About how to painlessly survive the autumn and prepare for the most difficult time of the year for drivers and cars – winter, said the expert “Behind the wheel” Alexey Revin.
For example, it is important to pay attention to lighting technology, because daylight hours are becoming shorter and fog is not uncommon.
How to prepare the car for the autumn-winter season?
- Carefully check lighting equipment: whether the headlights are correctly adjusted, whether the manual and automatic devices for correcting the beam direction are working. Fog lamps should shine low and form a bright spot of light 20-25 m from the car.
- maybe it’s time replace windshield wiperstheir rubber part can be deformed in the summer due to the heat and they will not clean the glass better.
- Don’t forget the washing machine – if you have topped up summer fluid, add antifreeze or its concentrate when the tank is almost full.
Two driving tricks
- Leaves and dirt often accumulate on the outside of the car under the windshield, causing the windows to sweat quickly in wet weather. This also needs to be cleaned up. So you are visible reduce the effect of fogging;.
- Also worth it wipe glass from the inside. The plaque that forms on them, especially if they smoke in the car, often interferes with vision. We recommend using liquids with ammonia additives: after use it becomes crystal clear.
Our author Alexei Revin told more about preparing a car for winter in the material “Overtaking for the cold weather – 5 mandatory actions with a car”.
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