That May Ruin Your Car and Dig Your Pocket
More time you spend on driving more driving skills you acquire, you also acquire certain habits. Not all habits are good one and over period of time it becomes harder for you to break it. Some common habits are listed here that will ruin condition of your car. This post will help you to avoid ruining your car and saves unnecessarily expenditure on repairs.
Frequent Breaking
Braking is a skill to be mastered. It needs regular practice to do it correctly. Moreover proper braking makes driving process less stressful for both driver and the passenger. Unnecessarily braking requires regular brake check-ups and certain cases need brake pad and disc replacement. To avoid these expenses it is always better keep safe distance while driving in traffic. If you still decided to brake frequently better keep good amount of money for brake hose, brake pad and brake discs replacement.
Harsh Braking on Bump and Potholes
Potholes are drivers’ worse enemy. Potholes can potentially damage tyres, rims and suspension. When you hit pothole and hit brake pedal at same time, there is dual pressure puts on car suspension system. This impact results in suspension system damage/bent, broken suspension components, premature wear and tear of shocks and struts. Always keep safe distance between vehicles so that you can spot pothole and slow down your vehicle that will save the car from the impact.
Resting your hand on Gear Stick
Never rest your hand on gear Knob, it puts small but constant pressure on gear knob. Transmission set is complex and they have many moving parts. Your habit might result in displacement of synchronisers and gear. Ultimately leads to a problem of shifting gears. Gear box that is not working seriously can cause serious problem on road and in car mechanics. This bad habbit may lead to huge expense on transmission repairs. Better move your hands to steering wheel to rather than resting on gear knob..
Be gentle while engaging reverse gear
It is advisable to shift reverse gear gently. In normal practice we shift reverse gear with full energy which cause potential damage to reverse gear teeth which why you may have notice noise coming from the transmission.
Refuelling only when tank is almost empty
The fuel filter starts damaging due to dirt, as fuel contains certain impurities. When car is not under use these impurities accumulates at the bottom and forms sediments. It is advisable that tank should be at least half filled with fuel.
Frequent braking while driving downhill
Many new drivers tend to keep their foot on brake pedal at higher gear while driving downhill so that car is ready to stop at any movement but this practice leads to braking system over heating and wearing out brake pads and discs. The correct method to do is to shift to lower gear and initiate engine braking; reducing engine speed reduces vehicle speed which helps to reduce use of brakes. Don’t get panic while hearing roaring engine sound that is pretty normal. Professional race drivers often use technique to slow down while taking another turn.
Neglecting to use hand brake
Car manufacturer recommend use of parking brake to immobilize any parking vehicle. When Car with automatic transmission is parked on the slope; the entire burden falls in lock gear. Also when car is in Park, Not a common but may cause car to roll away, hence hand brake is required. Hand brake helps to relieve stress and tension on transmission and other moving component. It doesn’t really matter if your car has manual or automatic transmission.
Ignoring Suspicious sound
Though most modern engines doesn’t need warming up but during cold freezing temperature it is advisable to keep engine running for 2 to 3 minutes. During that time you can adjust mirrors, adjust driver seat and clean windows, windshield.
Remember to driver carefully and patiently.