Turkey, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, traffic, these are the
joys of the Thanksgiving holiday.
According to a 2011 AAA study over 42.5 million Americans will travel on
Thanksgiving day, with that many people on the road safety is important. We
thought we might give you some travel tips to help you have a safe and
enjoyable holiday.
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Fuel up! Make sure your traveling with a
full tank of gas, sitting in traffic is a great way to run your gas gage to E.
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Weigh in! Check your vehicles weight
capacity. With all that extra holiday food, Aunt Mildred, and the kids it could
really slow you down, your stopping radius that is it also can waste gas
mileage.
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Are you flowin? Check your fluids like
oil and windshield wiper fluid.
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Keep rolling. Make sure your tire
pressure is good to go.
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Ring Ring. It is very important that we
obey all the rules of the road. Don’t use a cell phone or read a map while
driving, distractions like these can make your holiday not so happy.
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Are we there yet? Plan your route and
have an alternate route just in case. Leave early giving plenty of time in case
traffic is heavy. Designating a navigator is great idea.
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Weather. Check the weather the night
before. If it’s supposed to snow be prepared with ice scrapers and throw some
extra blankets in the back (you never know). Also give yourself extra time to
reach your destination.
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Zzzzzz. Get a good night sleep, driving
drowsy is not safe.
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Check up. If you have time we highly
suggest you bring your car in for service to make sure it’s running at its
best.
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Mas Vino-Most importantly Please do NOT
drink and drive! A living customer is a happy customer.
As a general tip for those leaving their homes on
Thanksgiving, we all have an addiction to Facebook and we can’t deny it. Posting
for the holiday is great but we recommend that you do not post if you are going
to be leaving your home. “Off to Aunt Rita’s for Thanksgiving dinner!” is just
the type of post robbers look for. Thanksgiving is one of the top three days
that theft occurs. So please be wise about what you put up on your social
networks.
We hope these tips have been helpful and wish all of our
customers Old, New, and Future to be safe and have a Wonderful Thanksgiving!
To schedule an appointment for service or to look for a new car follow the link below!
Check out info on Emergency #s, OnStar and Towing
Contacts if you ever find yourself in trouble this Holiday Travel Season
Click HEREfor more info!
