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Patching your tire yourself
Bringing your car to a tire repair shop
Conclusion
 

Patching your tire yourself

If you have noticed that one of your tires has been consistently losing pressure but only does slowly and has not gone completely flat, then you likely have a leak in that tire. As long as it is a minor leak without major damage having occurred to the tire, you should be able to get it patched which will resolve the leak and future loss of pressure. What you will need to decide is if you want to try to do it yourself or if you feel it would be easier just to spend some extra money and have a tire shop or mechanic do it.

If you are confident enough to patch your tire yourself, you can use the following process to fix any leaks in a tire that has lost pressure:

1. Fill the tire in question with air – You will not be able to identify the area of the tire that is the source of the escaping air if there is not enough air in the tire to begin with. Whenever you fill your tire do so to the suggested PSI that your vehicle’s owner’s manual suggests.
2. See if you can spot a nail or a tear – At this point do a quick visual inspection of your tire to see if you can spot both where the leak is coming from as well as what caused it. This isn’t always the case, but the most frequent cause of a leak in a tire is usually a nail or something similar that has punctured the tire and remains lodged in it.
3. Check for the sound or feel of rapidly escaping air – Whether or not you spotted something such as a nail stuck in your tire, you should put your ear to the tire to see if you can hear air rapidly rushing out of the tire. This is a tell-tale way of how to locate the source of your leak.
4. Remove the tire from your car and from its rim – Take the necessary steps to remove your tire from your vehicle and it’s rim. You will need to patch it from the inside so it must come off the rim.
   

5. Patch the tire – Once the tire is off of your car and the rim you can proceed to patch it. In order to do so, you will just need a reputable and well-reviewed tire plug kit which you can buy on a site like Amazon. Just follow the instructions that come with the kit.
6. Put the tire back on the rim and the car – Now you can put your tire back on the rim and then back on your vehicle. You are ready to hit the road once again.

Bringing your car to a tire repair shop

You might be adept enough to remove your tire from your car, but many people are not adept enough to remove it from the rim and then securely place it back on the rim. Maybe you just do not feel like going through the process of plugging your own tire. Either way, you will always have the option of taking your car to a tire repair shop. In fact, some mechanics can likely also patch a tire for you.

This will be more expensive but it will save you the effort of doing it yourself and the job will be professionally done so you can be sure the work will be quality. Although it will be quicker than doing yourself, getting your tire patched at a tire repair shop will still take some time during which you will be without your vehicle. Typically, it will take a tire repair shop about twenty minutes to an hour. Most tire patch jobs will on the shorter end of that range.

The cost of bringing your car to a tire repair store and getting a tire patched will vary based on a few things. The kind of tire that you are bringing in to get repaired, the type of patch the shop performs, and what they charge for their labor among other things. On average, a typical tire patch job will cost between $20 and $35.
 

Conclusion

Patching a leak in one or more of your car’s tires can be both time consuming and difficult if you choose to do it yourself. However, it is definitely not impossible to complete on your own. Although, when you consider the fact that going to a tire repair shop will likely save you over an hour with their speed and expertise and it will also only cost you about thirty dollars overall, it really might be your best bet. Either way, it is important to take care of a leak in any tire because a leak can quickly get worse and lead to both a flat as well as the need to completely replace your tire.

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Safe U-turns
Legal U-turns
Wrapping up
 

Safe U-turns

There are a few reasons that you could find yourself needing to make a U-turn in Hawaii. Maybe you missed a turn, maybe you were looking for a spot to park and just drove past an open space without seeing it in time to stop or maybe that is the only way for you to get to the other side of the street. The reason that you are making a U-turn does not matter. What does matter is that you make your U-turn both safely and legally.

As far as safety goes when you are making a U-turn, you should begin by making sure you signal your intent to do so with the right amount of “notice.” So, be sure that you turn your blinker on a hundred feet prior to the place you intend to stop to make the U-turn.

