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Tracking your car’s fuel economy and maintenance expenses is a great way to help with overall budgeting. But keeping receipts and calculating your automotive expenditures month by month can be difficult.
Car Care for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad is a helpful app designed for calculating your vehicle’s gas consumption and fuel efficiency rates. With this tool, you can track multiple vehicles, calculate in various units, and make graphs for easy budgeting.
The Car Care app can help you track money saved by investing in a vehicle protection plan from Naviss Direct. We supplement, replace, and extend your car’s warranty with customizable and affordable protection plans. Call (314) 447-4540 for more information and save up to $600 when you mention our blog.
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Proper vehicle maintenance is an important part of responsible driving, but the costs can really add up. Warranties help to defray some maintenance or repair expenses, but they often only cover certain aspects of a vehicle, as is the case with extended powertrain warranties. A vehicle protection plan can be customized to cover whatever your vehicle needs for as long as it needs it. Here are some of the benefits of building your own vehicle protection plan:
- Supplement Partial Warranties
Manufacturer warranties cover many of a vehicle’s maintenance expenses in the first few years of ownership. But after a few years, various components of the warranty will expire or you may void your warranty. Powertrain warranties often remain active for longer than the rest of the warranty, leaving other components and systems unprotected. A vehicle protection plan can cover these components and eliminate unnecessary coverage.
- Extend Expiring Warranties
All manufacturer warranties will eventually expire. Unfortunately, cars usually need maintenance and repairs after warranty coverage terminates. With a vehicle protection plan, you can continue full coverage of your car’s various systems and components well after factory warranties expire. A vehicle protection plan can even be customized to cover more or less than the original warranty, depending on your needs.
- Create Affordable, Customized Coverage
One major advantage of a customized vehicle protection plan is the opportunity to provide coverage for your vehicle based on both what you need and what you can afford. For an inexpensive plan, you can choose to protect components you would be less capable of fixing on your own. A larger budget could also provide more comprehensive coverage for your favorite vehicle.
If you want to protect your car with a plan that covers exactly what you need for a price you can afford, then call Naviss Direct at (314) 447-4540 and ask about our customizable vehicle protection plans. We provide coverage to enhance, replace, and extend your car’s warranty, so you can have the coverage and peace-of-mind you need. Give us a call today and save up to $600 when you mention our blog.
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Keeping a car well maintained is a great way to ensure its safety and reliability. Proper maintenance can also significantly increase fuel efficiency.
This video discusses the value of car maintenance and how it affects fuel economy. The speaker offers maintenance tips, and then produces some surprising statistics to demonstrate just how much fuel some basic car care can save. Did you know you can save up to 20 gallons of gasoline each year with proper maintenance? Find out more with this full clip.
A Naviss Direct vehicle protection plan can help you to keep the costs of vehicle maintenance down, making it even easier to save money. Get the peace-of-mind you deserve by calling Naviss Direct at (314) 447-4540 and learn more about our customizable protection plans. You can even save up to $600 when you mention our blog!
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Any new car will have a set schedule for when it should be serviced and maintained by factory technicians. These maintenance visits offer many benefits for you and your vehicle. A car that has been properly maintained according to the factory schedule will be more reliable and retain its value for longer. Many people are unsure about what these services entail and why they are important. Here is a brief guide to understanding factory-scheduled maintenance services:
Most scheduled maintenance programs include regular oil changes. These ensure that your vehicle’s oil level and quality are appropriate for driving, but only according to factory minimums. Scheduled oil changes at the dealership are not always frequent enough for an individual’s driving habits.
Your brakes are designed to wear down slowly and must be replaced at regular intervals. This can help to maintain them under normal circumstances, but uneven or heavy wear can necessitate repairs that don’t fit in with the factory schedule.
Tires are considered a consumable component, which means they must be replaced regardless of the level of care. While a dealership or manufacturer may not guarantee your tires, they will generally maintain them according to a schedule with services like tire rotation.
Factory-scheduled maintenance often includes inspections of electrical components and replacements of items like lights, fuses, and batteries as necessary. Many of these components outlast factory warranties and must be replaced once the schedule has ended.
Various other components within the vehicle must also be replaced regularly to avoid serious damage. These parts, such as timing belts, may be replaced as part of scheduled maintenance, but they will likely need to be replaced again out of warranty.
If you want to gain peace-of-mind by supplementing your car’s current protection, then call Naviss Direct today at (314) 447-4540. We offer vehicle protection plans to supplement, replace, or extend the protection offered by your car’s manufacturer. With Naviss, now you’re covered. Call today and save up to $600 when you mention our blog.
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At Naviss, we recognize that your car’s tires are among the most important components of your car and have a significant influence on the vehicle’s safety, performance, and efficiency. Ensuring your tires are always properly inflated is a crucial part of regular maintenance and responsible car ownership. Here is a brief guide to why, how, and when you should check your tire pressure:
The air pressure in your vehicle’s tires has a large effect on many aspects of the tire’s performance and reliability. An overinflated tire will have less-than-ideal traction on the road, minimizing control. Over-inflation can also put the tire at risk for a blowout caused by warm, expanding air. An underinflated tire produces excess friction and can seriously decrease your fuel efficiency. This situation also increases the risk of a blowout.
Checking your tire pressure is a simple part of your regular maintenance schedule. Use a pressure gauge to ensure the tire pressure matches the recommended value, which can be found in your owner’s manual and the driver’s-side door jamb. If the pressure is low, then inflate the tire with an air compressor, which can be found at most gas stations. If it is too high, then depress the valve to release some of the excess pressure.
Because your vehicle’s tires contribute to safety and performance, tire pressure should be checked quite frequently. Manually checking and adjusting your tire pressure should be done about once each month, but this does not mean you can assume they are fine from month to month. Visually inspect your tires for leaks, low pressure, or other problems every day.
Proper car maintenance requires far more than checking tire pressure. By taking the time to maintain your vehicle and invest in a vehicle protection plan from Naviss Direct, you’ll be covered from the rising cost of vehicle repairs. Call us at (314) 447-4540 or contact us online for more information about our rates and vehicle service plans. Mention our blog and save $600!
