It is time to prepare your car for Winter if you haven't already. An article in the Neosho Daily News offers some good tips starting with checking antifreeze levels.
"The best advice that we can give motorists is check the antifreeze levels," Neosho Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep Service Manager Mike Claypoole said. "In this area, the vehicle's antifreeze level should be able to go down to negative 35 degrees to negative 40 degrees."
Also fix small window dings before they turn into big cracks.
Thermal shock is the term engineers use to describe the stress caused by drastic differences in outdoor and indoor temperatures. If the vehicle has a small ding in the windshield, thermal shock can cause the minor ding to turn into a major crack. The cost of repairing the small ding is minimal, compared to replacing an actual windshield.
Popular Mechanics has a more detailed article on getting your car ready for winter. More advice can be found here, here, here and here.
