hey guys chris fix here today i want to
talk about the top 10 mistakes people
make with their car mistake number one i
see people do this all the time they get
in their car they start it up and they
drive right away
that's not good for the engine you need
to give the engine at least 10 15
seconds to get the oil to the critical
components and let the rpms drop down
older cars you should give even more
time and in cold weather you might want
to give your car 20 30 seconds to start
up especially when it's below freezing
the oil is really thick
what you should do is get in the car
start it up give it 10 15 seconds put
your seat belt on and stuff
and then drive
the second mistake i see people make is
they start their car they drive away and
they rev it up or they push the car hard
before it warms up you should always
wait till your engine gets to operating
temperature before you push the car hard
or rev it or accelerate quickly
obviously if it's an emergency situation
you got to do what you got to do but
never beat on a cold engine the third
mistake is putting premium in a car that
only needs regular you're not helping
your car there's no performance benefit
there's no better fuel economy nothing
all octane is is the measure of how hard
it is for the gasoline to explode you
can see my truck it says right in the
owner's manual
regular gasoline putting premium won't
help you can see on my corvette it says
premium recommended so you could put
premium but you could also put regular
because it's not required mistake number
four changing your oil every 3000 miles
today's oils are way better than they
were back then so that old 3000 mile oil
change is a thing of the past today's
oils could last 5 000 7 500 and even
synthetics they could last up to 15 000
miles for my truck i do 7 500 mile
intervals for changing the oil and
that's using conventional oil for my
corvette i do 5000 mile intervals that's
using full synthetic oil and for my new
fiesta in the owner's manual it says
there's a 15 000 mile service interval
for the oil mistake number five people
don't inspect their car often enough
it's important that you inspect your car
because you're driving every day you
can't just take it for granted that your
tires aren't flat that your oil is
correct that you have enough coolant
that you have enough windshield wiper
fluid what you should do is when you're
in a parking lot instead of going right
to your car go take a walk around it
real quick check all four tires turn
your lights on turn your flashers on
make sure your blinkers are working make
sure your headlights are working make
sure your taillights are working it's a
quick thing might prevent you from
getting a ticket and it could save your
life
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number six people don't check their tire
pressure you want to make sure you don't
over inflate and you want to make sure
you don't under inflate the recommended
tire pressure for your car is located on
the inside door jamb of the driver's
side you can see here my truck
recommends 30 psi make sure you check
your tire pressure when the temperature
changes 10 degrees or more mistake
number seven people don't look at their
tires enough it's important to look to
see how much tread depth you have left
you can see here i'm using a penny and a
quarter the top of abe lincoln's head is
two thirty seconds of tread left and the
top of george washington's head is 4 30
seconds 2 30 seconds is the legal limit
you don't want to be anywhere below that
and it's dangerous if you are the other
thing you want to look for is you want
to look for any cracks any slashes any
gouges into the tire and the final thing
is you want to look at the wear on the
tire you can see here on the inside of
my tire it's worn down a lot and on the
outside it actually looks good so if you
didn't take a close look you might think
the tire is good but in reality these
tires need to get replaced and finally
don't cheap out on new tires if you get
them you know they're one of the most
important items on your car mistake
number eight people don't check their
spare tire they forget about it they
just leave it there and then when they
need it it's flat and what good does a
flat spare tire do nothing so you can
see here my spare is actually flat so
you need to make sure you fill it up
with air and also locate where the air
is coming out if it's flat mistake
number nine people don't read the
owner's manual reading the owner's
manual is one of the most fundamental
things when you get a car it's simple
takes two hours three hours you read
through the whole book you should know
what every button does in your car and
what every gauge means in your car also
every car is different so if you're
driving one car and you move to another
you should know the difference between
the two cars and mistake number 10
people don't know how to clean their car
properly one of the things i see people
do all the time is they use paper towels
on their paint or they don't use any
liquid when they're using a towel on
their paint you need to have some type
of lubricant and you shouldn't use paper
towels when you're cleaning off your
paint what you should do is you should
use a microfiber cloth and have some
type of lubricant so some type of liquid
and because cleaning your car is such a
big problem i made another top 10 video
on the biggest mistakes people do when
cleaning their car so go check that out
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