Car Maintenance to Extend Car’s Lifespan

Car companies continue to make the news. A reminder that the most green thing you can do is to extend the life of your present vehicle and not buy a new car.  Even if a new car is a lot more fuel efficient, it takes a great amount of material to produce a new vehicle, not to mention all the carbon emissions involved.

Some tips for extending your car’s lifespan:

• Perform regular Oil Changes
• Check your car’s other fluids regularly
• Check tire inflation pressure and  wear, rotate, replace tires when needed
• Wash and wax your car regularly (Use green Car Products)
• Clean the interior regularly. Get it detailed every year.
• Fix any minor problems early on, before they become serious
• Use original equipment parts, not cheap 3rd party ones
• Follow your car’s maintenance schedule
• Enhance your car with a GPS or MP3 player connection

Carbibles.com has lots of ‘Bibles’ to demystiful the various parts of your car.

Cartalk is legendary for their advice.

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Posted on June 1st, 2009
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