Content Cow

Welcome Guest

Give Your Articles

Use Our Articles

Information

Categories

34 users online.

Navigation: Home » Formatnewsletter » Format Article for Newsletter

Newsletter Article

Here is Five Things You Must Keep In Your Car formatted for a newsletter with 65 characters per line.

Return to Five Things You Must Keep In Your Car

Five Things You Must Keep In Your Car

by enrico

When you reach the age where you begin driving lessons, you learn
how to drive the car, the highway code and rules of the road, and
you may even learn how to change a tyre or replace the bulbs.
Some people learn a lot more and these are well prepared for any
eventuality that may occur while they are out on the road.

Driving is a learning experience. It doesn't matter how long you
have been driving or how many times you have broken down, crashed
or been pulled over by the police - you will always be more
prepared the next time. Every time something goes wrong with your
car, you will be prepared if the same thing ever happens again.
Experience teaches you to be prepared.

There are many items that are recommended for you to keep in the
boot or glove-box of your car. Your driving instructor may chat
to you during your lessons, giving little hints and tips that
they have picked up in their years of experience. Also, if your
father is an experienced driver, he will often give you advice
about the common problems that motorists face and so will help
you avoid falling victim to these preventable obstacles.

An inexperienced driver may not know what to do if their car
broke down, especially in a quiet road or where few cars will
pass. Nearly everybody now will have a mobile phone so this will
not make the Top Five List. However, ensure you have an in-car
charger and that your phone is able to make calls in case of such
a problem.

With a mobile phone, you are able to contact the right people to
ensure that if you are stuck somewhere, they will come and get
you or will send a recovery service to ensure you aren't
stranded. However, recovery services can take a long time to find
you, so always take a blanket with you in the boot of your car.
This can be used for sitting on, if the ground is wet, or to keep
you warm while you wait to be recovered.

Another key item that will prove invaluable in this situation is
a battery-powered torch. Stranded in the dark is not a pleasant
experience, so packing a torch will make it more bearable and
will help you with any minor repairs. Changing a tyre can be a
tricky business in the dark, so always keep a charged torch in
the car.

If you drive to work, family occasions or any event where you
are expected to maintain a set dress-code or appearance, ensure
that your glove box has either tissues or an even better choice -
wet wipes. Wet wipes or baby wipes are a fantastic addition to
your holiday luggage, so why not keep them handy for road trips
and car journeys away from home.

So many car problems that you may face will involve lifting the
bonnet, handling parts or touching the exterior of your car. As
all car-owners know, the outside of your car will become
extremely dirty in a short space of time. Handling tyres,
dipsticks, wiper blades and even your petrol cap can result in
your hands being covered in dirt, oil and general grime.

The use of plastic gloves when refilling your tank is a great
start, but carrying a pack of wipes will enable you to feel fresh
instantly and prevent the transfer of filth onto your clothes.
When you are well-presented for an important meeting, it would be
infuriating to find an oil smear on your ice-white shirt. Wipes
can also be used by families with children that have sticky
fingers after food, clean hands will mean clean seats and
upholstery.

Anyone who has been in a car when it overheats will understand
the importance of the next item on the list. A two-litre bottle
of water. This is not the emergency drinking water that you may
take if you were driving across a desert or the Australian
outback, but water for more practical purposes.

Recently, while driving along the motorway, I came to a long
section of roadworks with a plethora of heavy machinery and small
army of workers. As i continued through the roadwork populous, my
windscreen became opaque with dirt and dust. I anxiously clutched
at the magic wand of windscreen wash, alas, it was empty. I
vainly attempted to move the dirt with my dry wiper blades, only
to make matters worse. More by luck than judgment, I made it to
the next junction where I filled up with the free water at the
service station. And i survived.

This is a serious issue and can grossly affect your visibility
and therefore your ability to drive. The benefit of a bottle of
water vastly outweighs the slight annoyance of it sometimes
rolling about while you drive, causing a strange noise that makes
you think there is a small animal burrowing into your back seat.
The other benefit for the water, aside from filling the
windscreen wash, can be gained if you use it to fill your
radiator to avoid your car overheating, as mentioned earlier.

The fifth and final item that you must always keep in your car,
is another one that you should attempt to have on your person at
all times. As with a mobile phone, this item maybe shouldn't make
the list as most people carry this wherever they go. However, I
am going to suggest that you must always have money, currency or
cold-hard cash in your car.

To carry cash in your car is not going to encourage someone to
break into it, unless you display it blatantly or if it is a big
wad of hundreds of pounds in notes. By cash, I am suggesting that
you ensure you always have a few pounds of coins and change in
your car at any one time. These coins will be extremely useful at
various times, mainly when you need to pay for a parking space or
if your route requires you to pay a toll.

Coins can fit into various small compartments in your car, so
ensure that you stock up and always have a minimum amount that
you will never go below. Car parks can be expensive and rarely
accept credit card payments, so these coins could save you a lot
of money in fines and parking tickets.

Tolls are rare in the UK, but will be found more regularly, when
you travel for greater distances. Be prepared for this and fill
your car's ashtray with some pound coins and fifty pence pieces,
and you will avoid that awkward, uncomfortable realisation when
you reach into your pocket only to feel your sweaty thigh.

So, to summarise, ensure your car is equipped for most
emergencies that you may face. This advice is just a starting
point, and the more experienced that you become as a driver, the
more items will be added to your list. As you finish reading, go
get your blanket, torch (with batteries of course), bottle of
water, wet wipes and coins and put them in your car. You never
know when you might need them, but if you haven't got them in
there you will regret it at some point.

Patrick is an expert Research and Travel consultant. His current
interest is in <a
href="http://www.holidayextras.co.uk/aaparking.html"
title="aaparking">aaparking</a>, <a
href="http://www.holidayextras.co.uk/airport-parking/heathrow/pink-elephant.html"
title="Pink Elephant Stansted"> Pink Elephant Stansted</a> and <a
href="http://www.holidayextras.co.uk/airport-parking/luton/airparks.html"
title="Airparks Luton">Airparks Luton</a>.

Syndicated by Content Cow - www.contentcow.biz

	Quick Search:
Home \| Submit an Article \| Advanced Search \| Grab an RSS Feed