The holidays are literally just around the corner and if you’re like us, you’re planning your family holiday, which will probably include some sort of road trip. Am I right? Whether youโre driving a short distance or across the country this holiday, a pre-trip car check can make all the difference to the safety of your vehicle and avoiding long delays stuck on the side of the road.
Battery Centre has all the info you need!
Obviously, the first thing you need to do before you leave is check your car’s battery by eye. If you see any acid leaks, cracks or damage, you probably want to replace that battery before you leave.
Replacing my cars battery ranks with other chores and responsibilities I know need to be done but I hate getting done. You know, filling up with fuel, renewing my car license etc. I needn’t have worried though, my trip to Battery Centre was quick and painless. They knew exactly what battery my car needed and had the old one out and the new one in, in under 10 minutes!
Other important checks include:
- Brake fluid
- Engine oil
- Tyre pressure
- Emergency kit, including jumper cables
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Other than what you’ve mentioned I also usually do a K53 safety check, check the pressure in my spare tire, and get my car serviced and brakes checked before we drive down to the Cape.
What a nice give-away! would love to win a battery for my mom’s car ๐
checking oil and water is very important.. not to mention have jumper cables just in case.. and emergency snacks in the car for when the kids drive us insane ๐
Check your battery, tyres, brake pads, oil, water and on and on. Having been married to a mechanic, getting ready for car trips used to drive me crazy!
Excellent. Battery konk outs always happen at the worst times!
Brake fluid
Engine oil
Tyre pressure
Emergency kit, including jumper cables are some of the checks you need to do
For us our checks include: Making sure Thomas the tank engine is in the car. That we have the Disney music CD ready for playing and that there are copius amounts of wetwipes! Also things like: Tyre pressure, Windscreen wiper fluid, lots of petrol, oil and water and SNACKS!
l always check my Brake fluid, Engine oil and Tyreย pressure before my journey. l love to win this awesome prize.
Deena Padayachee
Janel Sunderlall
Oil and water , tyre pressure , brakes and make sure there is enough fuel till next stop
Oil and water , tyre pressure, brakes and making sure enough fuel till next stop
Brake fluid
Engine oil
Tyre pressure
Emergency kit, including jumper cables
Tyre pressure, oil and water check and spare wheel check too.
Kammy Naidoo
Sherusha Darsan
My check List
Brake fluid
Engine oil
Tyre pressure
Emergency kit, including jumper cables
We have gotten into the habit of checking tyres oil and water first thing in the morning every single day. A new battery would be great been having to jump it a few times this month already and we will be taking our boys to Knysna next month.
Checking your battery and any fluids in your engine. The state of your tyres and the pressure is important. Make sure your emergency kit is up to date and make sure everything is there for changing a tyre.
So need this one!
Checking tyre pressure is more important than most people realise
Check everything!!! (battery, tyre, oil, coolant, water, spare tyres…)