Fixing a Dent
If you’ve returned to your car only to find a dent on the side of it, we understand if you become totally frustrated. However, you can easily remedy a small dent by pouring hot water over it and then immediately using a plunger to pop it out.
Fixing A Dent
Dirty Headlights
There’s no need to panic or head to your local auto body shop if your headlights have become foggy. You can actually use toothpaste to clean them, since the mild abrasives in the paste will help gently lift off any debris and dirt. No need to buy any specialty product to clean this up.
Dirty Headlights
Opening a Keyring
Opening up a keyring is seriously one of the most annoying tasks we have to face. Why do they make it so difficult? A great solution is to use a staple remove to easily open up the key ring, which will allow you to easily slip a key onto the ring without any fuss and without hurting your fingers in the process.
Opening A Keyring
Junk in the Trunk
If you’re extra organized and think ahead, then you most likely have some emergency supplies on hand in the back of your car. If they’re just placed in the trunk, then they’re most likely rolling around, which can make your trunk pretty messy. That’s why it’s a good idea to store these items in a shower caddy, which will keep them upright and together.
Junk In The Trunk
Using Pool Noodles
If you’re a nervous parker and are worried about hitting the door every time you get out of your car, then this trick is for you. All you need to do is to take a pool noodle and cut it in half and then attach it to the wall so that it lines up with where the car door opens up. This way you don’t have to worry about damaging your car each time you open the door inside the garage.
Using Pool Noodles
Cereal Bins
Most cars don’t come with a designated trash can, which can mean that garbage tends to end up loose and floating around the floor of the car. A simple solution for this is to get a cereal bin, line it with a plastic bag, and then keep it on the floor of your car. You can close the top so that trash doesn’t go spilling everywhere and you can easily remove the trash bag to empty out the garbage any time you need.
Cereal Bins
Reducing Glare
If you live in a particularly sunny area, this one will be really helpful for you. When the visor and your sunglasses simply aren’t enough, you can get tinted plastic sheets that will stick to your car window and help prevent any glare or harsh sunlight from blinding you while you’re driving.
Reducing Glare
Reducing Frost
Anyone who lives in a cold climate knows how time consuming and annoying removing frost from your car’s windshield is, especially in the morning before you need to go to work. By parking your car facing east, you can help by harnessing the power of the sun that rises in the morning, helping start the defrosting process.
Reducing Frost
Extending Your Key’s Range
This trick might work for you, so it’s worth a shot. Hold your keys under your chin, and see if that extends the range of your car keys. We know it sounds pretty ridiculous, but hey if it helps, then why not do it?
Extending Your Key’s Range
Long Rides
Taking kids on long car rides is infamously difficult, and with good reason. First, they get bored which turns into being fussy. Then, they get so hungry that they’ll scream until they’re fed. That’s why you can use a Magna Doodle for both purposes: keep your kid entertained, and when you go through the drive-thru, you can use it as a flat surface to keep the food within reach and less messy.
Long Rides
Cleaning Your Wheels
There’s a reason why people use the expression “use Coke to clean this.” You can use a combination of Coca Cola with dish detergent to really get your wheels rims clean and free of brake dust and grime.
Cleaning Your Wheels
Using Pantyhose
This can be used in an absolute pinch and if you know your way around the inside of a car. In case you need an emergency fan belt, you can use some panty hose until you can get your cast fixed professionally. We will say that if you have no idea what you’re doing, you should probably avoid messing with this.
Using Pantyhose
Using Nail Polish
When you find a small scratch or chip in your car’s paint, it is often not worth it to go get it fixed at the dealership, since it will cost quite a bit to fix. If your car is a regular color, try to find a nail polish that is close to the color and then use it to touch up small scratches. We promise that a tiny bit will go a long way.
Using Nail Polish
Using Hand Sanitizer
De-icing a car lock can be incredibly frustrating, especially if you’re in a hurry to get to work in the morning. That’s why you can use a household item we’re sure you already have: hand sanitizer. Apply some directly to the handle and watch as the alcohol helps dissolve the ice, allowing you to use the handle and turn the lock.
Using Hand Sanitizer
Keeping Your Seats Buckled
Every summer, we are faced with the same issue of coming back to a car that’s been parked in the sun, only to have our hands burn on the hot metal as we try to buckle our seatbelts. A solution to this problem is quite simple: when you leave the car, buckle the seatbelt so that the metal is not exposed to the direct sunlight. That will keep it from becoming boiling hot and unable to be touched.
Keeping Your Seats Buckled
Backseat Organizers
This hack is especially useful if you have a lot of supplies on hand in the car, particularly if you have kids. Instead of just having everything floating around on its own, you can use an over the door shoe rack to keep things organized and easy to reach. You can keep toiletries, toys, and snacks here.
Backseat Organizers
Window Chips
If you’re in a situation where there’s a crack in your windshield and you are worried it will spread before you can get it fixed, a bit of clear nail polish can help. Apply a few drops of it in order to fill the cracks and help prevent the crack from getting worse before you take it in to be fixed professionally.
Window Chips
Using Rubber Bands
Trying to balance your phone on the windshield in order to use navigation rarely, if ever, works out. That’s why you can actually secure your phone onto the air vents directly by using a rubber band. This will keep your phone secure and allow you to navigate, hands-free, without any problems.
