The BEST HACKS To Keep Your Car Cool In The Southern Utah Heat!
If you've spent a summer here you probably have a branded seatbelt scar on your thigh. The interior of our cars reach temperatures of over 150 degrees during Summer in Southern Utah!
Here are the TOP Tips on how to keep your PARKED CAR cool when it's blazing hot outside!
1. Crack your windows!
Cracking your windows by 2 inches allows the heat to leave your car instead of being trapped inside. It will drop the interior temperature by a whole 30 degrees! WOW!
2. Use the Windshield Shield Visor Thing!
These ALWAYS help keep my car cooler! It can reduce the interior temperature of up to 15 degrees on average! NICE! It will also reduce the DASHBOARD temperature of your car by up to 40 degrees!
3. Turn your steering wheel 180 degrees! (Top of the steering wheel down)
If you do this, it will keep the TOP of the steering wheel in the shade, so you won't burn your hands when you're driving. We drive with our hands on the top of the steering wheel, right? Well, now, that part has been in the shade! You're welcome!
4. Cover your seat and middle compartment with a beach towel:
Keep them out of direct sunlight (especially if the seats are leather). It will protect the seats and DEFINITELY keep them a ton cooler out of direct sunlight.
5. ALWAYS try to find any shade!
Even if it's only a little bit, find the shaded spot! It doesn't need to be fully shaded, but a little bit of shade can REALLY drop temperatures in your car!
6. Window Tint!
If you can afford it, window tint is ALWAYS a huge help for keeping your car nice and cool! Every time I see a car without tint here, I cannot imagine how HOT it gets in that car!
Black & White Utah License Plate... HOW TO GET IT NOW!
Here in Utah, we have the BEST license plate in the game... The Arches plate. Orange, Blue, White. GORGEOUS. But all the sudden, we suddenly have THE TOUGHEST plate of all time: Black & White! And you can get it on your car today!
I saw this from Twitter user: @SplashNephew where he posted these new Black & White plates on his Volvo (Below).
Twitter blew up with people wondering HOW? How can we all get these plates on our cars? Firstly: These are special plates that require annual contributions to the Utah Historical Society. Meaning, you will pay $25 for an initial contribution, and $25/year as an annual contribution. Here is a STEP BY STEP on HOW to get these plates!
- It can be obtained at ANY DMV office and will be mailed from the Utah State Tax Commission.
- To order this plate by mail, submit a copy of your current registration, any documentation required for the special plate, and a check that includes the cost of the special plate, plus $4.00 for postage to: Utah State Tax Commission, Motor Vehicle Division, P.O. Box 30412, Salt Lake City, UT, 84130.
These plates, NO DOUBT, will start showing up all over the place, so get yours today! I'm THRILLED these are finally available in Utah!
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