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Update on My Vehicle- What’s Going On and What My Next Steps Will Be

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Since February, I’ve had vehicle problems. I mentioned these most recent problems on this blog, but I decided to hold off talking about it until there was a calm in the chaos this issue caused.

Today, I’m happy to write that there is a solution… sort of. I’ve gone back and forth about what to talk about, so I decided to talk about what happened to my vehicle, what is mechanically wrong with it, and what is next for me vehicle wise.

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5 Cleaning Supplies I Used on My Vehicle’s Interior

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Last month, I started my spring cleaning for the year. One of the most important places to clean is my vehicle. My vehicle is new to me and, even though the engine is in great shape, the interior is not. It has plenty of problems inside it and needed to be cleaned badly. One of the problems is there is a lot of grease around the steering wheel, door handle, cup holders, and other places. I don’t want to go into details about the vehicle’s condition out of privacy for the previous owner, but yes. It was dirty.

I knew this before it was purchased, so I was already ready to clean it. Unfortunately, my vehicle had some unforeseen problems that required it to spend a long time at the repair shop. (It had to do with its computer) Since it was not at my home, I couldn’t clean it. Since then, I decided to do more research into cleaning it. I did find some things I could work around without the need purchase new products or new tools.

So far cleaning has gone pretty slowly due to a busy schedule. Even though I’m not as far along in my vehicle cleaning, I have made progress. Since I’m in the process to clean my vehicle, I decided to talk about five cleaning supplies I used to clean my vehicle so far. Even though I can take my vehicle to a professional auto detailer, I wanted to do it myself. That way I can see the condition of everything inside the vehicle and make a list of everything I need to have fixed without taking someone’s word for it. Continue reading “5 Cleaning Supplies I Used on My Vehicle’s Interior” →

5 Summertime Prep Ideas for Vehicles

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During the summertime, vehicles are used more than in other times of the year. There are road trip, tips to day camps for children (If they are open despite the pandemic), and other places that would require the vehicle to travel farther than it normally does. That also does not count the fact warmer temperatures can cause the vehicle to run differently and potentially cause problems if the vehicle is not looked after or checked on regularly.

Because of this, I wanted to write a post about five summertime prep ideas for a vehicle. These ideas are basic maintenance for the vehicle, but it is more important to do this before driving in the summer. The ideas I’m including in this post are not everything you should check if you want to do a complete pre summer vehicle maintenance. If you want to have a complete vehicle maintenance, please contact your favorite auto mechanic to know what they will check and how much it will cost.

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What I’m Looking for In a New Vehicle

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Last week, I talked about needing a new vehicle. After writing that post, I thought about what I would like to have in a vehicle. Even though I’m not in a hurry to buy a vehicle right now, I do have an idea what kind of a vehicle I would like to own next. Since I’m talking so much about vehicles, I decided to write a post about everything I would like to have in my ideal next vehicle. I probably won’t get everything I want, but I hope my next vehicle will have most of the things I want it to have. Continue reading “What I’m Looking for In a New Vehicle” →

A Talk About My Vehicle’s Problems and Why I Need a New One

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For the past few years, I thought about talking about my vehicle in a post. Owning a vehicle is important to me because I live miles away from the nearest grocery store, post office, and other places I need to go. I also run errands for my relative’s work. The problem is my vehicle isn’t doing so well.

My vehicle was purchased in 2011 second hand and has worked extremely well for all these years. I has had it’s problems, including a car accident in 2015 that messed with parts of it, but it’s worked pretty well since it came into my possession. Unfortunately, it’s becoming harder and harder to keep up. The problems caused by the car accident as well as age, wear and tear, and other problems that indicate to me it may have not be cared for by it’s previous owners as well as I thought forced me to seriously look at getting a new vehicle.

The problem is right now I don’t want to get a new vehicle right now.

As of right now, new vehicles are becoming harder to buy and second hand vehicle prices are so crazy, I don’t even want to try to track one down. This is caused by the slowing down of manufacturing of new vehicles due to a pandemic caused computer chip shortage. This means a shortage of them and older, second hand vehicles to become so pricey, it’s not within my budget to buy one. So, I still need to figure out how to keep my current vehicle operational.

Since I’m stuck with my current vehicle, I’m trying to make the best out of this situation. I enjoyed my vehicle for the past ten years and will miss her (Yes. My vehicle is a her.) when I cannot drive her anymore. Instead of trying to be melancholy that she will no longer be mine, I’m trying to look on the bright side and be thankful she lasted six years after the car accident. I’m thankful she took me places and doctor appointments when I was sick. I’m thankful she was easy to handle, drive, and was overall a very good vehicle to own. I’m looking forward to owning a new vehicle that has a reliable engine like she does, but is larger and has more storage space. My poor vehicle is just too small for anything I try to carry to fit in my vehicle! Not to mention me and any passenger over 5 feet 8 inches tall!

Well, that’s all for now! Thank you for reading!