Most people who own or drive a car, truck or sports utility vehicle know full well that their vehicle has a battery. After all if they leave their headlights on, their battery will often run “dead”. They will be unable to start their vehicle as the starter motor will not crank over. They will be stuck without transportation beside the road or in their parking lot. Hopefully their cell phone battery will be charged and they will be able to call their auto manufacturer toll free road side assistance help line (if they have a new vehicle and coverage), a tow truck or perhaps even a passing motorist for help boosting their engine and auto battery to start and charge up their vehicle to get them on their way.

Yet ask many motorists and auto owners’ – where is your battery and how do you check it and maintain it? It used to be that cars and batteries were simple and relatively all the same.

Batteries used to be prominent and easy to find under the hood. Not so today. Some new Buicks even have their main auto battery hidden away located under the rear seat in the vehicle itself.

Hence first thing first you should take the time to locate the battery in your vehicle – be it car, truck, van or SUV. Generally it can be had in the automotive parts and supply industry that there are two kinds of auto service batteries. One is “sealed” and you never have to do anything to it (for the most part). However as a general overall rule of auto maintenance and care, most lead acid batteries have to have water added from time to time, the water mixes with an acid in the battery. Hence what you might assume what is simply water inside your automobile’s battery is really an acid- sulfuric acid at that.

In order to inspect or add water to the sulphuric acid mixture in the battery case you sill need to take off those caps to check the acid and battery acid liquid levels inside.

As a general rule the acid level should cover those little grills you can see when you peer inside the battery case after taking off the battery cover caps. Leave rooms to put the caps covers back. Don’t overfill. According to professional auto maintenance staff and certified mechanics distilled as opposed to tap water must be used only. Distilled water is pure. You can get it any service station or big box auto supply outlet. Be more than careful and take great care that none of the acid in the battery gets on your hands or clothes. If it does immediately wash it off with plenty of water.

Let’s look at the battery connections. Shake them. They should be tight. You can see that one connection has the positive sign “+” stamped clearly on it. The other has a “-“negative symbol marking it. A “+” means positive and is usually colored as a red cable fitting or markings, whereas “-“ means negative “ground” usually marked with black colored cabling.

Lastly one major note of auto battery and connection maintenance especially when it comes to the positive terminal. You may get into your auto one day. You turn the key yet the auto motor starter just cannot get enough juice to turn over enough to start your motor. Yet the battery is not dead. Your headlamps light up. Think corrosion and grunge on the connection between your red positive charge battery cable connection and your positive battery terminal. Its basic and standard auto maintenance practice. Often the positive connection gets green fuzz all over it. That fuzz eats up and limits the connection and flow of vital electrical current. It can also eat up the metal straps that hold the battery. How do you get rid of it? Put a teaspoonful of baking soda into a cup of warm water. Use a small firm wire brush and wash the green fuzz away. Be careful. That green fuzz will also eat up your clothes.

With any luck now, your basic battery auto care and maintenance should have your car, truck, van or SUV started and you are on your way down the road to finish your journey.

Article by Rudy Silva

When it comes to ride, classics are immortals. Indeed they are with custom fit car cover. Your classic car will look more suave and hot. And don’t worry cuz whether you are looking for Camaro cover, corvette car cover or mustang car cover- you’ll find them at the right shop.

Classic cars are like gems. They are quite pricey and some are really hard to find. Their prices vary on the model and brand. This is because some of these vintage cars are not produced for the masses. Some cars, though produced in numbers, are rare and already owned by others.

In addition, the maintenance for classic cars is quite heftier than those that were produced recently. This is because some of their parts are no longer in circulation or existence, hence, the need for special order. And ordinarily, custom made items or parts are always more expensive than those that are mass produced.

Owning a classic ride is not easy. Because of their price and rarity, it is natural that people who own them provide special care to them. After all, if they do not, they’ll be the only ones to suffer in the end.

Each part of classic cars is special. As mentioned, some of them may no longer be available, thus, special care is needed. From their motors to their seats, owners must provide something that would protect them.

One of the most accessible protections that you could give them is a custom fit car cover. Why custom fit? This is because unlike modern cars, not many company manufactures creates covers for such cars. This is because, they are afraid that they will not be able to sell them.

Moreover, with a custom car cover, you can be sure that your classic is having the right protection and top that it needs. In short, you don’t have to worry about spillage on some parts of your seats or bruises on your auto’s body. This is because everything is covered properly and adequately.

Custom car covers are not found easily, although some companies that offer them really know what they are doing. Knowing the best car covers might be difficult. Some of the known classics that need custom fit car cover are Camaro, Corvette and Mustang.

