Outside Your Car

mycar Advice for outside your car, provides a guide on all the different parts of your car, how to maintain them and what to watch out for that indicates a problem. If you don’t live and breathe cars, this guide will provide you with the basics and tips to make sure your car remains in top shape.

Outside Your Car 2 August 2023

Spare tyres: What you need to know

  If you’ve ever been in a car without a spare tyre, you know how deflating it can be. No ...

Tyres vs Tires: Which is it?

If you like reading about all things cars, you may have noticed different spellings of the word ‘...

Wheel balancing vs alignment: what's the difference?

If your car’s steering wheel suddenly has the shakes, or it seems to be pulling off to one side, ...

Outside Your Car 14 September 2022

What is a diff? Here’s the run-down

  You’ve hit the open road, but after a while you notice a strange noise coming from ...

Tyre Maintenance: Have you been caring for your rubber?

The words “car safety” might make you picture airbags and seatbelts, but tyres are just as ...

Is my windscreen repairable?

  Whether you call it a windscreen or a windshield, this piece of glass has a pretty important...

How to change your windscreen wipers

  The last thing you want when driving on the freeway is blurred and streaky vision. With ...

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