One of the reasons that a higher level of caution is needed when making a U-turn is that oncoming vehicles may only think you are making a typical turn. This can be problematic because a U-turn will put you in the path of traffic much longer than a typical turn will. Thus, other oncoming cars could maintain a speed that is unsafe when someone is making a U-turn in front of them but perfectly safe when someone is making a traditional turn. This is why it is so important that you give yourself more than enough time and space when you are making a U-turn.

In order to be sure that you have enough space to make a U-turn, you should be sure that you are doing so across at least two lanes of traffic and not just one lane. One lane with or without a shoulder will only leave you with enough room to make a two or three point turn. Making a two- or three-point turn is fine but you will need much more time in which to do so, and that is dangerous because oncoming traffic could be bearing down on you momentarily.

The proper way to ensure that you have enough time to safely make your U-turn will be to stay focused on the oncoming traffic in front of you, when you see that traffic has cleared and that there are no oncoming cars that will reach the area that you are making the U-turn within five seconds, then you can start your turn. When you are turning make sure that you stay focused on your surroundings so that if another car does approach more quickly than you had anticipated, you will be able to react.
 

Legal U-turns

The legality of a U-turn will depend mostly upon where you are making your U-turn. U-turns are legal in all turn lanes that are not accompanied by a “no u-turn sign” which will be a sign that has a black upside down U with a circle and a line through the middle that is usually red. You can also legally make a U-turn where there are dotted white lines rather than solid white lines in the middle of a road.

Illegal U-turns include when you start your U-turn from anywhere other than the left-most lane of traffic because doing it from anywhere else would require you turning across cars that were driving in the same direction as you which is extremely unsafe. It is also illegal to make a U-turn when drivers cannot see you turning from at least five hundred feet away which can include the area before or on a blind curve. Making a U-turn can also land you with a ticket when you cross a highway divider or double solid yellow line to do so.

In Hawaii, if you are pulled over for making an illegal U-turn, you will face a fine which is left to “the officer’s discretion.” This means that the officer who witnessed your illegal U-turn and cited you for it will determine how serious and dangerous the actual illegal turn was. A ticket like this can end up causing your insurance rates to increase because it is a moving violation. However, Hawaii no longer uses a point system with regards to traffic offenses. So, it is difficult to tell how much your insurance could increase for an infraction such as this. Finally, if you frequently have been cited for other moving violations within eighteen months of getting an “improper turn” ticket for making an illegal U-turn, your license could also be suspended.
 

Wrapping up

Making a U-turn is an easy and quick way for you to start heading in the opposite direction quickly when you are driving. Regardless of the reason for your U-turn, it is crucially important that you do so both safely and legally. If you do not and you try to hook your U-turn too quickly or from the middle lane of traffic you can easily be responsible for causing an accident. If you make an illegal U-turn you will face a fine that could be over a hundred dollars as well as a possibly increase in your insurance rates. If you had several previous and recent moving violations, you could also end up with a suspended license.

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Waiting for traffic to clear
Signaling
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Waiting for traffic to clear

When you turn left on any road that is not a one-way road, you will be turning across oncoming traffic which can obviously be extremely dangerous if the proper care is not taken. Thus you should always pay close attention and wait for traffic to clear before attempting to make your left turn. The one exception will be if you are at a larger intersection and are in a turning lane that gets a green left arrow before the oncoming side of traffic gets a general green light. In that instance, you will be able to turn left without having to worry about oncoming traffic.

If there is no green left arrow signal or you have missed it, you will have to carefully check for oncoming traffic. At a stop light, you will not need to worry about traffic traveling in direction that you are trying to turn because if you have a green light, they will have a red light. You will just need to worry about traffic that is on the left side of the road that you are turning from.

So, if you are turning west from northbound traffic, you will only need to worry about southbound traffic. The good thing in this situation is that you will not have to turn your head and/or check any of your mirrors in this situation in order to complete the turn. Just stay focused on oncoming traffic and do not take any chances by trying to squeeze your turn in before closely approaching oncoming vehicles pass.
 

