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Back to school is about more than buying the right school supplies. That is definitely important, but you also want to make a good first impression. Amber is starting back to college next week, so we want to make sure that both of our cars look their absolute best for the upcoming school year. We also want to make sure you guys have a great first week back to school, so here are some of our favorite back to school car care tips.

Back To School Car Care Tips

The first step is to get your car nice, clean and organized so you can find the stuff you need, when you need it. The next step is to use the right products to ensure you get the longest life out of our cars possible. So, let’s talk about organization first. We recommend a nice basket or cubby in your trunk of your car. I mean, how can your friends get in your car if your books are thrown all over the place? Also, have you ever tried to lean through bucket seats to grab a book bag. No fun.

You can pick up baskets like these really cheap. Stand up all your notebooks in the basket so that you can easily see what you need. Keep all your pencils, pens and other small items in a pocket in your book bag or in a pouch in the cubby. It’s also a good idea to keep an umbrella or a poncho in your car and perhaps some snacks. Then, you can easily grab just throw the notebooks you need and the pencil pouch in your book bag and know that everything else you need is already there. Everything is in easy reach, nice and organized.

Tips To Getting Your Car Pretty For Back To School

My daughter has a 2002 Jeep Liberty. It was my car first, but then when she got her license, I bought a 2012 GMC Acadia and passed the Jeep on to Amber. Her car has around 200,000 miles on it so, naturally, it shows some wear. Though this has been a great car and given us little trouble over the years, it definitely is starting to show it’s age. The leather could definitely use a little TLC. So, we decided to try out Armor All® Outlast Leather Restorer on her seats to see if we could prolong their life. After all, the Jeep has been a great car and we would like to keep it around as long as possible.

I have a 2012 GMC Acadia. This is, by far, the nicest car I have ever owned and I would like to keep it that way for as long as possible. Plus, I might pick up Amber from school some days for a nice girl date. You know she wants me to show up with a clean and pretty car, too. We can’t be embarrassing the teen. 😉

So, we used the Armor All® Outlast Leather Restorer on my seats {with 3rd row seating, that is a job, lol} and we also used Armor All® Outlast Protectant on both of our dashes and consoles. I have to say, the weather has not been that cooperative lately.

Finally, we used the Armor All® Outlast Tire Glaze on our car tires as, for me, that is the most important step to making your car look really snazzy. It’s rained all week here and let me tell you, our tires really needed that. Ah well, it’s supposed to be sunny here tomorrow.

“The sun’ll {maybe} come out, tomorrow….”

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If you would like to get your car all hot and snazzy for the new year, pick up some of these Armor All products for yourself. We found them easily in the Car Care section {next to Tire and Lube} at Walmart. Oh, and don’t forget to grab this $2.50 off coupon, while supplies last. Starting today {8/7} you can save $2.50 off on any of these 4 products: Armor All® Outlast Trim & Plastic Restorer, Armor All® Outlast Tire Glaze, Armor All® Outlast Leather Restorer, and/or Armor All® Outlast Protectant!

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