Thursday 29 March 2012

New Cars Safety

Along with technological advances in vehicle performance, comfort, and amenities have come advances in safety technology. You can now purchase vehicles that have:

  •     Seat belt systems with improved performance and comfort
  •     Side air bags and redesigned front air bags
  •     Interior head protection to reduce head injuries
  •     Head restraints to help reduce neck injuries in rear impact crashes
  •     Anti-lock brake systems to prevent a vehicle's wheels from locking during "panic" braking
  •     Traction control to improve vehicle stability and steering control
  •     All-wheel drive to distribute power between the front and rear wheels
  •     Automatic-dimming rearview mirrors that reduce headlight glare
  •     Daytime running lights that increase vehicle visibility to other drivers


Get the Most Value for Your Dollar

Driving a vehicle with enhanced safety features may not only save the life of someone you know and reduce injuries in the event of a crash, it may also save you money. In some states, certain safety features on a vehicle, such as air bags and anti-lock brakes, reduce the cost of insurance. Safety features may also boost your vehicle's resale value because consumers are increasingly recognizing the importance of vehicle safety. Whether you are concerned about safety or saving money, knowing about the latest in safety technology enables you to compare all new vehicle features so that you get the most value for your dollar.
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Wednesday 28 March 2012

How To Fix A Flat Tire Without Removing It

what you'll need
  •     Car jack
  •     Aerosol spray tire filler
  •     Pliers
  •     Tire plugs
  •     Nail file
  •     Rasp tool
  •     Tire cement
  •     Insertion tool

Tuesday 27 March 2012

9 Ways To Prevent Flat Tires Successfully

Flat tires are inevitable, and they always seems to happen at the most inconvenient time. But, there are things you can do to reduce the frequency of this occurrence. Even better than avoiding the inconvenience of a flat tire, you can avoid potential injury caused by losing control of your car when the tire goes flat. The following 9 tips will help you prevent a flat tire and prepare you for handling such an event. 

Keep Tires Inflated

Keep your tires inflated at the right pressure. Too much tire pressure can not only make your vehicle more difficult to handle, it can make for a rough ride. Too little pressure can make your tires wear faster—and more unevenly. If you’re not sure what the correct pressure for your tires is, check the vehicle manufacturer’s instructions.

Check Your Spare Tire

Check your spare tire occasionally to make sure it has the required air pressure and that it has no defects. If you find that your spare tire is defective and needs replacing, don't wait to replace it. When examining it, check it for small cracks in the sidewall which could be dry rot.

Monday 26 March 2012

What You Need To Know About Tires

 The Importance of tires to cars!!!


 



It's partway through the race. The leader is slowly losing his advantage, as the other cars gain, when from out of nowhere, the 36th-place car-some six laps down-runs down that dominant car and passes him on the outside like he was standing still. How? Tires. That back marker has just come out of the pits with fresh rubber. The leader's tires are 60 laps old. New rubber can make a dramatic difference in a vehicle's performance, as evidenced on the race track, where the new tires can turn a zero into a hero.

The same holds true on the street, where the right tires can bring an older car back to life, tighten up a sloppy riding and handling SUV, quell apprehension on a wet, curvy back-road, and silently perform years of faithful service. The wrong tires, on the other hand, can make you think the shocks and bushings have failed, the alignment is out of spec, the steering is demon-possessed, a band of screaming bobcats have taken up residence in the wheel-wells, and the water on the road is a foot deep. There's much more to tires than the meets the eye.

Designing circles
Tires are the single most important component on a vehicle, one that seemingly requires an advanced engineering degree to fully understand. And yet, despite advanced computer simulations, designing and developing a tire remains as much art as science and involves as much compromise as an international peace accord. With a tire, improvement in one performance characteristic almost always comes at the expense of another. For example: Reducing rolling resistance (for better fuel mileage) or increasing tread life usually decreases grip, wet or dry. The opposite is true too: A race car wearing race tires can corner at 1.5g without aero aids, but gas mileage is of almost no concern and the rubber is worn out within 150 miles.

Sometimes, the interactions don't work the way tire designers' computers predict. This is due partially to the tire literally being cooked (or "cured") in the manufacturing process: Polymers, sulphur, carbon black, oils, waxes, resin, and structural components evolve and develop new properties. Some of this evolution continues over the tire's life, especially if the tire is overheated.

Sunday 25 March 2012

Repair Rusted Spots on Your Car!!

There are several reasons why you may be concerned about rust spots on your car. If you are going to try to sell it, any appearance of surface rust will drive down the re-sale price considerably. If you plan on keeping the car for a long time, then you want one that looks nice and that won't be falling apart around itself.

If you have surface rust that has developed from a chip in the paint, or even rust that has started as the result of the broken paint surface over a dent, you can take a few steps that will have your car looking great again in no time. Just because your car is old doesn't mean that it has to be a rust bucket.

Prep the Rusted Area

The first step, as with any other household paint job that you may be familiar with, is to properly prepare the surface to accept the paint. In the case of a car body, the purpose is two-fold. Not only are you preparing the metal to accept the paint, but you are also repairing it cosmetically by creating a perfectly shaped surface that is smooth and free of defects.

Tuesday 20 March 2012

Car Health & Routine Maintenance Explained

Before i Expose you to the cars!! i would first want to give you prime details on the maintenance of this cars.

Automobile Maintenance Facts

  •     38% of cars have low or dirty engine oil
  •     54% of cars have low tire pressure
  •     28% of cars have inadequate cooling protection
  •     19% of cars need new belts
  •     16% of cars have dirty air filters
  •     10% of cars have low or contaminated brake fluid

Monthly Automobile Check List

  •     Clean the Car
  •     Check the Lights
  •     Check Tire Pressure and Tire Condition
  •     Refill Windshield Washer Fluid