How To Prep Your Car For A Road Trip
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Car Organization From the Inside Out
Shop Till You Drop While
Like I had mentioned before, preparing the car is as important as preparing the stuff inside the car for a road trip of any sort. I make sure that everyone in the car has something that makes them happy as well after all a road trip means plenty of together time and miles needs smiles!
For myself, knowing that I have some deodorizing spray in the car for the longer rides is always a plus to get the ‘fried food’ smell out of the car when we stop. I also make sure we grab our beach chairs, blankets and of course plenty of snacks.
Trash Bags
I suggest placing a container of trash bags into your vehicle, this way no matter what the road ahead offers, you are prepared. From ill stomachs to trash in the car, plastic bags are quite useful items and they store easily under seats or in the glove compartment.
Is Your Road Trip To The Beach?
beach-bagIf you are headed to the beach, grab my printable for 24 Beach Bag Essentials and stock up on those while you shop!
Don’t forget to throw some extra towels in the car just in case you get really wet and dirty. Also, if you decide to hit the car wash, those will help you dry out whatever the air dryer misses. Or, of course you can use those towels to wrap up wet swimsuits!
Grab Your Keys And Drive Home
We also grabbed some new windshield wipers while we were there to be able to say, ‘Rain, Rain, Go Away’ or maybe we should just save that song for the Pittsburgh weather and not worry about it since we are road tripping soon!
Lavishly live road tripping out loud when you figure out How To Prep Your Car For A Road Trip with ease! Tell me, how do you prepare for a road trip?
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Whether you plan on visiting Africa coast-to-coast or simply want to do a pilgrimage on Route 66, your car needs to be up to snuff. Imagine what would happen if it wasn’t. Imagine yourself stuck by the side of a deserted road, trying to flag down cars that will likely never come by. Imagine the stress, the loneliness, the agony.
You have to take matters into your own hands. If you’re planning on taking a road trip, make sure you provide your car with some basic maintenance. A top-notch horn might be more useful than you think.
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Before you go on a road trip it is so important that you do everything that you can to make sure that your car is safe and ready. I’ve just bought a car running on diesel, and as I will be going on a business trip soon, I want to check if everything is working properly. I also believe that it is very important to buy a qualitative fuel so that filters will serve longer, so I want to find a service which could provide only the best quality diesel for me. Then my car will be fast and safe!
Very few vehicles complete their life span without visiting an auto repair shop and undergoing a major repair or overhaul of a component. Knowing that your car will need a repair or servicing is no issue, but the problem lies in finding the right auto shop that will give you quality service and not swindle you. It is easy to get that loyal mechanic who is like your car’s personal doctor. A high charging shop does not mean better quality and opting for one simply because of cost may end up in a slow death for your car. You can also get a good shop but not one that takes a whole week to service your car, costing you in inconveniences. It is important to find the balance between speed of service, quality and expense.
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Great post! Getting your car serviced before a road trip is certainly very important in making sure nothing goes wrong. Thanks for sharing!
These are really good tips! It’s so important to make sure your car is ready to take on a lot of miles before you get on the road. It’s better to be safe than sorry when it comes to roadtrips! Thanks for the advice!
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I am loving this, Hubby and I will be going through this in a couple of weeks, and we do the same thing,. We like making a list of things needed to be done to the vehicle prior to heading out and plus the list of things needed to take on the road trip..
@tisonlyme143
These are good tips. You need to be ready.
To break in my new car and to celebrate that I got my license, me and my friends are going to be taking a road trip. This will be my first road trip and I want to make sure that I do everything I can to prep for it. This article helped me see the importance of me doing this like checking the oil and tire pressures to make sure that they are in good condition and then to take it to auto service to get things checked in more detail. I plan on doing this tomorrow and I hope that everything is okay.
I am always keen on the car and everything that I go with to the road trip. Ensuring that everything is set before time and making sure that everyone will be comfortable during the road trip. Walmart Auto Care is also my favorite spot for maintenance (they are professionals). Thanks for sharing these tips.
Cindy
Before you go on a road trip it is so important that you do everything that you can to make sure that your car is safe and ready. By doing that you can really help avoid any problems on the road. It is definitely a good idea to make sure that your windshield wipers are working. It is also a really good idea to have your windshield repaired or replaced if there are any scratches in it., Scratched windshields can definitely be a safety hazard when you are driving long distances.
I am all about multi-tasking, and getting my oil changed at Walmart while checking off my weekly errands sounds like a great idea! Enjoy those summer roadtrips! #client
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You know then how important those errands are, and summer road trips .. Any special tips you have for me?
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