When the winter comes, it's always best to park your car in the garage to avoid snow from freezing up your mirrors. If you don't have an empty garage ready during a stormy winter night, it's also best to cover both of your side mirrors with ziplock bags to keep them frost and snow-free.

Not only that, here we have ten other clever car tips and tricks, and we will walk you through the process on each of them to save your money and time! But be ready because you might be surprised at how clever and creative these solutions are!

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When the temperatures are rising, the car can be a really dangerous place for your kids and family to travel in, especially after they left parked for a while at the open field. While it's obvious that a car can turn into a special hot spot when the weather reaches 100 degrees, but no one would expect some areas like seat buckles can cause a pretty mild burn wound on the skin.

In some places where they get an excessive amount of sunlight during summer, a tiny metal seat buckle can reach up to 70 degrees Celsius. Even though 70 degrees Celsius is not considered very dangerous, it can cause a first-degree burn for an infant. Starting with a simple trick by covering up your seat with a blanket or parking it right under the shade can help a lot to prevent your seat buckle from heating up. But did you know there is a simpler way you can do to prevent this accident?

Just keep your seat belt buckled whenever you leave the car. By doing so, you are also hiding the seat buckle from the sun's exposure and preventing it from heating up. Pretty simple, right?

Getting into your car on a hot summer day can feel like crawling into a hot pipe, and it doesn't feel good at all. While most people would turn on their ac at full blast to cool down the heat, here we have another simple trick to cool down your hot car in just a few seconds. 

First, roll the passenger's window all the way down. Next, stand outside of your vehicle and open the driver's door wide open-then close it. By doing so, you just let the fresh air come into your car and force the hot air out from the passenger's window. 

But there are some tricks to prevent this hot air from accumulating in your car. Just placing your sunshade or window visor before you leave the car can help a lot if you can't find a shaded parking spot. 

A jar of vaseline that is somewhere sitting around in your home can actually do so much more than just moisturize. Applying vaseline to your leather car seats can help to make them look soft, supple and can also help to enhance their original leather color.

Vaseline can also be a super cheap alternative you can use to give shine to your car seats without having to spend money taking them to a car saloon just to make them look brand-new again.
 
So how do you use vaseline to restore the original color of your leather seats? Simple, just spread a thin layer of vaseline on your car seats and let them sit for a few minutes before wiping it off with a clean towel. 

Over time, the oil in the engine can break down and wear out, which can cause them to work less effectively to lubricate and absorb the heat from the engine. To avoid such a thing from happening, you need to get a regular oil check and change by a mechanic. But do you know you can no longer rely on a mechanic because you can do it on your own with this simple trick we have below?

To start with, warm up your car's engine for five minutes and then pull out the oil dipstick and wipe it on a clean cloth. Leave it for two hours and then return to check again how the cloth absorbed the oil. If the oil has become dark at the center, that means your oil is dirty and needs a change as soon as possible. However, if it looks smooth, it means you have clean oil and it doesn't need to be changed. 

Over time, the sun, rain, and dust on the road can take a toll on your acrylic car's headlights and make them look foggy. Foggy headlights can make your car appears old, and they can reduce your night driving visibility by up to fifty percent. But don't rush it to the nearest auto store yet because you can easily restore your fogged headlights with only a simple thing you can find in your bathroom. 

YES, you can restore your foggy headlights with only toothpaste. Just apply toothpaste directly on your headlights and scrub them gently with a soft dry cloth. It turns out that the mild abrasive substance in toothpaste that is intended to clean your enamel can also help clean your foggy headlights and restore their luster!

This one is actually pretty logical. The sun rises in the east, so by parking, your car heading east, it can help to melt or defrost the ice off of your windshield. Even if it can't completely defrost the ice on the windshield, the sunlight can help to soften the ice, so it will be easier for you to scrape it off with a tool. The ice would be thin enough that you could scrape it off easily with just a single credit card. 

You can save so much time in the morning without spending a solid five minutes just trying to clear out the ice on your windshield. Pretty time-saving tips, right? So let's find the perfect parking spot for you for the next winter. 

Nowadays, it's not hard to find a hand sanitizer laying around because people have them everywhere as a quick way to kill germs and viruses. Aside from killing germs, having a hand sanitizer on hand in your bag during the winter can also help you melt your frozen lock.

Just put a hand sanitizer gel on your lock and put the key in and out slowly to distribute the gel inside the lock's system. The alcohol contained in the hand sanitizer can help to melt ice in a matter of seconds. Now you will be able to open the lock without any extra force that might break your car key. We all know it will cost some pretty good money to replace our broken key, right?

Car owners usually put stickers on their cars for aesthetic purposes only or simply, to make their vehicles look more personalized. But, the problem with having stickers on your vehicle is once you try to remove it, it can be a tedious task, and worse, it can leave permanent adhesive tracks on your car.

Here we have a quick, easy tip to remove stickers on your car fast and easy! Just wet a piece of old paper with warm water and slap it on the specific stickers that want to be removed. Leave it for 15 minutes and then scrape it off slowly with a piece of card. We guarantee this method won't leave any track on your car! Now you don't have to frustratingly scrape it off with your nails that could result in breaking them because there is an easier way to remove these stickers!

Over time, the tread on your tire can get worn off and make your tires more likely to be flat or, worse, blow off when you drive it. So, checking your tired tread regularly is essential for your safety during driving.

Based on the National Highway Traffic Safety United States, it's recommended to check your tires at least once a month to ensure their safety. But here, we have a simple trick to check your tire tread by yourself without having to take it to the car auto service shop. Just insert a standard US penny or any 0.75 inches in diameter penny into the tread. If you can see lincoln's forehead or if the tread only covers the edge of the penny, it means it's time for your tires to be changed.

When the winter storm is coming, the temperature can get below zero. The storm won't be a problem if you happened to park your car in the garage the night before, but if you didn't, you might end up with both of your side mirrors frozen in the morning.

You can easily prevent this ice from forming in the first place by putting a ziplock bag over your car mirrors. By doing so the night before, you can avoid the ice and snow from sticking on your side mirrors, making your morning routine less frustrating. Pretty easy, right? Now go grab the ziplock bags from your kitchen in case if you need it during the winter storm!