As the weather has certainly taken a turn for the colder, and wetter, recently it’s time to prepare your car for autumn and the hazards the new season brings.
Here are our top tips for keeping your journeys safe and your car looking great!
Start With The Inside
Making sure the inside of your car is clean is important all year round. However, there are some additional reasons why cleaning your car’s interior is important in autumn. The wet weather and lower sun can combine to show up a dirty windscreen in the worst possible way. So make sure you keep those windows clean to give you the best visibility.
Basic Maintenance To Prepare Your Car For Autumn
Other areas that it’s important to check over when you prepare your car for autumn are your tyres and fluid levels.
Making sure your tyres have a good tread depth is essential as the weather changes. Rain, wet leaves and even ice as the season progresses can all make stopping more difficult and skidding more likely. Having good tread depth on your tyres gives them better traction and makes stopping much easier.
Making sure your screenwash is topped up is also important this time of year as the windscreen can easily become dirty due to spray from the wet roads. As we mentioned, this coupled with the low sun can quickly make it difficult to see where you’re going!
It is also the perfect time to make sure your windscreen wipers are in good condition and that all your lights are working properly.
Don’t Forget The Outside!
The outside of your car can really take a beating in the wet and wild autumn weather. So seize any sunny days you get to give your car a good clean and don’t forget the wax! Waxing your car will protect the paintwork from the worst of the season’s weather and make future cleaning much easier.
If you don’t fancy being out in the autumn chill cleaning your car why not let us do it for you? If you’re in Reading, Swindon or the surrounding areas WL Mobile Valeting can come to you. Pick one of our great packages and book in today!