Signaling

Signaling when you are making a left turn is important because it alerts other drivers that you will soon be turning rather than continuing straight which can easily prevent an accident and it can also help you avoid getting pulled over and ticketed. Even in a situation where there is a designated turning lane present, you should be properly signaling as you approach that turning lane for a few hundred feet, not just after you enter it. If the driver’s behind you are not expecting you to start slowing down in order to enter a turning lane, they will not slow down themselves.

If you are turning left from a road without a designated turning lane, then you signaling your turn is even more critically important. You could end up sitting in an active lane of traffic waiting to turn. Thus, other driver’s must be warned of what you are doing so they can slow down to wait or change their lane to the right in order to continue around you.

Finally, if you do not signal when you turn left in Hawaii, you can be ticketed. The fine that you will need to pay will be well over a hundred dollars. If you have a history of moving violations, getting a ticket for failing to signal during a turn can have serious insurance coverage and/or cost ramifications.
 

Conclusion

Using your turn signal when you turn left in Hawaii is as easy as gently pushing a small lever conveniently located right near or on your steering column. Yet doing so puts you at much lower risk of being collided with from behind and can be the difference between paying a fine and having your insurance rates increase significantly. Always use your turn signals whether you are turning left, right or even changing lanes.

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Plan to book early and ship during a less busy time of year
Skip the extras
Conclusion
 

Plan to book early and ship during a less busy time of the year

Whether or not you are shipping a vehicle to or from Hawaii, it tends to be one of the pricier vehicle shipments within the United States. This is simply because one of the most important factors in the determination of a price for a particular car shipment is the distance. With vehicle shipments to or from Hawaii starting at a minimum of over two thousand miles due to its distance from the continental United States, you can see why it will cost a bit more.

So, you are likely wondering what you can do to save money when you are shipping a car to or from Hawaii. Thankfully, there are several simple things you can do or select during the booking of your shipment in order to keep the cost of your Hawaiian car shipment as low as possible.

How well you plan your car’s transportation can definitely play a big role in saving you money on the overall price. If you are in a position where you can choose anytime in the next year to schedule your Hawaiian car shipment, you should choose to ship during the fall or winter. Although these seasons do not make much of a difference for Hawaii itself, the time of year will have a big impact on the overall cost of your car shipment.

In the continental United States, auto transporters are much less busy in the fall, before the holiday season, and in the dead of winter. So, to be more exact, the end of January through all of February, along with the end of September through all of October will be the periods during the year that car shippers are doing their least amount of business. When a car shipping company, or any business for that matter, has very low demand for its services they tend to lower prices as much as possible in order to facilitate the biggest influx of new business. Thus, if you ship your car to or from Hawaii during the fall or the middle of the winter, you will likely save some money as opposed to if you shipped during the summer.

Whether or not you have the flexibility to choose which time of year during which to ship a vehicle to or from Hawaii, you should definitely consider booking your shipment with at least a month’s notice. If you can, book your shipment six or eight weeks in advance. This is because when you book a shipment early, there is no rush to find a carrier. It is also partially because when you book a shipment late, space is as limited as it can get without being completely sold out. Thus, price increases because the supplier (your auto transporter) knows someone will definitely be willing to pay almost any price for the last spot or two on the carrier. Hence, you should never wait until the last minute too book your shipment.
 

Skip the extras

As we mentioned, the specific decisions you make and options you choose regarding your Hawaiian car shipment will make a big difference in the final price of shipping a vehicle to one of the islands. There are several “upgraded” or additional options that you can choose to use when you are booking a shipment. We suggest avoiding any upgrades to your vehicle transportation if your primary concern is saving money.

Several common upgraded or additional car shipping services are:

• Enclosed auto transport – Enclosed car shipping is when your vehicle is shipped on a special car carrier that has walls and a roof which will protect it from outside elements while it ships on the ground. This will typically add at least a couple hundred dollars to the overall price of shipping a car.
• Top-loading – Top-loading is when you choose to have your car placed on the top deck of an auto carrier. This offers a bit of extra protection for your car from vehicles above it leaking any fluids on it which is extremely rare. This will usually add about an additional hundred dollars to the cost of your shipment.
• Shipping additional items within your vehicle – Some auto transport companies will allow their customers to ship additional items or luggage in their car for an additional fee. On top of costing extra, doing this will put you in a position where these other items will not be covered by insurance if they happen to get damaged in transit.

