{"id":222,"date":"2016-07-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creechimport.dig.dev\/2016\/07\/22\/3-things-can-improve-cars-performance-reliability\/"},"modified":"2023-06-08T09:28:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T13:28:33","slug":"improve-cars-performance-reliability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creech-import.quickiz.com\/blog\/improve-cars-performance-reliability\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Simple Things To Improve Your Car’s Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Car’s Performance – Cars are incredible innovations, but this does not extend to just the performance of the car. The durability that most cars are designed to have allows them to continue being driven for as long as they are maintained properly.<\/p>\n

The problem is that many drivers fail to maintain their cars. They simply fuel their cars and drive as they desire. Minor tune-ups<\/a> can help the lifetime of your car. Let’s examine some things you can do to make your automobile perform better and last longer without the need for major repairs.<\/p>\n

1. Driving Habits\u00a0To Improve Your Car’s Performance<\/h3>\n

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One of the most controllable factors of how long your car lasts pertains to your driving habits. By engaging in certain habits, you can help your car perform better. Some driving habits you should employ are:
\nAccelerating Slowly \u2013 Quick acceleration will blow gaskets, consume more fuel, and ultimately harm your vehicle. Gradual acceleration will minimize the wear on your car’s engine.<\/p>\n

Drive on the Highway \u2013 Driving on the highway for at least 30 minutes a month will allow your engine to get hot enough to burn off some excess carbon. This helps your engine run more efficiently while minimizing wear.
\nUse the Parking Brake \u2013 If you don’t use your parking brake, the chances of it freezing when you do use it increase substantially. Use it at least once a week while parked to ensure that it works properly.<\/p>\n

Drive with One Foot \u2013 Using both feet to drive can allow you to press down on the brake while accelerating. This wears your brakes prematurely and forces your engine to work harder, both of which are undesirable if you want your car to continue working.<\/p>\n

2. Fuel Choices\u00a0To Improve Your Car’s Performance<\/h3>\n

Another aspect of your car’s wear that you can control relates to the fuel choices that you make.Use the Appropriate Octane \u2013 Engines are designed to be used with gasoline of a certain octane rating. Using premium gas in an engine designed for regular won’t deliver better performance and vice versa.<\/p>\n

Use a Gas Additive \u2013 Redline SI-1 and Chevron Techron cost only $7 to $9 per bottle, but these additives can drastically extend the life of your car. They contain detergents designed to aid in the removal of carbon and varnish buildup, which helps your engine perform better.<\/p>\n

Keep Your Gas Tank Above One-Quarter of a Tank \u2013 Too little fuel in your gas tank encourages condensation, which leads to rust. This rust can clog fuel pumps, harm the engine, and perform a number of undesirable things.<\/p>\n

3. Have a Professional Maintain Your Car\u00a0To Improve Your Car’s Performance<\/h3>\n

The last thing you can do to help your car’s performance is to have a professional maintain<\/a> your car on a regular basis. Also, this includes everything from oil changes to changing out components like radiators at the 150,000-mile mark.
\nWhen you need a professional mechanic that you can trust for your import, visit Creech Import Repair. You can call us at (919) 872-1999 to speak with us to have your questions answered or to schedule an appointment to have your car maintained or repaired. Lastly, we hope this article will help extend the life of your car’s performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Car’s Performance – Cars are incredible innovations, but this does not extend to just the performance of the car. The durability that most cars are designed to have allows them to continue being driven for as long as they are maintained properly. The problem is that many drivers fail to maintain their cars. They simply […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-performance","tag-performance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/creech-import.quickiz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/creech-import.quickiz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/creech-import.quickiz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creech-import.quickiz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creech-import.quickiz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/creech-import.quickiz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1594,"href":"https:\/\/creech-import.quickiz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions\/1594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/creech-import.quickiz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creech-import.quickiz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creech-import.quickiz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}