Your car is one of the most expensive possessions you have. In order to make the most of your investment, you want give it the care and attention it deserves.

1. Starting up and driving immediately

After getting in the car, the car owners often start it up and drive right away. This habit is not good because the car engines need to have 10-15s to get oil to critical components and let RPMs drop down. Even the old cars need more time. Specifically, in the cold or even freezing weather, the oil gets really thick so, giving your cars 20-30s to start up is necessary.

You shouldn’t drive your car away right after turn it on
To avoid the wrong way driving, please follow this guideline: start it up → give car engines 10-15 seconds to get enough oil → put seatbelt on and do other stuff → drive.

2. Not waiting for cars to warm up

It is often seen that the owners start the cars and drive away. Then, they wrap it up or push car hard before it warms up. In fact, you should wait until engine gets to operating temperature before pushing car hard or speeding up.

In emergency situations, it is obvious that you have to do what you get to do; however, never beat on cold engine, which leads you to be wrong way driver.


3. Changing your oil every 3000 miles

Depending on vehicle age, type of oil and driving conditions, oil change intervals will vary, today’s oil is better than they were back then. So, the habit of changing your oil every 3000 miles is thing of past. For your car, the oil could last 5,000 or 7,500 miles, even with full synthetics oil, they can last up to 15,000 miles. Stop changing your oil every 3000 miles from now on could save you a lot of money. You cannot judge engine oil condition by color, so follow the factory maintenance schedule for oil changes.

4. Irregularly inspecting your cars

Because you drive every day, you cannot take it for granted that tires are not flat, oil is correct or there have enough coolant and windshield wiper fluid. Instead, you should do these following steps in parking lot:

Check 4 tires
Turn lights/flashes on/off
Check blinkers/headlights/taillights

In doing so, you can save your time, money and your life

Frequent car inspection is a good way to maintain your car in good condition

5. Not checking tire pressure

Another wrong thing that car drivers usually do is not to check tire pressure until it gets overinflated. Be aware of checking the guidelines of manufacturer inside door jamb of driver’s side.

6. Do not check your car tires

It is the wrong concept for not checking the tires. If you don’t take close look, you might think tires are still good but in fact, they need to get replaced. Besides, you also need to check cracks and slashes on the tires.

7. Forget the spare tire

Spare tire is often forgotten until you need it. So, after a long time, when you use it to change the old one, the tire gets flat. You need to regularly check the spare tire and fill it up with air if the air is coming out.

8. Not reading user manual

Reading owner’s manual is a fundamental thing when owning a car. Because every car is different and especially when you change the car to another, it is important to spend 2-3 hours reading manual to know functions of all buttons and gauge in your car. Then, you also know the differences between 2 cars.

Spend 2-3 hours reading manual to know functions of all buttons and gauge in your car


9. Cleaning your cars improperly

Many car owners just use paper towels without any liquid on the paint. It is also one of common mistakes that car drivers probably make. Your car would be destroyed by these bad habit of washing. Please remember that it is essential to use microfiber cloth and have some type of lubricant or liquid before cleaning off your paint.