| Once you've purchased a new, or new to you car, | | | | Only store important documents in the glove |
| you want to keep it as clean as the day you drove it | | | | compartment. A lot of people use this space as a |
| off the lot. For the first little while, this seems like an | | | | "store all". If you should ever need to pull out your |
| easy task. But as the weeks and months go on, as | | | | registration, it can be embarrassing rummaging |
| you practically seem to "live" in your car, things can | | | | through napkins, diapers, coupons and notepads. |
| end up being cluttered and unorganized. The water | | | | Keep this place simple with just important documents |
| bottles, notes from the kids' school and other | | | | and your owner's manual. There are other places that |
| miscellaneous items get scattered all about. Here are | | | | all the other extras can go. |
| some simple tips to help you keep your car neat and | | | | Sometimes the biggest problem when trying to keep |
| organized. | | | | a clean car are the children. Start getting them in the |
| First up is an easy step. Keep a trash bag in your car. | | | | habit of picking up after themselves. Don't let them |
| This doesn't have to be anythi8ng big, just perhaps a | | | | leave the car without their backpacks and school |
| simple plastic grocery bag...but if it is something you | | | | work. Have them throw away their own drink cups |
| start now keeping in your car, the paper junk and | | | | and garbage as soon as you reach your destination. |
| little wrappers now all have a place instead of on the | | | | Vacuum out the car every couple of weeks. Doing |
| floor or on the seat next to you. Empty this trash | | | | this frequently will make it so the job isn't awful |
| bag every time you stop. If it isn't full all too often, a | | | | when you do it only every few months. |
| good habit to get into is to empty it whenever you | | | | Keeping your car neat and clean isn't a very hard |
| are filling up with gas. Take this time also to tidy up | | | | task with just a few extra minutes of time each day |
| anything else that might be on the floor. Use your | | | | to make sure you or your children pick up after |
| few minutes at the pump wisely and pay some | | | | themselves. After a couple of weeks doing so, it will |
| attention to the interior as well as the exterior. | | | | be a habit you'll really start to appreciate. |