{"id":3848,"date":"2013-01-20T20:40:13","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T20:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/?p=3848"},"modified":"2013-12-01T22:18:59","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T22:18:59","slug":"tips-to-avoid-winter-car-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/tips-to-avoid-winter-car-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips To Avoid Winter Car Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/tips-to-avoid-winter-car-problems\/69960johnsonc_3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3850\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3850\" alt=\"69960johnsonc_3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/69960johnsonc_3.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/69960johnsonc_3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/69960johnsonc_3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><strong>There is nothing as bad as a car not starting in the depths of winter so\u00a0this week we have some advice on how to get a cold car going.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t switch on the engine until you are ready to go; a modern car does not need to warm the engine up.\u00a0But do put the engine on if you need to run the heater\/demister before you move off.<\/li>\n<li>Clean any snow off the car\u2019s roof and bonnet as well as windows.<\/li>\n<li>When you get in the car, make sure all extras such as lights, heaters and the radio are turned off before you try starting it.<\/li>\n<li>Clean your windows inside and out \u2013 a dirty screen will cause the windows to mist up much quicker.<\/li>\n<li>When you\u2019re ready to go, switch the engine and heater on (air con if you have fitted; it keeps the screen dry) so that the windows don\u2019t steam up.<\/li>\n<li>Use the \u2018ice\u2019 setting if your car has one and it\u2019s cold enough.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more driving advice check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/category\/tips\/\">Tips section<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iami.ie\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a021st, January 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is nothing as bad as a car not starting in the depths of winter so\u00a0this week we have some advice on how to get a cold car going. Don\u2019t switch on the engine until you are ready to go; a modern car does not need to warm the engine up.\u00a0But do put the engine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[356,17,14],"tags":[1012,154,5845,503,5837,789],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tips To Avoid Winter Car Problems<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There is nothing as bad as a car not starting in the depths of winter so this week we have some advice on how to get a cold car going.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/tips-to-avoid-winter-car-problems\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" 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