Caring for a Car

One of the most important ways to keep a car running well today and in the future is through routine maintenance. Routine Maintenance will not only keep your car better running, but potentially could save you lots of money in big repair bills.  Many drivers fail when it comes to keeping up with some everyday auto-basics.  However, these are crucial to the health and longevity of your car.

What Must I Do to Take Care of My Car – The Family Car website looks at what you must do to keep your car in shape with regard to: under the hood checks, oil changes, washing, waxing,alignment and balancing of tires, tires rotations, tune up, winterizing, timing belt, and filters. 

This website will also tell you:
What you must do if you want your car to last as long as possible and look and run great
What you must do to keep your car for as long as possible with minimum cost
What to do if you want to keep your car for 3-5 years and then trade it in
What to do if you have leased a car and want to keep your costs to a minimum when turning it back in

Car Care City - Oil Change and Scheduled Maintenance tracking software with reminder service for oil change, lube, tires, insurance, drivers license and license plates/tags - free of charge.  Please read about this service online before signing up for it. 

Car Care Service Schedule – this PDF file from carcare.org gives is a general listing of what and when car maintenance should be done for a car.  It is a general listing.

Specific Car Maintenance Schedule – This web page from carcare.org allows you to put in the exact year, make, model, and engine type of your car so you can see what schedule your specific car has for car maintenance.

Get your car ready for summer - this web-link will help you know what you need to do to get your car ready for summer.

Get your car ready for winter - this web-link will help you know what you need to do to get your car ready for summer.