7 Car Tips And Tricks You Oughta Know
Car Tips And Tricks
Car is a great transportation technology that has helped us greatly in getting around. With crowd-sourced services such as Uber, almost everyone get to enjoy a ride in comfortable cars without actually buying one. However, cars do pose tiny little annoyances like window fogging and motion sickness. So, here are 7 useful tricks that can probably help us handle the slight problems.
1. Jump Start
Sometimes, we’re careless and left the car without switching the head lights off. Then, when we come back, we couldn’t start the car because the battery ran out. This had happened to me before. So, it’s always good to remember the procedure to jump start a car because we never know when we will need it.
2. Chew A Gum
Study shows that chewing a gum enhances cognitive performance. Considering the fact that driving requires immense concentration to avoid road hazards, having good concentration is important. The act of chewing itself promotes blood flow at the cerebral area, supplying the brain with glucose efficiently. So, the next time you’re going on for a road trip, pack up some gums!
3. Tilt Head To The Side
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Some people are prone to motion sickness more than others. Motion sickness is a common syndrome that happens when a person is exposed to certain motion. He/she can be standing in a boat or car or anything that moves and will feel a sudden nauseousness. What if you’re in a car and without access to certain motion sickness aid like ginger? Just tilt your head. Actively tilting your head is an effective way to prevent the symptoms because it synchronizes the body with the motion.
4. Defrost Windshield The Quick Way
Mix 1 part of water and 2 parts of rubbing alcohol together. Then, spray it on the windshield. This trick works because rubbing alcohol has lower freezing point than water. Even when water freezes first, rubbing alcohol will still remain in liquid form. It might be a good idea to keep this in your trunk just in case.
5. Fog Shield
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Car is awesome as it doesn’t only provides mobility but also shelter from the unforgiving sun all thanks to the built-in air conditioner. However, the difference in temperature inside the car with outside may cause an annoying fog problem. If it forms on the inside, you can probably wipe it off with a cloth. But, sometimes the fog can form outside the window. When this happens, we may not always be convenient to stop by the road side to give the windows a wipe. There is a way to protect the window from fogging with the use of shaving cream.
Simply spray the window with shaving cream and wipe it off with cloth. The idea works because the protective layer prevents the fog from forming up. You can apply the same idea to prevent bathroom mirrors from fogging up due to shower steam.
6. Avoid Red
There’s certain scientific reasons to why birds poop on certain cars more than others. Avoid parking under trees is one no brainer. Other than that, choosing the color too matters. Study shows that the color red attracts the most bird poop followed by blue. So, if you’re buying a new car, bear this in mind. Bird poop can actually cause damage to your car. It may remove some paint work and leave some dull cloudy mark on your car.
7. Carabiner
Carabiner is a very useful mountain climbing gear. Little do we know, it actually have a special place in our car as well. Make use of the vertical space in the car by using carabiners as bag hooks. You can directly hang your grocery bags on these instead of putting them in the car trunk.
Carrying lots of grocery bags won’t be a problem with the help of a carabiner. You can carry countless plastic bags with it and the only limitation is your muscle power.
We hope this random list has been entertaining and useful. Stay tuned for more random tricks that will improve your life!