Using Rubber Bands
Cooling Down Your Car
How annoying is it when you get back to your car and you have to wait before you get in because it’s just too hot in there? You can actually roll down the passenger window and close the driver’s door in order to create a fanning effect, which will get rid of stale hot air from the car.
Cooling Down Your Car
Using Dryer Sheets
Car air fresheners are a great way to keep your car smelling great, but if you already have some dryer sheets, you can accomplish the same effect without having to buy an extra product. Dryer sheets also last longer and do a great job absorbing foul odors. Best of all, you can choose either scented or unscented ones.
Using Dryer Sheets
Car Scratches
These Multipurpose Scratch Remover Cloths are really great to keep on hand in the car as using advanced nanotechnology, they are able to remove car stains and scratches while also restoring the vehicle’s color.
Car Scratches
Using Scented Wax Cubes
Another great way to make your own car freshener is by placing some scented wax cubes into a mason jar with a lid that has some holes poked into it and then keeping it in the car. As the wax melts, is will emit a pleasant scent into your car.
Using Scented Wax Cubes
Checking Your Tires
This trick can help keep you safe. You can check your tire’s treads by using a penny. Place the penny upside down into the tire treads. If President Lincoln’s head goes halfway in, your tires are fine. If not, it’s time to get some new tires.
Checking Your Tires
Cup Holders
You can keep you cup holders clean and even use them for storage by simply placing silicone cupcake wrappers into them. This will make cleanup an absolute breeze, since you can just remove them, wipe them down, and replace them, and in just a few minutes.
Cup Holders
Saving Space
You can use carabiner hooks to keep your car organized by hanging them on the headrest. You can then place purses, reusable grocery bags, umbrellas, and anything else that can be hung up there, freeing up space in your trunk and under your seats.
Saving Space
Using Muffin Pans
If you’re picking up multiple drinks from the drive-thru and you don’t have enough cup holders to keep them safe, then we have a trick for you. You can use a muffin tin to hold cups and keep them straight while you’re driving in order to avoid a horrible, sticky mess in your car.
Using Muffin Pans
Laundry Baskets
It’s always incredibly annoying to have a ton of grocery bags rolling around the trunk after a grocery shop. You can use laundry baskets to keep everything in one place as you drive home, and then easily pick up multiple bags to take them inside. Fewer trips to and from the car are always better!
Laundry Baskets
Using Kitty Litter
You can use kitty litter to help you out even if you are not a cat owner. That’s because you can use it when conditions are snowy and icy, as it will help with traction, especially on black ice.
Using Kitty Litter
More Kitty Litter
Kitty litter can help you out in more ways than one in the car. You can fill up and old sock with kitty litter and keep it on the dashboard in order to help keep your dashboard from getting all foggy. It sounds crazy but hey, if it helps, why not?
More Kitty Litter
Using Command Hooks
You can use command hooks to keep your car really organized. Hang your face mask, purse, bag, or anything else so that it hangs within your arm’s reach, making the storage solution super convenient.
Using Command Hooks
Using a Tennis Ball
If you’re nervous while parking, then this trick can help you house. You can try to attach a tennis ball onto a string and hanging it on the ceiling. That way, it will help you gauge the distance between your car and the wall.
Using A Tennis Ball
Parking App
Something that many of us face is forgetting where we park after we’ve been out and about. A simple solution to fix this is to download an app that keeps track of where you parked. That way, you don’t need to walk up and down searching for your car after a whole day out and about.
Parking App
Warming Your Windshield Wipers
If you want to save yourself a whole lot of time and aggravation during the winter time, then you should listen to this tip. No need to waste your precious time in the morning by thawing out your windshield wipers. Simply put on an old pair of socks to keep them covered in the evening.
Warming Your Windshield Wipers
Towel Holder
This one is especially good if you have kids and have a lot of messes going on in the car. Keep a paper towel roll handy by attaching it with bungee holders. That way you can easily access them even while you’re out on the road.
Towel Holder
Defrosting
Defrosting your windows during the cold winter is especially annoying, so here’s trick for making your life a little bit easier. Spray a mixture of water and vinegar to help you out while you’re cleaning off the frost.
Defrosting
Getting More Gas
Did you know that while you pump gas and place the handle all the way in, it creates bubbles, tricking the nozzle to think that it’s been filled. If you press the pump half way in, you can actually allow more gas to flow out.
Getting More Gas
Removing Bumper Stickers
If you have a bunch of old bumper stickers that you want to get rid of, you might have already realized that they are quite difficult to peel off. Instead of struggling, take a hairdryer and blow hot air directly onto the sticker. That way it will peel off much more easily, without leaving off the gunk.
Removing Bumper Stickers
Using Slime
Anyone who has kids will most certainly have some slime on hand. Did you know that it’s not just a fun toy to play with, but it can actually help you clean up around your car? You can use it to clean crevices like air vents and chairs by sticking it on and peeling off the dust and particles.
Using Slime
Don’t Brake
If one of your tires have blown out, you should definitely not break if you’re out on the open road. If you do, you will lose control of the car and fishtail. This is quite dangerous and can lead you to crash.
Don’t Break
Weighing Down Your Key
If your keychain has too many keys and charms on it, you could actually be damaging your ignition by weighing it down, which can make it harder to start your car. Make sure you don’t have to many keys or charms, and keep it to about three in order to make sure it doesn’t affect your ignition.
Weighing Down Your Key