THINGS I WISH MY KIDS WOULD ASK ME
Editor’s note: Barry Courter has a 22-year-old son who recently graduated from college and an 18-year-old daughter who is a senior in high school.
Q: Dad, I have a new-to-me vehicle. What should I do first?
A: After handling all of the paperwork — insurance and registration — look over it inside and out. Learn about the car. Figure out how everything works and where everything is. You want to be able to defrost the windows and turn the wipers on easily. Learn where the emergency blinkers are and what that odd button on the dash is. You don’t want to go looking for anything should an emergency or a strange situation come up. You should have the fluids checked, and then you should drive it to become comfortable with it.
— By Barry Courter