It will definitely keep your overall cost of shipping a car either to or from Hawaii low if you choose to forego all of these additional upgrades.
 

Conclusion

As far as car shipments that have an origin and destination both in the US, shipping a vehicle to Hawaii or away from Hawaii is about as far as it gets. Thus, you might want to try to save some money on that shipment if at all possible. If you simply ship during a less hectic period for your car shipper, give at least a month’s notice of your shipment, and avoid selecting any upgraded shipping options you will be able to keep your Hawaiian auto transport cost at a minimum.

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The purpose of tag lights
Replacing a tag light
Conclusion
 

 

The purpose of tag lights

“Tag lights”, as they are most commonly referred to, are the small lights near your rear license plate that allow other drivers and/or the police to read your plate at night and in other dark conditions. This is important because other driver’s may need to identify you in case you were involved in an accident, did something illegal or they otherwise need to identify your vehicle with specificity. The same essentially goes for the police but it also goes a step further. The police will additionally need to be able to quickly read your plate in dark conditions so they can call it in and run a check to see if you have warrants, if your car is currently stolen etc.

It is important to frequently check your tag lights to ensure that they are in proper working condition. If one or more of your tag lights is out and your license plate is not completely readable as a result, you can be pulled over by the police and given a ticket. Thankfully, this infraction is not a moving violation so it will not have any insurance or license suspension implications. However, you will still need to pay a fine.

In Hawaii, the cost of a “License Plate Must be Illuminated and Visible at 50 ft from Rear,” otherwise known as a tag light ticket, is $40 not including fees. The additional fees/surcharges could end up being in the $100 dollar range, so your total cost could easily be over $100 for having a tag light out in Hawaii.
 

Replacing a tag light

Fortunately, if you do get one of these tickets it is considered a correctable offense. So, you can get your tag light fixed and bring it to the station that issued the ticket so that they can confirm the repair has been made. If it has, the ticket can be reversed. Typically, you only are allowed twenty-four hours from the issuance of the ticket to correct the offense.

The big question is “How do I replace a tag light?” Well, the way to do this can vary, especially for older vehicles which might not even have tag lights. However, most cars made in the last twenty years have the tag lights in a very similar area.

You can replace your vehicle’s tag lights by taking the following steps:

1. First you will need to get a replacement tag light that corresponds to your particular vehicle. You can easily do this by going into your local AutoZone and giving them the make, model and year of your car. They will go grab you a replacement bulb or order one for you. You can also order one online, but AutoZone usually keeps them in stock which will be your quickest option.
2. Then you will need to remove the cover of the tag light that has burnt out. For almost all vehicles produced over the last two plus decades, these lights are located right where the latch for your trunk is located which is purposely right above your rear license plate. These covers will be screwed it, so make sure you have a screwdriver handy.
3. Next you will need to remove the burnt-out bulb in question. There will be specific instructions in your vehicle’s owner’s manual regarding the exact method to use to do so. Some bulbs will need to be unscrewed and others can be gently pulled out.
4. Pop or screw in your replacement bulb at this point.
5. Start your car’s engine in order to see if you have correctly replaced the tag light and that it is correctly illuminated.
6. Once you have determined that you successfully replaced your tag light, you will just need to put the cover for the tag light back on by screwing it back in.

Conclusion

Your tag lights essentially serve only one purpose, to allow other drivers and the police to easily be able to read your license plate at night. If you happen to be involved in an accident or do something illegal, your car needs to be easily identified from a distance. If one or more of your tag lights goes out, you can be pulled over and get a ticket. Fortunately, if you replace the light within a day, you can get the ticket reversed in most cases. Your best bet is to frequently check your tag lights and replace them as soon as they burn out.

