Take Care of your Wind shield Wipers

When you love your car, it is manifested through taking care of your vehicle’s details, nooks and crevices. Many people will spend Sundays hosing down and waxing their car till its gleams like a jewel. Others will not tolerate a single scratch on the car body and rush to a reputed automobile service and repair station for a paint job.

Mission Car Care, Katy,Tx, has many such customers who take pride in the maintenance of their car—after all, your car says everything about you and your lifestyle.

This why the ASEcertified team of mechanics at Mission Car Care enjoys giving tips for the better care of your car and its parts.

Even though many may disregard it, but the proper working of your windshield wipers is the easiest and most affordable ways that you can improve the safety of your vehicle. You realize its crucial importance especially if you are stuck in changing weather like a rainstorm, snow storm or dust storm.

When you drive into Mission Car Care in Katy, Tx, our mechanics check your wiper blades for areas that look rigid or worn and will suggest replacing them when necessary to make sure that you always have a clear view of the road. The Mission Car Care experts recommend replacing them about every six months.

They will also give their expert advice as to how you can take care of your wipers by running a wet towel along the edge of the blade to wipe away built up layers of dust, dirt, and grime. You will immediately notice efficient wiper performance and this will lengthen your wiper’s life.

Hearing a screeching sound when you turn on the wipers is a sign that the rubber is wearing as the damaged parts drag across your windshield. Cracked wiper blades do not work properly and can scratch your glass.

For all your auto care concerns, drive into Mission Car Care, Katy, Tx because your car is as precious to us as it is to you.

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Wheel Alignment for a Safer Car

The importance of wheel alignment cannot be understated. Mission Car Care, Katy, Tx exhorts that wheel alignment should be done by professionals as often as we get the car serviced to make sure that the wheels of the car are perpendicular to the road and parallel to one other. The first and foremost thing to consider is safety—it is simply unsafe and risky to drive a car which pulls to one side due to faulty wheel alignment.

Mis-alignment of wheels causes uneven pressure on the tires, resulting in them pushing against each other. Your vehicle has to work harder to move as it has to combat uneven friction and excessive resistance from the road surface. Why would you want to waste fuel and get a rough drive when these problems can be tackled by proper wheel alignment at the hands of the professional ASE certified team of mechanics?

It’s being penny wise pound foolish when you neglect spending time and money on wheel alignment rather than an expensive expenditure of replacing with new tires due to the wear and tear of the rubber of the tires. Other parts of your car also suffer due to improper wheel alignment like your brake shaft, suspension and the steering system—all things that can result in greater repair expenses. For those who rally for a greener environment it is important to realize that burning more fuel due to friction from the road surface creates more pollution.

Drive into Mission Car Care, Katy, Tx once every 6000 miles or 6 months or when you notice wear and tear in the wheel rubber or if your steering is pointing straight forward and the car swerves in another direction. Wheel alignment will surely improve handling of your car and the quality of your ride.

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Spring cleaning your car this Spring at Mission Car Care

Sitting in a car whose interior smells fresh and hygienic and looks scrubbed is pure pleasure. However, getting caught up in the frenzied routine of life, we end up putting off spring cleaning of the car. Washing and waxing the car’s exterior is something we pay attention to, yet the interior is not to be ignored.

Mission Car Care, Katy, Tx reminds that spring cleaning your car is not just so that it has a clean interior but it is important in order to get the most out of your vehicle in terms of performance, economy, emissions, and longevity. Cleaning your vehicle inside and out will help maintain your car’s value, and make the ride more pleasant for your passengers. It also prevents the buildup of damaging chemicals and dirt, reduces the potential for rust from road salt and helps ensure proper visibility needed for safe driving.
Mission Car Care’s team suggests that if you have marked this Sunday in your calendar for spring cleaning, follow these simple steps to make sure your get this vital chore done. Make sure you tackle cleaning in the shade. Begin with de-cluttering the inside of the car including the dashboard and trunk. The unnecessary items that keep accumulating in your car add extra weight and reduce fuel efficiency.
Move onto cleaning and vacuuming the interior—this includes taking out the floor mats and moving the seats forward and back to reach under the seats. You might just find ticket stubs, a hoard of coins or those lost keys. Use a can of compressed air to attack the dust from the small crevices around the center console, shifter and vents.

Following this up with hosing down your car, washing the windows and waxing, finishes the job.

Mission Car Care’s expert team of ASE certified mechanics recommend that you clean and maintain your vehicle at least once a year for peak performance. If its too much of a chore for you, just drive your car into Mission Car Care, Katy and our technicians will have your car’s interior spruced up in not time and at affordable rates, well worth your time and money. We use cleaners specific to the type of surface in your car —upholstery, leather, plastic. Combine this professional spring cleaning with minor routine maintenance and you can now take pride in giving someone a ride in your car. Mission Car Care remains your trusted source of information for the better care of your vehicle, continuing to provide quality auto care, maintenance and repair.

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Washing away the Salt of the Road

If you’ve had a road trip to a snowy place then your car’s body has been exposed to melted snow and ice. Road salt is spread on snowed up roads to create a lower freezing temperature on road surfaces, leading to less ice on highways and roadways. Sand is also added helping to keep the salt in place and lending a bit of traction to wet and slushy roads. This is a life-saving measure preventing accidents during snowstorms.

If your car has been on such a road, the salt in the mush of snow and ice, mixes further with the melting water and splashes onto the underbody of your vehicle, depositing itself. This deposited salt causes rust that will eat away at the metal of your car and cause rusting on the frame.

It is seen that if the salt is not washed away it can even lead to brakes failing as the salt embeds itself between a clamp that holds up the line and mixes with dirt to rub right through the hose.

The ASE certified team of expert mechanics at MissionCar Care suggests that your car should be sprayed down with water thoroughly once its been out of snowy territory. Pay special attention to the underside, around the wheel wells and bumpers. Have your car re-waxed and sealed at Mission Car Care, Katy after you have it washed.

If you live near the beach then too your vehicles are exposed to salt air. This may not be as severe as the salt spread on roads but even then, the salt spray from the ocean can damage the hood, top, and rear deck of the car.

 Bring your car into Mission Car Care, Franz Road for any quick and efficient touching up of chipped paint because the tiniest bit of exposed metal, if ignored, can develop into a rusty hole. This is an ideal a stitch-in-time-save-nine scenario.

Mission Car Care, Katy, Tx remains your trusted quality automotive service and repair centre for all your auto care needs.

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