Follow these steps to extend your car's life extra 5 years

When buying a new car, everyone often tries to extend the life of their cars and take advantage of it as long as possible before making a decision to sell it as a used car, because the cost of buying a car from time to time is very expensive. The goal is also to keep the car as long as possible, including maintaining the car from breakdowns and reduce the cost of repairs, which are sometimes very expensive and cost a person the price of a new car.

Maintaining the car and prolonging its life as long as possible without breakdowns are the goal of all car owners. The beautiful car that looks like a brand new also reflects the personality of its owner. To extend the life of your car, you should pay some efforts and follow some simple and easy steps.

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How to extend the life of your car?

• Reading Instruction Manual:

The user manual  is your first way to keep your car up and running. The instruction manual is specially designed to guide you through all the information and warn you of certain behaviors that would harm your car. It is very suitable for your car. The guide contains all the numbers, data, information and instructions about all the interior and exterior parts that you need to deal with your car wisely.

• Check liquids continuously:

The fluids in the car: engine oil, gear oil, brake oil, cooling water, etc. play a major role in maintaining your car parts and reducing friction. Because each liquid has its own role, you should constantly check these fluids to ensure their level and safety so that you can either change these fluids and oils when needed or increase their level to maintain the parts that these fluids maintain from any breakdowns.

• Ongoing Check:

Commitment to regular maintenance according to the specified dates will greatly prolong the life of your car because you will know in advance about the possibility of some malfunctions in the car and repair them before they get worse or cause more problems cost more money. In addition, changing some pipes, filters and others constantly would give your car a new life.

• Customize a good place for car:

Keeping the car in its unmanaged periods should be in a good and proper ventilated place so that there is no deposition of the salts or dust and free of any insects or rodents to protect the car parts.

• Driving the car for suitable periods:

It is important to pay attention to the distances you travel in the car. It is advised not to travel by the car for short distances, less than  meters since that will make the engine difficult to reach the operating temperature. You can walk to nearby places or use public transport.

Furthermore, you should not drive for long distances continuously as this will strain the engine and all other parts and will also make you tired along the way.

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• Cleaning your car:

It is very important to wash the parts of your car from the outside and inside, and it is natural to have some accumulation of dust and dirt on the car from outside and inside. As a result, these accumulations must be removed continuously for not causing dust or breakdowns.

Extending the life of the car is based on adopting some good practices and avoiding others, so you should understand your car and keep it away from any fault or malfunction before it happens.

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