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Defogging your car’s windows
Preventing your car’s windows from fogging up
Conclusion
 

Defogging your car’s windows

Driving without complete and clear visibility through your windshield is extremely dangerous and irresponsible. If when you get in your car, your windshield is too fogged up, you will need to wait until your car runs for a bit and the windows clear. Many times, this will not be much of an issue. However, if you are in a rush, it can be a miserable inconvenience.

There are really just two ways to defog your car’s windows. Otherwise, you should consider doing what you can in order to prevent your windows from getting fogged up in the first place. Regardless, the way you can defog your vehicle’s windows will come down to the weather. In Hawaii, foggy windows will always be due to warm weather. If your car windows are fogged up in hot or warm weather, you can defog them by turning your air conditioning off for a bit and then using your windshield wipers to clear the fog. For your side windows, you can simply roll them up and down a few times each to clear the fog.
 

Preventing your car’s windows from fogging up

Preventing foggy windows in your vehicle will always be better and less time consuming than clearing already fogged up windows. Ways that you can prevent your car’s windows from fogging up in warm weather include:

• Keep your windshield and windows clean. When you allow dirt and grime to collect on the outside of your windshield/windows, moisture becomes much more likely to stick to it which makes fogging much more likely.
• Use a defogging solution on your windshield and windows. Simply buy a defogging solution for use on the exterior of your windshield/windows then apply it after you have cleaned your windshield and it is free of fog.
• Keep your car in a garage if possible. If you have a garage, keep your car in it until you need to use it. This will minimize the effect of the warm or hot weather.

Conclusion

Foggy car windows can really put your ability to see the road ahead in jeopardy which is a tremendous safety hazard. That is exactly why you must defog your windows and windshield prior to beginning to drive. Thankfully, in Hawaii it will be due to warm weather which is a quicker fix than if it were due to cold weather. However, you can also take several steps in order to prevent fog from forming in the first place including treating the outside of the windshield with a defogging solution. Whenever you need a car or any other type of vehicle shipped, get in touch with the vehicle shipping experts at Hawaii Car Transport for an instant quote by calling (808) 445-6695!

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What you can do when someone stops-short
Keeping your distance and other preventative measures
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What you can do when someone stops-short

Unfortunately, other drivers frequently “stop short” when they are driving. They do so for a variety of reasons as well. Regardless, if you are driving behind them, you might not be able to avoid hitting them in the rear end of their vehicle. Unfortunately, if this does happen, you will be at fault almost every time. Even if you capture someone stopping short on a dash camera, they likely had good enough reason to do so. For example, if they stopped short because an animal ran into the road, then you hit them, a court and your insurance company will look at it as if you were following too closely and/or driving too fast.

If you are in a situation where you are driving and someone stops suddenly in front of you where you feel you will not be able to stop in time, there is not much you will be able to do. If you are in the furthest right lane and there is a clear shoulder on the side of the road, you could quickly turn your car onto that shoulder. However, never do this in the middle or left lane. If you suddenly jut into another lane without warning, you can end up causing a much more severe accident than if you just slowed down as much as possible prior to the fender bender. The only true defense that you will have against someone “stopping short” in front of you will be preventative safe driving methods.
 

Keeping your distance and other preventative measures

By far, your best defense against a collision when someone stops suddenly in front of you will be to always keep the proper distance between you and the driver in front of you. As a general rule, you should keep a single car length of space between you and the vehicle in front of you for every five miles of speed that you are driving. So, if you are driving fifty miles per hour, there should be ten car lengths between you and the car in front of you.

You can also use the “2 second rule.” This is a bit simpler in that you just pick an easy to see landmark on the side of the road such as a street light, and from the point that the vehicle in front of you passes it count two full seconds. If you have not passed the same landmark in under those two seconds, you are at a safe distance.

