Everyone can use these helpful car hacks that will make your commutes to and from work, errands, road trips, and other drives a whole lot easier. Additionally, these car hacks can certainly make your drives more comfortable. Who wouldn’t want to feel more at ease and more comfortable during their drives? Keep reading to learn more about these helpful tips and how they can benefit you.
1) Keep your car clean using a plastic cereal container lined with a plastic bag
One of the most common problems that many car owners have is keeping their car clean. For many people, their car is essentially an extension of their home, as they spend a lot of time commuting to and from places. Therefore, you want to ensure that your car is free of trash, debris, and other things that can cause a mess or make your space less comfortable. It’s easy to accumulate wrappers, food crumbs, water bottles, and other pieces of trash over time in your car. One of the best ways to ensure that your care is kept clean and tidy is by using a plastic cereal container as a small trash can and lining it with a plastic bag. You can add all of your disposables into the container and use it as an in-car trash can. If you want to make sure that the container doesn’t move, you can easily add a self-adhesive velcro sticker or other type of adhesive and fasten it to the carpet in your car to ensure it stays in place.
2) Record the view of the road or the inside of your car with a dashcam
A dashcam is a great upgrade to your car’s setup, as it provides video surveillance of a car accident, hit-and-run, or theft. It’s a compact video camera that sits discreetly on the interior windshield of your car that provides high-quality video of incidents. Having a dashcam can give you the peace of mind that you need while on the road or while away from your car.
Many dash cams even let you sync the footage straight to your phone, making it readily available whenever you need it.
3) Add a handy paper towel holder
We have all needed paper towels at one point or another while we’re in the car. One helpful tip that can be useful for many people is by adding a roll of paper towels to the truck of your car using a small bungee cord. This will prevent the paper towel roll from getting smashed or rolling around in your car or trunk.
4) Add an ice-proof solution to your windshield
If you live in an area that snows or gets extra cold during the winter, this hack will be especially helpful to you. Add three parts vinegar and one part water to a spray bottle, shake it very well and spray it on your car windows before the sun goes down. This will help prevent water from freezing on your windows overnight.
5) Add a car backup camera
While most newer cars already come with the backup camera and detector on their vehicles, you can still experience that same benefit even if your car doesn’t have one of these gadgets. There are now backup cameras that you can add to the back of your car and mount the screen onto your dashboard, which will allow you to see what your back camera sees. As a result, you don’t always have to purchase a new car to experience these great advanced features.
6) Have your very own code reader handy
Has there ever been a problem with your car but the only way to find out what the problem was resulted in having to take it to a mechanic? If you have experienced this before, then you know just how costly a simple diagnosis can be. This is why it may be a good idea to invest in your very own code reader to avoid an expensive diagnosis every time you visit your mechanic when something goes wrong with your car. Keep in mind: the diagnosis does not involve the repairs.
It simply just tells you what is wrong with your car and that in itself can be extremely expensive, so having your own code reader can certainly help save you money in the end.
7) Windshield ice and snow cover
If you live where colder climates exist and have snow, then a windshield ice, and snow cover may come in handy for your car. No one likes to scrape snow or ice off of their windshield, but sometimes it has to be done during those winter months. However, with windshield ice and snow covers, this will save you the time and do the job for you so you don’t have to deal with it before heading to work, taking the kids to school, running errands, etc. Once you peel it off your windshield, you can have a perfect, unobstructed view that you need to carry on with your day.
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