Keep your car in repair

• Get a tune up at least every 6 months or 6000 miles or refer to you auto manual
• Change your oil about every 3 months or 3000 miles
• Check your oil a least once a month
• Be aware of your cars performance
• Make sure that all lights are working. If one becomes damaged have it fixed asap
• Make sure that your locks are working properly. Keep a tube of graphite in your glove box.

Help kit for your car

• You should always carry emergency equipment in your car
• A good set of jumper cables cleaned and free of rust
• A battery terminal cleaner
• A good flash light ( mag ) with extra batteries
• A dollars worth of emergency quarters
• Don't leave valuables sitting on the seat put them on the floor keep passenger
• Door locked with window up
• Know what in your car can be used as a weapon
• Extra cans of oil jug of half water half antifreeze a few bottles of gas line antifreeze windshields washer fluid and rags to check your car fluids and a small bottle of dry graphite for car locks
• A tire gauge
• Extra blankets
• Flares at least four
• A small set of tools a battery cleaner med. And large size flat and phillips screw drivers a pair of pliers an adjustable wrench a pair of vice grips and a can of wd-40
• Owners manual area maps paper and pencil
• In summer, a jug of water
• Emergency numbers towing service, state police 800 # et
• Good spare tire should be checked at least every 3 months
• Small wooden club at least 18 in long umbrella
• Extra gloves and hat
• Need help sign ( some come on the back of sun shaped )
• Good ice scraper and snow brush
• 40 channel cb radio or mobile cell phone optional: there is no extra monthly cost for a cb radio and every state has a monitoring system to pick up distress calls. State police cars carry citizens band radios in their cars.