Car care in winter
Proper car care can extend the life and youth of your car for a long time. Dirt, dust, mechanical damage and rust do not help maintain the good appearance of the machine.Being exposed to negative influences from the external environment, the body and interior constantly require your attention and care. Changes in weather conditions during the harsh winter months sometimes present unpleasant surprises to car owners. Your car needs special care and attention at this time of year. It is no secret that in winter a car is affected by many negative factors. If you do not follow certain rules and drive a car in winter the same way as in summer, this can turn into a real struggle for your time and for your car. In winter, you need to properly care for your car and drive it correctly, then you won’t have to often pull it out of skids and waste time and money on repairs.
Interior care
During winter and early spring, the vehicle is most susceptible to increased wear and tear because it is operated in unfavorable conditions. Temperature changes, salts and road reagents, as well as frost are some of the most dangerous factors affecting the technical condition of a car. Slippery roads in the morning, which by midday turn to mud with harmful impurities and snow, have long been a familiar sight for residents of any city. As you know, in winter, the driver and passengers, when entering the car, carry road dirt and moisture with them on their clothes, which accumulate in the floor mats and the interior. This problem can be solved by dry cleaning the interior at the end of the winter season. During the winter season, mats made of fabric are constantly wet; mats made of rubber, although they do not allow water to pass through themselves, do not completely prevent water from flowing under them, where it accumulates, causing corrosion of the bottom of the car, as well as excessive frosting and fogging of the car windows.
in order to avoid this problem, it is necessary to remove the rubber mats from the car as often as possible and wash them, and dry the space under them with a hairdryer. After installing the mats back, you need to put a special absorbent mat in them, which is sold in auto parts stores and gas stations, but in the absence of an absorbent mat, you can put a newspaper. Also, experienced car enthusiasts advise placing a plastic mesh, which is intended for the dishwasher sink in the kitchen, between the rubber and rag mat, so that the space under the rubber mat is ventilated and the moisture from under it evaporates.
In winter, in order to avoid the appearance of ice on the roads, they are sprinkled with salt or reagents. These substances, if they come into contact with even a tiny scratch on a car body, can cause corrosion of the body. You can protect yourself from this by the following steps: installing plastic fender liners in the wheel arches and special anti-corrosion treatment of the body. If the body of your car does not have corrosion protection, then you can protect the car body by regularly washing the body, followed by applying a protective water-repellent polish to it. To prevent water that gets into the locks of the doors and trunk of your car during washing from freezing in them. After washing, they must be dried out of the compressor and a special lubricant or WD-40 must be poured into the locks.
