What to keep in your glove box

The glove box can be a useful treasure chest in cars, housing everything from important papers and receipts to tire gauges and extra fuses. It's a safe, easy-to-access place for crucial items, and almost every car has one. Even the best of us are sometimes guilty of littering our glove boxes with unnecessary items like CDs or cosmetics. Don't let yourself go down that path. Rather, be prepared and consider the following things to keep on hand. License and registration: Keep all important documents like proof of insurance, automotive registration and a copy of your driver's license in a plastic bag or held together by a paper clip....

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5 Things That Can Void Your Car Warranty

Nobody in their right mind would want to void their car warranty. Yet, there are thousands (perhaps millions) who worry that one small thing will crumple their precious warranty up and throw it into the waste basket. A portion of those people have written to me lamenting the fact that they did something that voided it. So what are the most common actions that result in a voided car warranty? What Is A Car Warranty? First of all, in order to understand your part in the warranty relationship, it is vital that you understand what a warranty is and what it is not. A new car warranty is an agreement between the carmaker and the consumer....

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11 Amazing Uses for Vinegar in Your Car

  One of the biggest challenges many people face when it comes to their car is keeping it clean. Fortunately, there may be a solution for many common car cleaning projects that you already have in your pantry: vinegar! It’s not just for salad dressing - you can actually use vinegar for many common car cleaning tasks. Here are 11 ways to get you started: Keep car windows frost-free overnight in winter by coating them with a solution of 3 parts white distilled vinegar to 1 part water. Polish car chrome with full-strength white distilled vinegar on a soft cloth. Remove unwanted decals and bumper stickers by covering them with...

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Safe Driving Tips for 2013

  The start of a new year is an excellent time to make changes, even in your driving. When you hit the road this year, are you being as safe as possible? Help protect yourself, your car and your family with these 10 tips for safe driving: Today, we drive safer cars on safer roads; decades of advertisements and public information campaigns have made most of us safer drivers. As a result, the U.S. logged the lowest accident fatality rate ever recorded in 2008 [source:NHTSA]. Despite this progress, unfortunately, the number of auto accidents and fatalities nationwide is still quite staggering: In 2008, there were almost 6 million car...

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