{"id":3846,"date":"2016-03-15T11:24:46","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T18:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/?p=3846"},"modified":"2022-12-23T02:15:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T02:15:34","slug":"life-hacks-for-car-maintenance-and-comfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/life-hacks-for-car-maintenance-and-comfort\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Hacks for Car Maintenance and Comfort"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re driving a reliable car and your auto insurance<\/a> situation is taken care of, you might feel like you have the whole package, but when you buy a new house, you don\u2019t just live in it \u2013 you make it your own!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to keep your car as clutter-free as possible, but believe it or not, you can alleviate that clutter with just a few important items, most of which can be found at the dollar store. That\u2019s right, folks, today we\u2019re taking a look at the best DIY ways to make your car more organized and comfortable.<\/p>\n

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Car Maintenance Kit<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t already have your car maintenance kit<\/strong> put together, it definitely wouldn\u2019t hurt to stock up on the essentials. Things like oil, antifreeze, and other car-related fluids are important to have in the car at all times in case of emergency or mechanical failure, but since most cars don\u2019t have a compartment for these essentials, they\u2019re often left to bang around in the trunk until needed. Hopefully, they won\u2019t bust open at any point, but that\u2019s not a guarantee. Grab any old shower tote and toss it in your trunk for a sturdy, easy-to-carry way to organize the essentials.<\/p>\n

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Kids prone to car sickness?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take an oatmeal tin or any tall, sealable container, cut a hole in the lid, and fill it with plastic bags. Now you have a small, organized source of vomit-catchers that can be grabbed and re-grabbed as easily as tissue out of a box. Until car insurance covers kid messes, you can never have enough mess-prevention.<\/p>\n

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\"Hanging<\/p>\n

Extra Storage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of course, your car is full of other opportunities to add a little extra storage space. TV remote holders are typically designed to hang off of a couch or lazy chair, but putting one in your car makes room for cleaning supplies, electronics, maps, or music. Suction cup shower organizers can similarly be re-purposed as handy window caddies.<\/p>\n

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\nSketching Pads<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of course, it doesn\u2019t have to stop there. Try turning a DVD case into a self-contained sketching and coloring pad \u2013 just remove the contents, slip some paper into the left side and store some drawing utensils on the right.<\/p>\n

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\nDo this if you have pets. . .
\n<\/strong>Prone to bringing your pets along for the ride, but sick of dealing with the messes they leave behind? Keeping a thick blanket in the floor of the backseat gives you a quick-and-easy way to cover up your seats when needed.<\/p>\n

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\nImportant Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n

Losing track of when your vehicle needs maintenance? Keep your maintenance schedule, license, and registration in a small organizer or binder to save space, prevent damage, and ease the stress of finding this information when needed.<\/p>\n

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These are all handy ways to spruce up the interior of your car, but remember, the best \u201clife hack\u201d you can get for your car is a reliable insurance policy. No amount of caution can place even a cheap car insurance<\/a> plan, so don\u2019t let yourself go without it. For help when you need it, nothing beats a good auto insurance policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re driving a reliable car and your auto insurance situation is taken care of, you might feel like you have the whole package, but when you buy a new house, you don\u2019t just live in it \u2013 you make it your own! It\u2019s important to keep your car as clutter-free as possible, but believe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[697,712],"tags":[188,256,434],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6628,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3846\/revisions\/6628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}