A majority of adults drive cars, so why not make the trip from point A to point B — and the upkeep of your car — a little bit easier?

No, these tips and tricks won’t make you a certified mechanic or magically eliminate those people who can’t seem to exert enough energy to slightly lift one finger and use their turn signal, but they can make general upkeep and travel a little bit less stressful.

Use toothpaste to clean headlights.








Properly adjust your mirrors.
Safety experts believe that mirrors should be positioned so that no part of your car appears in them, as that’s the best way to negate blind spots that require you to turn your head when changing lanes.

The mirror placements should slightly overlap with the field of view in the center-mounted rear-view mirror.





Tie up your phone.
Thread a rubber band through your air conditioner vent for a makeshift phone holder.





Fast food fix.
Tired of fast food ruining your car floors?

Shower caddies are a simple solution to keeping meals in place during a bumpy ride, which is especially helpful with kids.

Make a trash can.
Need a sturdy trash can? Line a cereal container with a bag and you’re all set.

What side is the tank on?
If it’s time to fill up the tank and you’re in an unfamiliar car, save yourself the embarrassment of pulling up to the wrong side.

The arrow on the gas gauge points to the side that the tank is on.

Remove a registration sticker.
Whether it’s an oil change reminder or a registration sticker, the goo they leave behind is irritating at best.

Grab a newspaper and put warm water on it, place it over the registration sticker for approximately 10 minutes, and the sticker residue will be gone.

Easily open a key ring.
Instead of fumbling around for 15 minutes and breaking your nails , use a staple remover to easily open a key ring.

Cool a car down without air conditioning.
Roll down one window, and open and close the door on the other side five to six times. The hot air escapes through the door you’re opening and closing, while the cool air enters through the window on the other side.

That way you’re not wasting any gas by blasting the air conditioner.

Stash those tissues.
A reusable coffee mug makes a great holder for tissues, and you know it will fit right into the cup holder in your console.

Use your chin to increase your remote car opener.
If your remote car door opener doesn’t have the range to open your door, place the car key fob on your chin to increase the range of the car-retrieval signal.

The fluids in your head turn it into an adequate conductor.

cmgoat:
Cool a car down without air conditioning.
Roll down one window, and open and close the door on the other side five to six times. The hot air escapes through the door you’re opening and closing, while the cool air enters through the window on the other side.

That way you’re not wasting any gas by blasting the air conditioner.

Tiny light users won't find this cool.....their door handles breaks like paper

cmgoat:
Easily open a key ring.
Instead of fumbling around for 15 minutes and breaking your nails , use a staple remover to easily open a key ring.

But,we don't even use staple remover na

Na nail/teeth we take dey comot staple

cmgoat:
What side is the tank on?
If it’s time to fill up the tank and you’re in an unfamiliar car, save yourself the embarrassment of pulling up to the wrong side.
The arrow on the gas gauge points to the side that the tank is on.

If u drive my car with this in mind,embarrassment just start o

Cos its d oda way round


Cmgoat,the Cotonou expensive cars seller

Nice tips...
'but that rubber band can't hold my phone.

diportivo:


Tiny light users won't find this cool.....their door handles breaks like paper




But,we don't even use staple remover na

Na nail/teeth we take dey comot staple




If u drive my car with this in mind,embarrassment just start o

Cos its d oda way round


Cmgoat,the Cotonou expensive cars seller

Let a nigga post in peace

Hmm....nice one op

Organize stuff for a buck.
A shoe organizer from Konga store is a great way to organize all your travel supplies.

Dryer sheets do double duty.
Stash a few dryer sheets in your car to keep it smelling fresh, and apparently placing them in under the hood will also help keep away mice.

Treat windshield cracks with nail polish.
You can slow a crack in your windshield until you can get your car to the shop by brushing clear nail polish on the crack on both sides of the glass and then pull it into the sun to dry.

Plunge (small) problems away.
If you have small dents in your car, just push a plunger firmly against it and pull out to see your car go mostly back to normal in just a few seconds.

(That’s much more pleasant than what you normally use a plunger for, now isn’t it?)

Clean with a coffee filter.
Simply dab a little olive or vegetable oil on the coffee filter and then rub it over your car’s console.

If you don’t want to use the oils, feel free to go without it or use another cleaning solution instead.

(The filters are much better as cleaners than dryer sheets, which are often recommended as well, because dryer sheets can contain a lot of chemicals.)

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Helpful but aw i go take use toothpaste clean my head lamp, that my head lamp is annoying, need to slow down for approaching vehincles at night cos the lamp is like candle

Waladade4luv:
Helpful but aw i go take use toothpaste clean my head lamp, that my head lamp is annoying, need to slow down for approaching vehincles at night cos the lamp is like candle

Toothpaste won't help you.

Very likely your bulb isn't sitting well in the headlight. Fix that first

noxide:


Toothpaste won't help you.

Very likely your bulb isn't sitting well in the headlight. Fix that first

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Rewires check the bulb and affirm that it was good, I even wax the head lamp itself to become brighter dia is still no desired result

still how do i remove an old polythene sticker frm my windscreen.

That is no trick..... Anyways it is needed

kk

we wey no com get car nko

informative..... will take note when i get my own car

Waladade4luv:
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Rewires check the bulb and affirm that it was good, I even wax the head lamp itself to become brighter dia is still no desired result

Guess u nid to change the entire headlight
Happened to me too,I change bulbs......for wia
Got it sprayed/waxed, na lie
Eventually I bought a new one n bin good ever since.
Expensive though,bt hey I see better now

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