Archive for January, 2010
Top Tips For Car Battery Maintenance
If automobile battery is something that troubles you often you need to keep a check on this auto part. It’s easy and simple. Car Battery maintenance is essential as this automotive part plays a major role in the smooth functioning of any vehicle. As I always say a little care and basic knowledge is what is required. Just have a fair idea of the automobile electrical system to keep the car’s battery in the best shape without any hassles. Follow the following car maintenance tips to keep you car’s battery running smoothly.
Tips No. 1 Battery Needs Change This is common and known to almost all the car owners. Your car’s battery needs to be changed after a duration of four years. Don’t forget to do that.
Tips No. 2 Monthly check of the battery’s load test helps you avoid any hassle. Take your car’s battery to your auto mechanic and can load test it. Make sure your car’s battery is able to pass the test. Make sure that it is capable of sufficient charge even at below freezing temperatures.
Tips No. 3 Just wipe off the battery terminals of any crust. An easy way to do so is to use some baking soda and water. Use a wire brush to clean the crust using this solution.
Tips No. 4 Always keep the battery cables tightly tied. Make sure the cables are so tight that they do not move.
Tips No. 5 Keep the battery safe in a tray. Also ensure that battery remains properly in the battery tray so that no damage is caused to the hood.
Tips No. 6 Excess of cold is not a good condition for the car batteries. Therefore look for a solution to it. The best way is to opt for an engine or battery heater. This keeps the car’s battery function smoothly. The heater will help in easily starting the battery and would also minimize the power consumed.
Tips No. 7 Keep a check on when Service is needed Different cars come with maintenance free battery. Regular check is needed for such automobile batteries. There is a light in maintenance free batteries that goes black when service is required.
Tip No. 8 For Conventional Car Battery These batteries come with a plastic cover that can be easily removed to check the water inside. It is important that the water inside the battery reaches the filler necks.
Tip No. 9 Be Careful While Adding Water Incase there is less water inside the battery you may also add distilled water. I guess I should warn you at this moment. You might just harm yourself if you don’t be careful. The battery acid that is highly corrosive might harm your clothes.
Tip No. 10 During Battery Check It is important to make sure that you do not keep any kind of open flames near the car battery. Automobile battery contains chemicals that are combustible and hence can be dangerous.
Tip No. 11 Over Charging Should Be Avoided This is common and known to everybody that a dead battery can be charged using a battery charger. Improper charging of a battery is something that should be avoided. It might also lead to damage of battery’s as well as car’s parts amp; components.
These were some of the battery’s maintenance tips that are to be followed in order to keep your car’s battery and electrical system in best condition. The smooth functioning of automobile battery helps you have a tension free long drive. You can try these car parts maintenance DIY tips yourself. Have a Happy amp; Safe Driving!!
About the writer: I am Fred Clay a journalist and an automotive industry expert. Automobiles automotive parts components and any everything related to this industry interests me and is my passion. Over the past eight years i have covered different automotive industry related news and have been writing on the same. As a professional I have reported on myriad topics my favorite is the automobile industry. I also write for different web portals and websites. Amongst all my favorite is Automotive Components Partsthat is an Automotive industry B2B marketplace. This portal Automotiveonline.com provides detailed information on industry overview news trends professional associations publications tenders product catalogs international trade leads trade events worldwide manufacturers suppliers related to global automotive components parts industry. I now blog at: Automobile Hotspot
Title: Keep Garage Clean While Saving Energy With Garage Door Threshold Seals
I can bet I am not the only one having trouble with keeping the garage clean especially when leaves dirt sand residues keep slipping through the garage gaps and along the sides.
Garage door threshold seals are designed to block and repel the escape of air or intrusion of dirt sand residues rodents snakes rain etc creating tight seal between the door and the floor. Unfortunately many of the new homes always have a garage built in attached to the house for accessibility reason. This is one way rodents or snakes enter your home. Also sealing the garage door can help with energy saving.
Because the garage passageway is connected with the main hall the amount of electricity on air conditioning consumption can be tremendous since the air keeps leaking out through the gaps. Majority of household members have problems with energy consumption and dont even know that one of the biggest energy wasters in the house is in the garage itself. Mounting the door threshold to the garage floor can help reduce the bills. This will also help to keep the house warmer during the winter and cooler during the summer. In addition you will also find out that during the cold seasons your car will be easier to start.
