Car hacks: Cool your ride, fight fog, and prevent door dings
Many people spend a lot of time behind the wheel, so it's worth knowing practical tricks that can make this daily routine more enjoyable. These tricks can often help you perform specific tasks faster, more conveniently, and with less effort.
3:37 PM EDT, July 1, 2024
With an ordinary rubber band, you can improvise a phone stand
Quick and efficient ventilation
If your car heats to astronomical temperatures, there is a simple way to cool it down quickly. Just open the driver's side door and the other door and window on the passenger side. Then, fan the doors several times to ventilate the car from the hot air effectively. For even better results, you can also open the trunk.
Way to prevent foggy windows
In a region where fog is frequent and your car windows fog up, especially at the bottom, moisture-absorbing sachets might be the solution. You can usually find them in shoe boxes. To avoid moisture on the windshield, place the sachets the evening before.
No more scratches
Worried about the possibility of scratching the doors of neighboring cars when opening your doors? You can easily prevent this by covering the edges of your doors with a thin layer of tape. Although it may not be the most aesthetic solution, it will protect both your and other vehicles' doors from scratches.
This trick works great for pouring fuel from a canister without a funnel
Toilet paper roll helps to vacuum hard-to-reach areas
When vacuuming the car's interior, you often encounter difficulties reaching tight spots. To solve this, put a toilet paper roll on the vacuum cleaner hose and squish its end so it fits into the cracks you want to clean.
Or maybe you feel like having some cool snacks on hot days? You just need to appropriately adjust the temperature of the air coming out of the blowers