Other preventative measures will include:

• Driving at or under the speed limit
• Avoiding driving behind aggressive drivers
• Remaining completely focused on the road ahead

If you want to take staying focused on the road in front of you a step further, you can start slowing down and braking anytime you notice brake lights ahead of the driver in front of you. If someone is braking correctly in front of them and they are not paying attention, this can easily lead to a situation where they stop suddenly.
 

Conclusion

As a driver, you only have control over what you do out on the road. Unfortunately, this means that other drivers can drive in a less than safe manner. This definitely includes stopping suddenly and without warning. If that happens and you hit them from behind, you will be held liable for all of the damage. Do yourself a favor and keep the correct distance between yourself and the driver in front of you at all times. Use the “two second” rule as an easy reference to ensure you are a safe distance behind another vehicle and always obey the speed limit.

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The danger of falling asleep while driving
How you can avoid falling asleep while driving
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The danger of falling asleep while driving

If you end up falling asleep while you are driving the end result could cost you and/or other people their lives. The statistics about drivers that fall asleep behind the wheel are just as horrifying too. According to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Association, well over six hundred people died from “drowsy driving” accidents in 2020. Back in 2017, there were over eight hundred deaths and fifty thousand people injured due to “drowsy driving” according to the NHTSA. The CDC estimates these numbers are vastly underreported and estimates that several thousand deaths occur each year from drowsy or sleeping drivers.

Let’s look at what specifically occurs when you start to doze off at the wheel. Once you start getting drowsy while driving you are not able to focus on driving as well. This means reaction time drops significantly even when you are technically not asleep quite yet. Drowsiness leads to what experts call “microsleep” which is when you fall asleep for just a few seconds.

Those few seconds are several straight seconds where you are unable to react to anything at all. On top of that, when a driver is sleeping and crashes, the crash occurs at full speed thus resulting in a maximum amount of damage and the greatest possibility of injury or death. Always be aware of common signs that you are getting drowsy and/or falling asleep. If you experience any of them pull over and rest or let someone else drive. Some common signs of drowsiness while driving are:

• Struggling to keep your eyes open.
• Many yawns in a short period.
• Having difficulty maintaining your lane.

How you can avoid falling asleep while driving

It is imperative that you do everything possible to stay alert and focused when you drive in order to avoid getting drowsy and risking a severely bad accident. Here are a few ways that you can stay awake and alert while driving:

• Check your meds and avoid booze – Many medications can easily induce drowsiness as a side effect. Read the labels of any medications that you are taking prior to driving while using them. Never drink prior to driving.
• Always get enough sleep before driving – Do your best never to drive without a fresh seven or more hours of sleep under your belt. Driving with less than six hours of sleep is very dangerous as well as irresponsible.
• Music and conversation – In addition to and not as a substitute to the above steps, playing music and/or having a conversation with a passenger can help you stay alert and focused so that you will not begin to doze off.
• Coffee in emergencies – If you are driving somewhere and you feel you definitely are falling asleep, see if you can drink a couple cups of coffee. Then (after you drink the coffee), take a nap for about a half an hour. The NHTSA recommends this based on scientific studies that have been done.

If you feel like you cannot avoid falling asleep, pull over and get some rest in your car or at a hotel immediately. It can easily be the difference between causing an accident or not.
 

Conclusion

Driving while you are tired and could potentially fall asleep is both a terrible and very selfish decision. Thousands of people are injured and thousands more are killed in “drowsy driving” accidents each and every year. Always get enough sleep and if you do happen to end up catching yourself in a state where you feel you might fall asleep, pull over and take a rest as the risk will never be worth it. If you need a vehicle transported to Hawaii, get a free instant quote by using the form on our homepage!

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Why you should keep the inside of your windows clean
Effective Technique
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Why you should keep the inside of your windows clean

We all know that the outside of your windshield and windows need to be clean in order for you to be able to have a clear view of the road and your surroundings when you are driving. However, many people forego keeping the inside of their windows completely clean and that does not make much sense. Obviously, if you have some sort of dirt or food on the inside of your car windows, you need to clean it immediately.