The Tsunami Sealgarage door threshold seal is a precise engineered product made of Vinyl polymers that can withstand from 40 to 140 F making the seal itself more durable than an average weather stripper and basically sticks to the floor permanently. The seal requires only a onetime installation and can withstand multiple numbers of door slams and your car driving over it. The garage door seals come in black gray and brown to blend in with the color scheme of your home. It is 3 inches wide and inch tall.
Installation of a garage threshold door seal is easy and takes less than 30 minutes. The kit comes with ultra duty adhesive and a metal caulking gun. It is recommended that you put the center of the seal in the middle of the garage floor and cut any excess from the sides. The garage door seal works great with all types of garage doors including roll up doors hinged wood doors and walk through doors. Also when viewing the garage from the front the garage door threshold seal is unnoticeable.
You can buy a garage door threshold door seals at a local retail store or online at websites like Garageaccessoriesrus The Tsunami Sealcomes with a lifetime warranty. If you want to save money and keep your garage clean a garage door threshold seal is strongly recommended.
About the writer: GarageAccessoriesrus.com now offers garage door threshold that takes shape of tsunami waves. The garage door seals will cut your energy bills and make your garage better maintained.
The Psychology Of The Sales Price
After several months of trying to sell your car and getting frustrated from the tire kickers and those that just want to low ball the price hoping you will say yes just to get rid of the car you make what you think is a rational decision. You lower your asking price. You think ok now I will get serious buyers. Low and behold a new group of tire kickers come along and a fresh group of lowballers bombard you with ridiculous offers. What is a car seller to do?
The following stories are all true. I know because I saw them happen.
1. An exotic car owner recently spent 400 each on a new set of tires for his car. Unfortunately less than a week later he totals his car. He pulls the new tires from the car and posts them on a well known internet auction site. He figures what ever he can get he will be happy. His description reads New tires 100 each. No one even makes a bid. After three days he lowers the price to 75 each.”
2. An automotive parts store owner decides to get rid of two cases of cans of an offbrand fuel additive which have not sold at the recommended 1.98 per can. He puts the individual cans in a basket near checkout marked “Twentyfive cents each.” No one buys even a single can.
So what is a seller with no success to do? Interestingly the solution is the same in each case.
That solution isRaise the price.
The exotic car owner changes his posting to read “Brand New HighEnd Tires 275 each.”
The automotive store operator marks the cans “Cleans fuel injectors like nothing else. 3.95 per can.”
The results? The tires sold in two days. The fuel additive sold out in a week.
The psychology of a good sales price is most obvious with the old saying “You get what you pay for.” It is the mental attitude the buyer perceives when they see the price. Consciously or unconsciously a seller conveys the value of his/her product through its price. If the price is ridiculously low the goods must be of low worth. But displaying them proudly at a premium price conveys value as long as it is not obviously overpriced. Consider it from the perspective of your potential buyer. Everyone appreciates and wants a bargain. No one will buy perceived junk. Would you have any interest in a 2005 Porsche 911 for 500? Why would you even consider putting a twentyfive cent additive you have never heard of in your cars fuel tank? You don’t want to sell a car that might sound like it has something wrong with it do you?
How did you determine the actual selling price? Can you price it more aggressively and move it to a highprofile website location? If you raise the price of your luxury/exotic car by 2000 or 3000 you now have room for the potential seller to bargain with you. High makes you an offer 1000 or 2000 below your new selling price and you ultimately accept it. He feels great because he bought a great car at a price he is very happy with because he bargained you down
Remember this well people who are not serious about buying an exotic or luxury car and the lowballers will not make you a fair market offer.
Do not drop your advertised price because these folks physiologically beat you down RAISE IT!
About the writer:nbsp;nbsp;Victor Martel is an expert in buying and selling luxury and exotic cars quickly and at the best price.
You can learn more by visiting his website http://www.finestmotorsports.com. Also visit his blog at www.finestmotorsporsports.com/blog to understand the car buying and selling experience.
