{"id":2839,"date":"2024-12-08T05:39:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T02:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2024-12-08T05:39:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T02:39:30","slug":"12-common-habits-that-will-make-your-car-wear-out-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/12-common-habits-that-will-make-your-car-wear-out-quickly\/","title":{"rendered":"12 common habits that will make your car wear out quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stop these common mistakes to help keep your car on the road and out of the garage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Banging through potholes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Your car\u2019s suspension is great at soaking up imperfections in the road, but it has a breaking point. Sometimes it\u2019s impossible to avoid potholes, but driving through them at any speed faster than a crawl can bend wheel rims and brake struts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Using cheap fuel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Penny-pinching by using less than top-tier-rated fuels can result in expensive engine damage down the road. Filling with regular grade when the engine requires premium can create drivability problems and warning lights.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not driving it enough<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Too much time without exercise will kill your car\u2019s battery, misshape its tires, and can leave it with a tank full of stale fuel. If you want to store a car for a long period of time, be sure to find a suitable (and preferably indoor) location. Then give it a good wash to protect the paint, overfill its tires to help keep them round, use some peppermint-oil-soaked mothballs to protect it from rodents, and hook the battery up to a trickle charger to keep it alive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Driving on improper alignment<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This commonly neglected issue can wear down your tires, increase your chances of an accident, and hurt your car\u2019s fuel economy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not washing it<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to wonder why you should keep your car\u2019s exterior clean. After all, it\u2019s just going to get dirty again, right? Well, washing your car regularly will protect its paint.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not cleaning under the hood<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We tend to focus on keeping our car\u2019s exterior clean, but not under the hood. This is a mistake. Periodic cleaning of your car engine\u2019s exterior can remove built-up sludge and debris that is shortening the life of your engine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Holding the shifter<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This one\u2019s for those few remaining manual-transmission drivers: Don\u2019t rest your hand on the gear shifter! While it may feel natural to keep your hand on the stick shift, doing so will result in premature wear to the transmission\u2019s components.<\/span><\/p>\n

Using incorrect or cheap parts and fluids<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

You might be keeping up with maintenance, but going cheap by using substandard or incorrect parts and fluids is bad. Regular oil changes require the use of the correct-viscosity oil, not just the least expensive stuff you can find in a garage kiosk. Spark plugs should have the correct heat range. Fuel and air filters should be name-brand, original-equipment-equivalent or better, not just the lowest-priced item you can find.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not changing the oil often enough<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Changing your oil more often than recommended keeps corrosive materials out of the engine and helps you keep your car on the road longer. This is especially true if you mainly do city driving.<\/span><\/p>\n

Driving your car cold<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A cold engine needs time to get up to temperature. Avoid full-throttle acceleration until the temperature gauge reads \u2018normal’.<\/span><\/p>\n

Slamming the brakes too often<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A heavy foot on the brake pedal creates abnormal wear to pads and rotors, resulting in more frequent replacements.<\/span><\/p>\n

Running on empty<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Running your car until the fuel light comes on\u2014and then driving another 10 kilometers\u2014moves debris and dirt that has settled to the bottom of your tank through your engine. That “I know my car” theory has to stop.<\/span><\/p>\n

Putting the pedal to the metal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Repeated brisk acceleration and braking is hard on suspensions and tires.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Stop these common mistakes to help keep your car on the road and out of the garage. Banging through potholes Your car\u2019s suspension is great at soaking up imperfections in the road, but it has a breaking point. Sometimes it\u2019s impossible to avoid potholes, but driving through them at any speed faster than a crawl…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1674,1914,1903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-driving-advice","category-how-to","category-howto"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pej6K6-JN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-to-kill-your-car-mgaripoa.jpg?fit=900%2C588&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}