you can meet on the Internet. I did not check them, so I do not write about them. But about one of them I want to give my comment. It is positioned as "Lifehak" of the year:
"You will give a car in a car service for shallow repair - so the car will be in preservation and warmth."
I as the owner of the car service does not recommend this!
Well, first, leave the car in the service station for the new year - bad sign. As the new year you will meet, so they will spend it!
Secondly, the new year is a holiday. No one knows how he will be met by car service staff. And when the car is repaired not quite sober and not quite adequate masters, there is nothing good in this.
And, thirdly, all parts of the spare parts are closed, as a rule, before Christmas, and the car may hang up in a service station for a long time, if during the repair for force majeure circumstances suddenly some spare part will need.
That's all.
Congratulations to all happy new year! Joy, warmth, good mood and good health! And motorists separate congratulations: "Not a nail or a rod!" See you in 2021.