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Seven of the worst things you can do to damage your car
Driving ^ | Feb. 18, 2016 | Brian Turner

Posted on 02/23/2016 11:46:57 AM PST by rickmichaels

For all the expense, worry, and inconvenience of automotive maintenance and repairs, you’d think we would know better. But time and again, we ignore or do certain things to our vehicles that will almost always drive repair bills into the stratosphere. And no matter how highly rated or reliable your daily drive is, no matter how “bullet proof” you think it might be, these very simple things will roll any vehicle into an early grave:

(Excerpt) Read more at driving.ca ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: automotive; carmaintenance
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1 posted on 02/23/2016 11:46:57 AM PST by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels

@#$%^&* short excerpts!!

You’re allowed to post 300 words! Use them all!


2 posted on 02/23/2016 11:50:56 AM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: rickmichaels; humblegunner

Click-bait?


3 posted on 02/23/2016 11:53:00 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: rickmichaels

Smoking inside the car ruins the resale value.

Also, don't do this.

4 posted on 02/23/2016 11:53:08 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: rickmichaels

Driving all the time is bad for and letting sit around all the time is bad.


5 posted on 02/23/2016 11:54:06 AM PST by ThomasThomas (Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.)
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To: Billthedrill

And, never leave your bus parked in a Chocolate City during hurricane season.


6 posted on 02/23/2016 11:54:24 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: Billthedrill

don’t vote for democrats.


7 posted on 02/23/2016 11:54:54 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Well, don’t let your vehicle vote for Dhimmicrats...or your underage children...or your dead relatives...or your pets...

who’d I miss?


8 posted on 02/23/2016 11:57:44 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: rickmichaels
If you never believed in miracles the auto industry is living proof that they still do exist.

When I was a kid , hell just about a short few years ago, we were told to change our oil every 6-10K miles, tune-ups needed to be done in 20k miles, hoses and belts needed to be replaced every 30-60k miles and air conditioning needed to be checked annually.

But now, with almost all car companies advertising free maintenance when you buy or lease a car and the cost would be on the manufacturer( Call of the trumpets and Archangels) a milagro!!!!Oil changes at 30k, hoses and belts 60-100k and the tune-up has been all but retired.

A miracle I tell you, nothing but a miracle.

9 posted on 02/23/2016 11:58:50 AM PST by Cyman
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10 posted on 02/23/2016 11:59:26 AM PST by Donglalinger
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Not really. Common sense stuff. Don't slide sideways into stuff, like a curb, avoid pot holes, don't let the electronics get wet, maintain fluid levels, etc.

Oh, all on a single page.

11 posted on 02/23/2016 12:00:11 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: ThomasThomas

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1448&bih=918&q=tree+growing+through+car&oq=car+tree+growing+&gs_l=img.1.0.0i8i30l4.5114.10120.0.13675.17.17.0.0.0.0.130.1356.15j2.17.0..2..0...1.1.64.img..0.17.1348.RXfL99Gs77o

but, if the car has not been driven for a while, please remember to remove the tree from the engine block BEFORe driving off.


12 posted on 02/23/2016 12:00:14 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: rickmichaels

Anybody who doesn’t already know and heed these should not be allowed to drive.

Maybe Canadians need the pointers?


13 posted on 02/23/2016 12:00:34 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Click-bait? Um...no. I figured the preamble and the link was enough. Sorry if I was mistaken.


14 posted on 02/23/2016 12:01:12 PM PST by rickmichaels
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To: Calvin Locke; humblegunner

:: Not really. Common sense stuff ::

So why not post the whole article for us?


15 posted on 02/23/2016 12:02:23 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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16 posted on 02/23/2016 12:04:52 PM PST by Donglalinger
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To: rickmichaels

Driving off a cliff is bad. Usually the car explodes before it even hits the bottom.


17 posted on 02/23/2016 12:05:24 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: rickmichaels

I drove one of my trucks to 280,000 with an engine light coming on and off occasionally. I had the code read and it was some BS sensor so I ignored it. The truck never lost power and mileage stayed consistent.


18 posted on 02/23/2016 12:05:25 PM PST by Resolute Conservative
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woman driver photo: Woman Driver FarkinTwistedWreck111.jpg
19 posted on 02/23/2016 12:06:02 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: Billthedrill
Or this:


20 posted on 02/23/2016 12:06:15 PM PST by KevinB (Barack Obama: Our first black, gay, Kenyan, Socialist, Muslim president!)
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