Extend Your Key’s Range By Holding Them To Your Head

We know it sounds ridiculous, but we swear it works! If you don’t believe us, just try it out for yourself!

Extend Your Key’s Range By Holding Them To Your Head
If your keys don’t have much range, place them under your chin and press the button again; the fluids in your head will change the signal’s range slightly.

Long Ride With A Messy Kid? MagnaDoodle Got You Covered

When taking a long car ride with a young child, there are two obvious issues: they are messy and easily bored. Fortunately, having a MagnaDoodle in your toy arsenal can help with both of these issues.

Long Ride With A Messy Kid? MagnaDoodle Got You Covered
To begin with, they’re easily one of the most entertaining toys because children can draw and redraw without running out of (or dropping) materials. What you might not realize is that they can also be used as a tray table for kids to eat meals from without getting crumbs and spills all over the place.

Clean Your Wheels With Coke

Some people are concerned that the soda will simply make things stickier, but the detergent you add prevents any buildup.

Clean Your Wheels With Coke
You Might have heard the phrase “use Coke to clean this” a million times, but a solution of cola and dish detergent will remove all of the road grime and brake dust from your rims and leave them gleaming.

You Can Use Pantyhose As A Fan Belt

First and foremost, if you have any other options available to you when your fan belt breaks (such as calling a tow), you should use them.

You Can Use Pantyhose As A Fan Belt
Saving money isn’t worth the risk of catching your engine on fire. If you’re really stuck, a pair of pantyhose can be used as a fan belt to get you to a gas station or an area with cell service where you can get help.

Use Nail Polish On Small Scratches

When your car’s paint gets a small scratch or chip, it usually isn’t worth the money to have it professionally repaired. Of course, the drawback is that you’ll be driving around with unsightly scratches on your vehicle.

Use Nail Polish On Small Scratches
We bet you didn’t realize you could do it yourself! Only a smidgeon of nail polish is required. If you can match the paint on your car fairly closely, a little bit of nail polish will hide the scratches well enough that no one will notice them unless they are looking for them.

De-Ice Your Keyholes With Hand Sanitizers

If you’ve ever had frozen locks on your car door, you know how difficult it can be to get them unfrozen. Hand sanitizer is the answer, which you might not have guessed.

De-Ice Your Keyholes With Hand Sanitizers
Although it may seem counterintuitive to pour something into a broken lock, the alcohol in the solution will melt the ice, allowing you to turn the lock. It’ll dissolve the same way on your car as it does on your hands.

Keep Your Seats Buckled During Hot Weather

It’s a risky game to try to buckle your seatbelt in the summer. It can’t get hot enough to burn if the sun can’t reach it!

Keep Your Seats Buckled During Hot Weather
Any metal part of your car that has been exposed to sunlight and heat will irritate your hands, but you can at least avoid the seatbelt issue by buckling it in after you exit the vehicle and leaving it there until the next time you enter.

Use Over-The-Door Shoe Racks As Backseat Organizers

All of the pouches are easily accessible, and they’re a lot easier to see at a glance than the pouches that come standard with some minivan seats.

Use Over-The-Door Shoe Racks As Backseat Organizers
This one is especially helpful if you have children: A simple over-the-door shoe rack can be used to store all of the backseat necessities, such as sippy cups, toys, chargers, and snacks.

Window Chips? Clear Nail Polish Could Help

Magic nail polish strikes once more! If you get a crack or chip in your windshield, it’s almost certain to spread and crack further, making driving dangerous.

Window Chips? Clear Nail Polish Could Help
If you can’t afford to replace your windshield, a few drops of clear nail polish in the affected area, similar to a run in a pair of stockings, should keep the crack from spreading until you can.