However, smudging from dust and lightly being contacted over the course of weeks can build up. Over time, this smudging and light film of grime on the inside of your windshield and windows can actually lead to lower visibility by increasing both glare and fogging. Not only does this make it generally harder to see, but it also puts more strain on your eyes which can affect your ability to drive safely as well. This is why it is critical for you to clean the inside of your windshield and windows at least once every month.
 

Effective Technique

An effective technique for cleaning the inside of your windshield and windows will be very important. This will be critical in preventing the problems we mentioned such as increased fogging and glare, but this will also ensure that you do not make things even worse. If you do not use the proper technique and supplies, you could be worsening the smudging in a significant way.

An effective technique will start with the right supplies. You will need two small microfiber towels, a household glass cleaner, some rubbing alcohol and some sort of extender if you yourself cannot reach the far low corners of the windshield yourself. The microfiber towel is important because paper towels can end up leaving streaks and make the issue worse if the technique you use is not perfect.

The actual technique itself will start with the application of the glass cleaner. Always apply the glass cleaner to the microfiber towel and never to the window. This ensures that there is not any left over excess of cleaner on the window or windshield which can leave streaks on the window if not wiped up right away. After that, be sure that you use a circular motion to clean the windows/windshield. Small concentric circles are definitely best.

Once you have completed this, do the same with the other microfiber towel and the rubbing alcohol. This will help keep any future fogginess to an absolute minimum and it will simultaneously maximize your window’s shine. Finally, try to avoid doing this on a sunny day because a hot and bright sun can cause the window cleaner to evaporate which will lead to noticeable streaking.
 

Conclusion

Odds are that the inside of your windows will get cleaned each and every time that you bring your car in to get washed. The issue is that the workers at the car wash are overwhelmed most of the time and will make overly quick work of your car’s interior including the windshield and windows. So, it is likely that you will have to clean them yourself from time to time. You just need to be sure to use the correct technique and supplies when you do this. That will include using a microfiber towel, applying the cleaner to the towel – not the window, and making sure you clean in small concentric circles.

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The list of apps
Parking tips
Conclusion
 

The list of apps

The following are some of the best apps to use in order to find parking in major cities around the country or even the world. Parking in major Hawaiian cities like Honolulu can be found on all of the apps listed below. Each app also has a fully functional desktop version.

• Parkopedia – Parkopedia is an app that will show you all sorts of parking options with great detail including whether it is free or paid, how much it will cost if its paid, when you can park there and for how long you can park there. The options it offers are the most robust of any of the apps on the list.
• ParkWhiz – ParkWhiz has functionality that allows you to pick an area or city as well as a timeframe and then see nearby parking and how much it will cost. You can also toggle the options to sort by “closest” or cheapest”. There is an option to search for monthly parking options as well.
• SpotAngels – With this app you will be able to select a general location and specific time period in which you will need to park. From there, you will be served the various options for parking including free parking, paid parking and metered parking. You can also find month-by-month parking as well as nearby gas stations by using this app.

Parking tips

In addition to using these helpful apps, you can do a few things to see if you can find a great spot on the street if you happen to have the time. First, many people perpetually drive around until they find a space. Often times, that can be a mistake, especially near the busiest streets and areas. You can pull over near a hydrant or a driveway entrance and sit for a few minutes at a time without be hassled (most of the time) by police. This will allow you to be first in line for any nearby spots as soon as someone pulls out rather than missing out by circling the block or area.

Always check whichever city’s website which you are going to be parking in for more information on parking regulations. If it is a holiday, you could get lucky and end up with free parking that is otherwise metered on most other days. Finally, if there is snow in the forecast, be careful not to park on the street at all if you can. If you must park in the street in this circumstance, park on the left side of the street as snowplows throw snow to their right.
 

Conclusion

If and when you need to find parking in a busier area of Hawaii such as Honolulu or Maui, you should always be proactive and use a parking app like the ones that were mentioned above. Most of these apps will show you all of the paid parking options you have within a few mile area for the time period that you specifically need parking. Some apps will even show you the nearby free parking options as well as paid monthly options too.