5 WAYS TO MAINTAIN AND INCREASE THE RE-SELL VALUE OF YOUR CAR

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Car maintenance is one important task which every car owner must carry-out for good efficiency and longer durability, most car owners ignorantly do not really adopt the basic maintenance techniques prescribed by the manufacturels of their vehicles or from their automobile technician thereby exposing the car to alot of failures and mechanical faults, this article explains the six basic ways a car owner can use to increasing the re-sell value of his/her car.



1.ADHERENCE TO MANUFACTUREL'S INSTRUCTIONS: To effectively enjoy a car, be it a brand new one or a second-hand one the user must ensure he follows the instructions, these instructions are found from the car manual, and it may includes some constant servicing, driving dos and dont's, speed limits, and so on.

I can remember a friend of mine, who bought a brand new car after he retired from his job, every saturday morning he picks up the car manual and go through the pages to refresh his memory about the desired usage of the car, he did this for a period of six months until he had all the instructions stored in his brain, each time he drives the car he ensures he doesn't go against the rules,and guess what when i saw the car after 24months the car was still new, strong and reliable like a new one, he told me he did not visit an automobile workshop for any repair during this period. you can see that because he took his time to study and follow the instructions in the manual, the car still retain it's resell value.




2. REGULAR OIL CHANGES: Another way to ensure a car last longer is by changing the engine and brake oil regularly, the reason been that as a car is moving there are some parts that are experiencing surface friction which can result to wear and tear of the moving parts, but when the oil are changed regularly, the viscousity of the oil will help to reduce the frictional wearing of these parts, also the brake is also a very important component when driving if the oil is not regularly check the brake may not respond well when force is applied.



3. REGULAR WASHING AND WAXING: This is a very important requirement needed to maintain a car value, for a car to look attractive, the car must be wash and wax on a regular basis. the underneath and the inside bonnet must be thoroughly wash to remove all accumulated junks and dust, the windscreen and the driving mirror must be expose to thorough washing and cleaning this would help to increase the visibility of the driver. aside these external parts, the interior also needs washing and cleaning, you can even spray some perfume to make the interior look more be-fitting and comfortable.




4. AVOID CRASHING: If your buyer discovers any history of collision or bashing, this could reduce the resale value, a trained used car appraiser can detect body work some miles away, if your car had experience collision, use an experience repair shop and insist on using factory parts called Original equipment manufacturer[OEM], Try as much as possible to keep the reciept of all repair work, this would show how honest you are to the buyer.



5. NON-INTRUSIVE UPGRADE: You can also increase the value of your car by pimping your car's wheel, stereo and even fixing a palmtop or laptop in a position where everyone inside can view it. do ensure that these upgrades are non-intrusive ones that won't require extensive re-wiring or breaking up the dashboard, you can also install a higher upgrade of air conditioning or a sunroof, this can increase the worth of your car before your buyer.



These above-listed steps are undoubtedly what you can do to maintain and even increase the worth of your car. but wait a minute, there is still one thing you can do to your car or even at home to save hundreds of dollars which you would have spent on maintenance fees, visit the below link and see for yourself

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Jerry Ejieke is an internet marketer, an expert in car maintenance, electrical installations and maintenance instructor and general house appliances tutor, a writer, for more about any of the above mention items please visit the above blog


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