Christmas is a time when families travel far and wide to meet up at Christmas, presents are loaded in the car, everyone is feeling festive, but is your car prepared to travel for the long journey?
Before you drive:-
- Make sure your tyre pressure is correct; if they are flat or over-inflated, they can burn more fuel on the journey or wear out your tyres.
- Check engine oil and top up if necessary.
- Carry a spare plastic bag, essential for children to fill with rubbish, but also key if your children
suffer from travel sickness. - Refill the window wiper fluid to avoid the dirty triangles on your window screen, window wipers
should be changed after a year. - Take a spare tyre – better to be safe than sorry.
- Fill up with enough fuel.
- Radiators might have leaks or cracks; it’s worth testing the strength of the anti-freeze too.
- Keep a few essentials in the car – a fully charged mobile phone, de-icer, ice scraper, wellingtons,
torch and a few snacks. - On your drive, make a couple of stops to break up the journey, but keep the children entertained by having a few games up your sleeve.
- Battery failure is one of the most common causes of breakdown; sluggish starting is a sure sign that your battery is getting old.
So if you are driving home for Christmas, have a safe journey and give yourself plenty of time, especially when the roads are likely to be busier, and people are rushing to get to their destination. I’ve just looked at the long-range weather forecast, and hopefully we will be snow-free before Christmas.
If you are travelling up to North Leeds or Wharfedale for the festivities and you decide you would like to stay here for good, call David Phillip FRICS to help you find the perfect home, we have a database of people looking to move that we can match to properties in the area. Call 0113 4676400
If you are thinking of selling your home in January 2025 and would like a free market appraisal, please give David a call.
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