If there is something that is very common on these three is the fact that they are all sports cars. Thus, the need for something that could provide protection from sun, wind and water is a factor; in short, go for all weather car covers.

Aside from that, the size of the car must also be considered. Trying to cover your car from the weather will be useless without making sure that every corner of it is covered.

Another equally important factor in buying covers for these cars is the functionality. Some covers are made for outdoors while others are for indoors. Using an indoor cover for your car might only cause damage rather than protection to your car.

And finally, when you own any of these classic sports cars, you must also consider buying your custom fit car cover from a company that is nearest to you. This is of course a precaution. Who knows, you might need some assistance one of these days.

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My car was in storage and I am having it towed to a car shop. Currently it is not registered or insured. Since I dont plan on driving it other then driving it home and having people test drive it, how do I register it since i plan to sell it quickly? Should I wait to register it under the new owner’s name once I sell it? Or do I have to register it under my name no matter what and change the owner name after I sell it? How does that work?

Also, am I the one who should insure it for the new owner? I know that when you buy a car at a dealership they usually give you a few days of insurance. Do I have to provide this service to the buyer or is that something they have to cover themselves?

Thanks so much for helping me with this, I don’t even know where to begin!

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I’m not acquainted with Cali. registration laws. Though I’ve heard through the grapevine that the car needs to be registered to be sold. Call your Dept. of Motor Vehicles to figure it out.

As for the insurance, let the buyer deal with it. As soon as you give him the title and bill of sale, it’s no longer your responsibility. Though it may be necessary if you are letting people take it on test drives before the sale.

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concern is that if they broken it , that it would not be covered as the valet isnt on the contract to be able to drive it. I would picture the valet firm has insurance for this kind of things? would my insurance coverage that normally covers rental automobiles as well spend even if valet is not on contract? how about the credit card insurance coverage?

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It depends on if you spend added at the automobile rental organization in order for other drivers, aside from yourself, to be able to drive the auto (certification in a way). This is a liability issue at organizations such as Hertz, only so their buyers are able to acquire the lowest achievable rate. I would not be also worried about it, unless of course the valet drivers did perhaps injury the vehicle.

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Thanks to Sanrio, almost everyone has heard of Hello Kitty. This is a fictional character produced by Sanrio, a Japanese company, in 1974. This curious and peculiar white cat has today become one of the most popular trademark in the world. Sanrio Hello Kitty products spread its popularity among people of all age-categories, especially the children.

Sanrio Hello Kitty products ranges from: cuddly toys to greeting cards, jewellery to handbags, stationery items to kitchen utensils and digital and electronic items to magazines. Now, let us read about some of the most popular Sanrio Hello Kitty products.

USB Keyboard

Hello Kitty fans can now get a Sanrio Hello Kitty USB keyboard. It features hot keys with which you can play, change track, volume, VCD, CD, DVD and even connect to Internet and receive emails.

The USB keyboard supports Windows XP, 2000, 98, NT and Me systems.

Laptop

Sanrio partners with Epson and offers laptop. The laptop features an Intel Celeron M423 processor, 12.1-inch display, 40GB hard disk and 512MB of RAM. The laptop weighs 6.6-pounds and measures 281 x 23 x 3.5mm.

Mini Baby Grand Piano

The mini grand piano is featured with a SD card slot and hundreds of songs preloaded which can be played automatically on 0.4cm ivories.

Air cleaner

Sanrio has launched the Hello Kitty air cleaner for your car and house. With this cleaner, one can collect dust and even clean the air.

Lunch Box

The Hello Kitty lunch box set contains three boxes with lids. It is available in three sizes and comes in different colours like pink, green and orange. Other then keeping foods, it can also be used as an accessory case to decorate the dressing table.

Toothbrush

Brushing is a great fun with Hello Kitty toothbrush. It is just perfect for sleepover party and travelling. The toothbrush is available in 3 different colours as well as kid size.

Slippers

Children love wearing Hello Kitty slippers. The slippers are available in wide variety of colours but are especially the pink and white stripes with big Kitty face that is on demand among kids. The slippers have a very cute look and fits best on kids.

Jewelleries

How about wearing beautiful Hello Kitty jewelleries and completing your look? Make yourself look pretty by wearing the Sanrio designed necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings and brooches.

Calculator

Hello Kitty calculators have comfy keypads and with easy-to-read digital displays. These calculators look pretty as well as smart and can be your best pal for your school and desktop assignments.

A4 Folder

A4 folder is just perfect if you want your paper documents to be kept in an organized and tidy way. A great variety of design is available with Sanrio’s Hello Kitty. The translucent and flexible plastic helps you to know what documents are there inside in the folder.

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