MoneySaver: Free ladies car-care clinic offered in Raleigh
RALEGH (WTVD) -- Just in time for winter weather, a free car care clinic for women is offered in Raleigh.
Nancy Seymour has worked for Atlantic Tire and Service in Raleigh for six years. She knows cars, and she's working to make sure other women are just as confident.
"It was on one of the national TV shows that when women go into a mechanic shop, price goes up automatically," said Seymour. "So, we thought - you know - there's something we can do to especially empower women."
She plans to help educate women on car care as one of the teachers at a free ladies car care clinic Wednesday, Nov. 19 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Atlantic Tire and Service in Raleigh.
"That's not naturally where women gravitate," she said. "So, this is all designed to empower women. We make it fun. It's interactive."
It's also useful information covering everything from checking oil to how to change a tire.
"If you're sitting there and AAA or your carrier is going to be hours, you're at the mercy of who could drive in next," she explained. "So, it's just one of those things where you have the ability to be able to put that spare on and get to the next location."
Checking tire pressure and tread is also on the list of instruction as well as how - and when - to check fluids and the proper way to jump start a car.
"We're going to take a battery and teach them how to safely jump start a battery," she said. "We always teach go red to dead, which is the positive, and then you do the opposite to the live car and back and forth.
"We tell them to put it on a metal part somewhere because sometimes a battery can explode on you. So, we teach them that."
When it comes to understanding how to make your car last longer, the class covers grades of gasoline as well as which oil type is best for your particular vehicle.
"Questions that come up frequently have to do with oil changes," explained Seymour. "Does it matter on the grades, the grades of gasoline or oil? Yes, it does matter. Whatever the manufacturer has said, that's the grade you use."
"You don't go down a grade for sure," she said. "And, some people think, 'I'm going to do something great for my car and go to a higher grade.' But, that doesn't necessarily mean its a good thing."
She says by simply checking your car manual, you can get answers to many questions like recommended gas octane for your car as well as which oil is best. All these tips can help your car last longer, it can also help the next time you walk into a mechanic.
"It's a great feeling of empowerment," she said.
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