The winter weather conditions can affect your vehicle and potentially put you and your passengers at risk.
That is why we’re going to show you how to winterise your car, so when the cold of winter rears its ugly head, you’ll be ready.
Your car battery
The cold weather can take its toll on your car battery. In cold temperatures, the chemical reactions required to generate power in the battery slow down. What’s more, your engine will require more from the battery in cold weather to get started.
Before winter sets in have a mechanic to run a battery test to see if it needs replacing. He can also check for any corrosion or other problems.
Your tyres
In cold weather the air pressure in your tyres will drop. It’s thought that roughly every 10 degree drop will cause a pressure drop of around 1psi. So ensure that every tyre is properly inflated throughout winter.
Anti-freeze
It’s important that you have the right mixture of anti-freeze and water in your radiator. This mixture should be around 50/50 and will prevent the coolant in the radiator from freezing when the weather gets really bad. (Please check the instructions on your anti-freeze or coolant)
Wiper blades
Also check your wiper blades to ensure they're clearing the screen effectively and that the rubber has not perished. Clean or replace as necessary.
Screen wash
Keep your washer bottles topped up with a good quality screen wash which is effective in colder temperatures, Remember that colder temperatures usually require a more concentrated mixture.
Create an emergency kit
If you don’t already, create an emergency kit and keep it in your car. You’ll obviously want tools with you to make switching out a tyre easy, but you may also want some other emergency items. Things like:
Flashlight
Blankets
Boots
Oil
Shovel
First aid kit
Tow rope
De-Icer
Keep it covered
If your car will be parked outside on the drive outside each night, you may want to consider purchasing a quality car cover. Temperatures can really drop over night, so keep your car tucked up and warm with one of our bespoke, fitted car covers and say good bye to early morning windscreen scraping.
The cover was exactly what I wanted. However, a friend suggested that if at anytime the cover had a slight water leak from above that the cover could transfer a colour run onto the hood. As it happened I had a spare outdoor cover that was made to fit over the hood of my roadster mini. I have subsequently placed this directly over the hood before pulling over the full car fleece cover. Kind regards,
It’s good quality , covers the rocket 3 well enough and has a hole at the front and rear to put a chain or u lock through , thus protecting the bike and keeping the cover on
It's a great cover and fits very well. Just what was needed.
Once out of the bag it's ****, after use, to get it back in. The bag needs to be bigger. The under car straps could do with heavier clasps so they travel further across when thrown under the car.
Excellent car cover fits my C Class Mercedes, this is my 3rd cover over the last 5 years of constant use. My only observation is that they could do with re enforcing the point where the shark fin Ariel meets the cover to prevent it wearing through.
This is the second stormforce car cover I have purchased
This is the second stormforce car cover I have purchased. Very pleased with the fit and quality of the cover. I always make sure the car is perfectly clean before fitting the cover and have never had any problems.
Light weight but seems well made. Fits my mx5 comfortably so it’s easy to get on and off. I put it on the car when the car had some rain spots on it. Fully dried when I took the cover off again the next day. I would like to see a prominent badge or something stitched to the front as a quick indication of which way it goes on the car.
I waited until we had some steady rain before reviewing. I have had my cover ( and car) for 6 weeks so durability cannot be commented on.
The cover fits perfectly, tailored to my model. It is quite easy to fit on your own. It really pulls in at the bottom to seal the body and there are two straps to hold it on. It is quite soft and is kind to paint. It kept the rain off and because the bottom grips about half way up the wheels, you get plenty of ventilation under the car and the ground qiuckly dries. The cover is waterproof and there is no damp under it. It keep the car really clean and dry.
If you are reading this Storm it would be good to have clearer indication of front and back. There is a tiny label at the front and I labled each end with a marker to make it eadier to work out where you are. I store it in the boot and it is easy to get it on backwards.
But so far I am really impressed. I think you will be too.
