Your vehicle is likely to be the second biggest purchase that you will make in this lifetime, after the purchase of your first home. You do everything that you can to protect your home, so it doesn’t make any sense that you don’t take steps to protect your second biggest investment. The hope is that you will be able to trade in your current vehicle for something newer, a little further down the line, and this is why you need to protect it at all costs.
One of the simplest and cheapest things that you can do for your car is to invest in a quality and yet affordable car sunshade that provides the interior of the vehicle protection from the harmful effects of UV rays. This is just one way to protect your vehicle from the intense sunshine here in Australia, and the following are some others that you should pay attention to.
- Wash your vehicle regularly – Whenever you get a free moment, get yourself out onto the driveway with a bucket of clean water, a good sponge and some car cleaning detergent. Even during dry spells when the car looks pretty clean, you can be sure that it is covered with dust, dirt and other things that are thrown up from the road by other vehicles. Make sure to pay attention to the little crevices that are hard to reach, because this is where rust begins.
- Get your car professionally waxed – It is true that you can try to wax your vehicle by yourself, but you’re never really going to do it properly. It pays to get the professionals to do it for you, who have the best kind of equipment to do the job properly, and the best wax. They always choose the best quality products that have UV protection built in. They will make sure that the car is clean and dry before application, which ensures that the wax sticks properly and gives your vehicle the best level of protection.
- Always park out of the sun – It doesn’t matter that you have been fortunate enough to find a free space on the high street, because your vehicle is going to be parked in the sun, and the paintwork will suffer as a direct result. If you can find a space under the cover of a large tree, that’s great news, but if not, you really do need to park your vehicle in a parking garage and just pay the money. The other selling point is that the inside of your car won’t be baking hot once you try to get into it. Many of us have burned the back of our legs on the car seat in such situations.
It is also a good idea to try to leave a little bit of space at the top of your windows to let the hot air escape outside. It only has to be a little gap that a car thief won’t even notice at all.
