As analysts calculated, the maintenance of the car for the average Russian costs about 85 thousand rubles. Of these, the car owner spends most of it on gasoline - 68%, maintenance - 16%, registration - 10%; purchase of insurance -6%. Plus a tax on vehicle owners. If the car is borrowed, then the loan amount is also added to the total amount. How can you reduce the cost of maintaining your favorite vehicles? The car must be maintained correctly.
Instructions
Step 1
Change the car oil in a timely manner, use high-quality technical fluids.
Step 2
When replacing car parts, give preference to original parts issued by the manufacturer.
Step 3
Have your vehicle serviced regularly. Do this in specialized service centers, whose specialists, as a rule, notice those malfunctions that have not yet made themselves felt on the road.
Step 4
Visit the car wash more often so that dirt does not accumulate in the pockets of the car body, this will reduce the consumption of fuel and technical fluids.
Step 5
Install mudguards and wheel arch liners on the car to avoid the harmful effects of splashes of road mud and impacts of small stones on the body, in winter this is not much, but it will protect the body from corroding road salt.
Carry out anti-corrosion treatment of the vehicle in a timely manner.
Step 6
Store your vehicle properly. If you store it in an open parking lot, often visually inspect the car body for corrosion. Moreover, this must be done both outside and inside the cabin.
Step 7
If you store the car under an awning for a long time, do not allow the awning to touch the car body, provide good ventilation of the car, raise the awning more often to eliminate the creation of a "greenhouse" effect that can lead to corrosion of the body even under the paintwork.
Step 8
If you store your car in a garage, try to keep the garage at a constant temperature, free of fluctuations, and minimal humidity. Oddly enough, it is the garage storage of the car that creates the most problems.
Step 9
The difference between street and garage temperatures leads to the appearance of condensation not only inside the garage, but also on the surface, and, what is most unpleasant, in the hidden cavities of the car.
