Simple Tips Protect Your Vehicle During Cold Temperatures and Tough Driving Conditions

LONDON, Ont. – With winter weather comes salty, sandy roads, foggy driving conditions and limited visibility for your vehicle. But a few simple tips from can give your vehicle the equivalent of winter parka and ski goggles to protect it all winter long.

New Family Road Trip Guide Focuses on Easy Tips for Saving Gas, Protecting Environment and Ensuring Safety

The lazy, hazy days of summer should soon be upon us. Sounds nice doesn't it? But in fact that haziness could actually be summer smog! Summer smog builds up mainly from April through October, causing reduced visibility in cities and a visible layer, similar to fog. It also causes a health hazard to people.

Did you know the average light-duty vehicle produces roughly three times its weight in CO2 every year? If poorly driven and maintained, it can generate even more CO2. In Canada, light-duty vehicles produce a signficant 12% of Canada's CO2 emissions.

Spring is sprung, the grass is riz, I wonder where the birdies is? You know where they're going to be as soon as you wash your car. Bird droppings have a high acid content, so they are one of the worst threats to your car's finish. Along with tree sap and spills of gasoline or other automotive fluids, these are things you should wash off immediately.

They seem to pop up by magic almost overnight. Spring temperatures warm the cold pavement, melting and evaporating any ice. This creates air pockets that can eventually cause the pavement to break up. A winter of heavy snow or rain and several freeze-thaw cycles can mean a big pothole season ahead!

More and more households are run by single women, so women are responsible for vehicle maintenance in a growing number of households and families. Even if there is a male partner in the household, many women are still responsible for their vehicle's maintenance. Historically, women have reported that they felt they were treated differently than their male counterparts by repair facilities.

Sometime not too far from now, perhaps as we near the May 24th long weekend, or maybe when school is finally out in June, Canadians will dust off the station wagons and sedans and get ready for a summer road trip. One question they should be asking themselves – 'Is my car ready for a holiday road trip?'