Sharing entry #3: DIY / home&car maintenance

[yvi]

Third verse, same as the first two:

Over the next few days, I will be trying to post one entry per day where people can share general tips and tricks they think could be valuable to others. No matter how basic they are or how few people you think would profit from them. Just think about how you do things and share this with others.



This entry is all about Do-it-yourself, home and car maintenance

Comments

[majoline]

Washing your car windows with shaving cream will keep them from getting condensation.

And as with everything else in life, take care of problems or maintenance in your car early. Time to change your breaks? 50 USD Waiting until your break router has a gouge? 3000 USD

And I've just recently discovered that going into the same maintenance shop routinely usually gives you a discount. Our second oil change right at three months was half off the first one.

[sporky_rat]

Shaving cream? really? just plain barbasol would work?

[majoline]

Yeah, actually! The same soap texture that makes it easy to get hair off prevents water from adhering to your windows.

I thought it was nonsense until I tried it myself.

[chaostheory635]

also, if you replace your brake pads in time, you can take the rotors into a parts store and have them machined down--this way you don't even need new rotors every time. (but you can only do this about once or twice for each set of rotors!)

or, if you're looking for a good mechanic, ask around at a parts store! (o'reilly's in particular tends to deliver parts to local mechanics, so they know a lot of them and they're generally up on who's good for what.)

[majoline]

True! (We do all our own car stuff, so I'm not good at finding mechanics, unless you live near me.)