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Choosing the Right Rust Protection

Tips & Advice: Protect your car

This article is an advertorial brought to you by a Car Guide Partner Fall is drawing to a close and winter is right around the corner. Time to put away the summer mats, take out the snow tires and maybe even get the car rustproofed. Canadians have a lot more …November 13, 2017

Used Vehicles: How to Make your Paint Shine Again

Tips & Advice: Protect your car

Was buying a used car the only option that fit your budget? That’s not the end of the world! Considering that most vehicles depreciate as soon as they’re driven off the dealership lot, it’s often smarter to wait a few years and then buy the same vehicle used. For example, …July 28, 2017

Check your vehicle before vacation time

Tips & Advice: Protect your car

This advertorial is brought to you by Desjardins Insurance Summer is synonymous with camping and road trips. Taking a drive, no matter how far, gives us a change of scenery, a chance to relax and some new experiences. Here’s a list of basic but essential maintenance that will help you …May 16, 2017

A car accident in Quebec: What should you do?

Tips & Advice: Protect your car

This advertorial is brought to you by Desjardins Insurance A car accident can happen to anyone, even the most careful drivers. If you’ve involved in an accident, knowing what to do can be very useful—and save you a lot of stress! The questions you’ll inevitably ask yourself are: Should I …May 2, 2017

Is it Legal to Use Chains in Winter?

Tips & Advice: Protect your car

If you have ever traveled to Europe in wintertime, you probably noticed that many motorists on that side of the pond put chains on their tires to drive on snowy or slippery roads. In fact, most drivers in Europe’s alpine regions, where there’s heavy snowfall, swear by them. Here in …November 30, 2016

Emergency Kits: A Winter Must

Tips & Advice: Protect your car

Having your car break down is no picnic even at the best of times, but in winter, the consequences can sometimes be dire. That’s why it’s important to take precautions so as not to be caught unprepared in the event of a mechanical problem. If you want to put together …November 24, 2016

Protective Floor Mats: Your Best Friend This Winter

Tips & Advice: Protect your car

The salt spread on roads in winter isn’t just hard on the environment and your car’s body—it also leaves an indelible mark on floor mats not protected by winter liners. Many people don’t see the point in spending their hard-earned money on a mat that you put over another mat, …November 24, 2016

Clear Protective Film: No Easy Solution

Tips & Advice: Protect your car

When selling you a car, many dealerships offer to cover its front end with paint protection film. Why the front end? Because the debris and insects that constantly pummel it at high speed can cause a lot of damage to the clear paint that coats your car. In other words, …November 21, 2016

The Folding Shovel: A Must!

Tips & Advice: Protect your car

When you think of automobile accessories you can’t live without in winter, the snowbrush instantly comes to mind. This faithful sidekick helps clear off cars that are all too often found blanketed in snow. However, there are a lot of other items you should have in your car—like a warm …November 18, 2016

Remote Starters: Don’t Be Left Out in the Cold

Tips & Advice: Protect your car

A remote starter is one of those accessories that you don’t think is useful until you own a vehicle equipped with one. Once you’ve gotten a taste for getting into a warm vehicle on winter mornings, it’s hard to live without. In a lot of new vehicles, you can choose …November 15, 2016

Block Heaters: Because Your Engine Can Get Cold Too

Tips & Advice: Protect your car

Although not as popular as they once were, especially since not all city cars need them, engine block heaters are still on the market. But how do they work and, more importantly, do you need one? Firstly, it’s important to understand how a block heater works. It’s a heating element—a …November 11, 2016

Snowbrushes: Proceed with Caution!

Tips & Advice: Protect your car

Beware of snowbrushes, as they could actually ruin your car’s paint job! I bet this has some of you saying, “What? Now we have to fear a harmless object that millions of Canadians use every winter to clean off their cars?” As surprising as that may seem, conventional snowbrushes become …November 8, 2016

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