CarBuyersNoteBook

You might well think that totally winterizing your vehicle is basically limited to keeping the antifreeze topped off and keeping the battery charged.

If AAA is to believed, and let’s face it, we’re talking about Triple A here so they probably ARE, then there’s a whole lot more that we’re all overlooking.

Here’s a partial list of things you should be doing to winterize your vehicles.

Check your tire pressure. Cold weather months can do strange things to tire pressure, so if you’re not already giving your tires a once-over, now would be a good time to start.

Check your windshield washer fluid levels. Failing to do this will either risk getting your windshield splattered with unremovable mud, salt and other winter effluvia or, worse, giving water a place to condense, freezing up the reservoir and leaving it unusable until it melts.

Install winter wiper blades. If you don’t already have a good pair of all-season blades, consider getting a set for winter driving.  You’ll be driving into a lot more stuff on your windshield, and not just snow, either–there’ll be ice, frost, and frozen road dirt kicked up by passing semis.

These are just three steps you can take to help ensure your car will get through cold winter driving and get you where you need to be.