Category Archives: Automotive
How to choose a budget car rental
Whether you are traveling or just don’t want to pay exorbitant prices on taxi fees, budget car rentals are your saviors. Sadly, most of the time the people who assist you with budget car rentals doesn’t have your best interests at heart. Use these tips to get the budget, out of a budget car rental. Continue reading
How to Jump-Start a car
Leave your lights on? To get your car going again you will need a set of jumper cables- those heavy duty insulated wires with alligator clamps on each end that draws power from a charged battery in another car to the flat battery in your car.
These 4 steps will teach you to jump-start your car safely and easily.
1. The black cable is the negative lead (-), and the red cable is the positive lead (+). Positive clamps must be attached to positive terminals on both batteries. Same deal with the negative clamps and the negative terminals. Remember the order in which you place the terminals on each battery. Get this right- and get a good connection- if you don’t, you could hurt yourself badly.
2. Call someone like a buddy or maybe even a stranger might give you a hand here. Start the support car. Let it idle for a few minutes, then try and start the car with the flat battery.
3. Once the battery has regained power from the support battery, the engine should turn over and the alternator should start charging the battery again. I this does not happen the first time, don’t panic, the battery may need more time to build up charge via the support battery. Continue reading
How to survive a bee attack
Ok so one fine day your just strolling along and suddenly, you hear a loud buzzzzing noise.
At first you might think good old neighbor Ted just fired up his buzz saw.
But, if you’re not home and somewhere in the bush or jungle, ha-ha, you might have some problems.
You might in actual fact be stinging distance away from a nest.
If you happen to stumble upon a “yellow-jacket” nest (hopefully not! As these guys can hit a top speed of 96 miles per hour/60 kilometers per hour when really feeling endangered !),
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