Automobile prep for the cold

All of the talk about prepping our houses got me thinking about my cars.

If you're like me, when your windshield wiper fluid runs low, you simply top it off with water. Maybe even use some store-bought stuff.

But unless it is rated as a de-icer, you may be in for some unpleasantness. I recommend any cars kept out of a garage be run to empty and refilled with the deicer, running it all through the hoses.

also, at least top off your antifreeze with some of the pure non-diluted stuff. Unfortunately, newer cars don't have a traditional radiator cap where you could empty some if needed to get adequate concentration of antifreeze, I'm not even sure how you would remove enough just from the overflow tank to make a difference if starting with a low concentration.

Good luck!