10 Things Not To Do With Your Sports Car

If you’re not careful, your brand new sports car will lose its charm faster than you realize.

Negligent use can do that to your car. You can avoid this if you stay clear of these mistakes.

1. Push the Limits for the First 1,000 Miles

An engine that’s fresh out of the factory needs time to fine-tune itself to adjust to your driving style. So, before you push your machine to its limits, make sure you give it some experience. Not doing this will reduce the life of your engine.

2. Go More Than 3 Months Without Oil Change

Gas isn’t the only liquid powering your car. Your sports car needs a host of fluids, such as engine fluid, brake fluid, radiator fluid, transmission fluid, and coolant fluid, to keep it running at its prime. Make sure you check and replace all these fluids at regular intervals.

3. Let the Fuel Drop to the Red Zone

A sports car gulps gas faster than a regular car does. Keeping your gas tank at near-empty levels can cause unexpected breakdowns. A low fuel tank can also harm the gas pump in the engine.

4. Rev the Car to Warm the Engines

Unless you’re a master of engine dynamics, it is a bad idea to make your car go vroom vroom just to warm it up. If you want to warm your car, there’s a better way to do it. Drive your car slowly for about ten minutes. That will get your engines and all other systems warmed up.

5. Ignore the Engine Lights and Other Indicators

The smart people who built your sports car installed audio and visual warnings to caution you against troubles. Ignoring the blinking lights or beeps will result in unpleasant surprises.

6. Drive Your Car When Its Overheating

When your engine is hot, stop your car and give it some time to cool down. If you continue to drive the car when it’s hot, you risk damage – permanent damage. Also, make sure your car has enough fresh engine coolant.

7. Forget to Check the Tire Pressure Regularly

Ignoring tire pressure leads to increase in braking distance, slipping on wet surfaces, decreases vehicle stability, wastes fuel, and shortens the tire’s life. To keep all these problems at bay, get your car’s tire pressure checked regularly.

8. Clean Your Car in Direct Sunlight

On a hot and sunny day, your car’s body can heat up a lot. When the body is so hot, water falling on the body will instantly vaporize and take a part of the car with it. Eventually, this will diminish your car’s shine. So, always wash your car in the shade.

9. Make Off-Label Modifications

Companies invest thousands of person-hours into designing, optimizing, and building sports cars. Any off-label modifications can unhinge all that hard work. So, if you’re a proud sports car owner, don’t make any unauthorized modifications to your car.

10. Compromise on Safety

Don’t let the power get to your head. When you drive, don’t put your own life, or the life of others, in jeopardy. Follow all rules of safety and exercise caution. Even when you’re letting her rip, do so at the right time and right place.