Up To Speed: Keeping Your Vehicle in Tip-Top Condition

Up To Speed: Keeping Your Vehicle in Tip-Top Condition

  • Why DIY Mechanical Repairs Are Inconvenient And Can Be Catastrophic

    If you fancy yourself a perceptive motorist or are proud of how you can look up instructions online and follow them to the tee, then you could be thinking that you can try and tackle any issue with your vehicle before you go to an auto shop. But your love for cars as a hobby does not translate into acquiring a technical skill in diagnosing and fixing problems. Although DIY solutions can be handy for other household matters, a professional should handle any persistent or sudden issues with your car.

  • What You Should Do If Your Power Steering Whines

    As the modern car is designed to be as quiet as possible, you will quickly be able to hear if something is about to go wrong. Component failure is usually accompanied by the unwanted friction of metal-against-metal and if you notice anything untoward, you will need to take action as soon as possible. Today, you may have noticed a strange whining noise when you turned the steering wheel in a certain direction.

  • How to Tell If the Bearings on Your Car Are Still in Good Condition

    The average car is made up of thousands of individual parts, and some of these are, in their own right, a masterpiece of engineering. Take the humble wheel bearing, for example. This small part is essentially the point of contact between a wheel that turns at high speed and a hub that is always stationary. How can you tell if your bearings are in good condition? How Bearings Work Inside each bearing you will find thousands of tiny metallic balls that live in an ocean of grease.

  • Avoid These 3 Mistakes When Doing Car Repairs

    It does not matter if you are trying to get the car battery started, changing engine oil or, as a majority of car owners do, handling minor car repairs themselves. Doing this can cost you more money if you make a mistake, which is why you need to call a professional to do it. You cannot afford for the car repair to go wrong because it will cost a lot of money, consume time and lead to frustration.

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Up To Speed: Keeping Your Vehicle in Tip-Top Condition

Ever since I was a child, I have been fascinated by racing cars. When I was little, of course, I only had go-karts, but eventually I graduated to a junior dragster and now I have my own racing car. It is a very expensive hobby, even for an accountant, therefore I make sure that maintenance and servicing are a top priority. Fortunately, my brother-in-law is a mechanic, so he services the car in between events and leads my crew on race days. I have learnt numerous simple tricks to improving car performance and keeping it in top mechanical shape. These same tricks apply to any car. This blog will hopefully encourage drivers to take car servicing seriously in order to keep their vehicles running safely and economically. I hope the tips within these entries prove to be useful and help your vehicle to operate smoothly.

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