🚫10 Driving Habits That KILL Your Car 💥[Warning]

Here are 10 very bad habits that drivers do every day that will result in you killing your car. If you don't want to sabotage or destroy your car or engine then watch this video. We highlight 10 common things and driving habits that idiot drivers do to their cars to kill them. Most drivers are completely oblivious to the fact that these 10 bad habits can kill the car.

Many drivers are sabotaging a car by doing these 10 things without realizing the harm it can do, and some methods leave no evidence until you eventually destroy the engine or the car dies and you get a big repair bill so it's best to be warned. So let us know in the comments if we've missed ways to kill a car.

So you could potentially view this as a guide on how to kill your car and judging by the emails we get, many out there are looking for ways to damage a car without leaving evidence, but instead we intend this to help you avoid common driving habits which will eventually destroy a car .

So save money and avoid killing your engine by avoiding these common bad driving habits.

Let us know in the comments if we've missed any off, or to confess if you are guilty of any of these.

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Improper use of the clutch, using the wrong fuel, driving hard on cold engines, driving hard and shutting off. Tire pressures, short journeys high rpm driving and other bad driving habits from driving idiots will all kill your engine and lead to problems.

We list the worst things that are common habits for drivers which will damage a car and it's engine.

[rickybobby]

You kill your car every time you drive it slow, because a little piece of its soul dies every time.

[paulbarnett]

Rotary engines need to run at high rpm, the saying for rotary owners is "a redline a day keeps the carbon away"

[davidjohn]

none of you videos have dislikes, thats incredible. I really like your videos as its pure information without any bias. this channel is pretty awesome.

[alexmilne]

Love your videos and agree with you whole heartily, only thing I kinda wanna chime in on is number 9, cold engines. Now I’ve worked on vehicles my whole adult life, civilian and military (il get to the military part in a minute) every car I’ve ever owned if it’s a petrol I let it get up to temp before driving off, a diesel (cause they take longer to warm up) I idle it for about 2-5 mins then drive off slowly until up to temp. Now vehicles are designed to idle higher when cold and grandly go down in rpm till the engine is comfortable, that is the cars way of telling you when it is warm, if you were to wait that is the time when you should drive off if you don’t want to wait for the coolant temp to get to operating temp. Turbo vehicles especially need to warm up and cool down or else simply put you’ll blow them up, happens all the time, given the advice before people have ignored it then came to me with blown up turbos literally all the time. Now military vehicles, before we move off in convoys, exercises, deployments we let me them all get up to temp first, they are massive engines that go through so much abuse in the first literal minutes of driving, if they were cold we’d blow up the engines more often so it’s good practise to idle them up to temp before driving off. Yes I agree combustion gases etc but all vehicles I’ve stripped engines down that have idled up as opposed to just get in an drive, look and are 10X healthier then those that don’t warm up. That’s my 2 cents on that

[johnmitchell]

If you really want to take care of your pride and joy don't let anyone else drive it

[scottmarshall]

Another very informative video, keep up the good work thankyou

[autumnjeserich]

my worst habit is bogging the engine because I'm trying too hard to save fuel and don't want to ramp up the RPM by downshifting even though any fuel savings is without a doubt lesser than the increased wear on the engine. I've gotten better about it but still I drive an 11 mpg on a good day truck that requires premium fuel or e85.

On your point with servicing I would say a lot of people even above average at maintaining their cars overlook the transmission fluid, transfer cases, and differentials. I'd go as far to say most people don't even touch them until something is wrong

[AJ]

Regarding tyre pressures, if your car doesn’t come with a TPMS, simply get an aftermarket one. Will show live temps and pressures on each tyre with alarms for exceeding pre set values.

[BleedingSnow]

The typre pressure tip is something I really need to get ontop off.

I've always just been udner the impression if it's udner 10 degrees here in the UK then leave the car on for a few minutes to warm up then it's safe to go so luckily not done that and hope that's sufficient time.

[Nwithaskillet]

7:30 The clutch is literally designed for being held at the bite point until the speed of the engine matches the transmission for smooth engagement. If you dont believe me go pick a gear, dump the clutch, and see what happens.

[hopperbass]

No 5 is interesting, I wonder why manufacturers install stop start systems if turning the engine off without the turbo cooling is an issue?

[BillC]

I drive a manual transmission turbo car. I'm definitely guilty of lugging the engine from being in a high gear. But my brakes... I put them on when I got the car almost 3 years ago and roughly 60K miles, they still look new! I do absolutely use my Rev range! But I've also turned down my Rev limit. I believe stock is 7000, tuned puts it at 7200, I personally did a custom tune and I have set to either 65 or 6800... I can't remember. Still I rarely hit the limit. Usually I only get to about 6200 ish. Unless I launch it. Been wanting to launch in 2nd just to see if it's any better. I just spin all of 1st gear!

[ln]

Incorrect on 8. Don't engine brake. Unless it's huge hills and you're in a large vehicle modern brakes are perfectly fine. Brakes are much cheaper than engines and transmissions.

[garymaclean]

Yes. Much engine wear happens at start-up. Idling on a cold morning to heat your engine is one of the worst things you can do. It takes MUCH longer to warm that way, and unburned fuel and moisture degrades the oil coating the cylinder walls, and that contaminated oil works down into the lower bearings, inflicting damage on them too. Best way to warm an engine is to drive it at moderate speeds. The load of driving requires the engine to burn more fuel, warming it faster, without over-loading the bearings and cylinder liners.
Lots of short runs is considered 'Severe Service', and requires more frequent oil changes. Best you can do is take the car on a highway run at least once a week to get your engine hot, so the unburned fuel and moisture in your oil has a chance to evaporate off. I find my car takes at least 40-km on the highway before the engine oil is up to temperature, so I would double that to ensure the oil has time to boil off the contaminants.

[forgottenknowledge]

I use Premium Diesel in my BLS TDI. Fast little van my Caddy. It came with 75kw and 250nm torque, the Australian market version. It's been serviced every February since 2007

[EHW]

i visually inspect my tires every morning. and every sunday check pressure with my gadget : )

[worleykins]

Sending this video to my gf. She wont listen to me but maybe she will listen to you 😂

[JohnUtaka_]

Going down hill in an automatic, you kinda have to use the brake keep at a safe speed

[michaellavery]

On cold days, I'm usually suitably dressed, so I turn off the blowers and open the windows, to allow the coolant to come up to temperature faster.
If I don't do this, I see the oil temperature indicator (it only registers at 50 centigrade) come on long before the coolant has reached operating temperature.
Is there any sense in doing this or is it just unnecessary.
I do find it helps keep the interior of the car dry, ie I don't get as much vapour condensing on the windows and don't need to use the rear window heater.
PS enjoy the videos. Educational without bias to any manufacturer or products.

[dawud]

My honda ep3 don't like to go slow😅.if vtec kicks I at 5500 rpm then it obviously wants me to go to the fukk rev range. Don't know how turbo k20s cope when being abused but n/a loves it.