{"id":250,"date":"2011-08-11T12:29:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T16:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ardmoretoyota.com\/index.php\/uncategorized\/make-the-most-of-your-car-read-the-manual\/"},"modified":"2011-08-11T12:29:31","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T16:29:31","slug":"make-the-most-of-your-car-read-the-manual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ardmoretoyota.com\/blogs\/97\/make-the-most-of-your-car-read-the-manual\/","title":{"rendered":"Make the Most of Your Car: Read the Manual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tYou know about oil changes, you know about rotating tires &#8230; but you have you forgotten the first, most basic car maintenance step?<\/p>\n<p>\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\tReading the manual!<\/p>\n<p>\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\tMost car manuals are stowed in the glove box, and you should re-familiarize yourself with it a few times a year. With recent changes in technology your car may have options you don&rsquo;t know about, or you may learn a way of operating it more efficiently. For example, since the advent of the airbag many manuals suggest that you drive with your hands at &ldquo;4&rdquo; and &ldquo;8&rdquo; instead of the old &ldquo;10&rdquo; and &ldquo;2&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\tRead the manual to make the most of your car. If it&rsquo;s missing, ask your dealer for a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.respage.com\/cms\/img\/2963.jpg\" title=\"By Mariordo Mario Roberto Duran Ortiz (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know about oil changes, you know about rotating tires &#8230; but you have you forgotten the first, most basic car maintenance step? &nbsp; Reading the manual! &nbsp; Most car manuals are stowed in the glove box, and you should re-familiarize yourself with it a few times a year. With recent changes in technology your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[260,263,261,262],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-car-manual","tag-maintenance","tag-oil-changes","tag-rotating-tires"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Make the Most of Your Car: Read the Manual | Ardmore Toyota Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ardmoretoyota.com\/blogs\/97\/make-the-most-of-your-car-read-the-manual\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Make the Most of Your Car: Read the Manual | Ardmore Toyota Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You know about oil changes, you know about rotating tires &#8230; but you have you forgotten the first, most basic car maintenance step? &nbsp; Reading the manual! &nbsp; Most car manuals are stowed in the glove box, and you should re-familiarize yourself with it a few times a year. 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