When driving to work or on a business trip, try to count how many times you have to use the clutch, gearbox and brakes. After all, while the car is in order, it rarely occurs to anyone to pay attention to how certain controls are used. Of course, it is not difficult to change, say, brake pads that have worn out before the time. But with the replacement of brake drums or discs, you will have to tinker. And it’s not at all easy to deal with worn parts of the clutch or gearbox.
Nothing, of course, lasts forever in a car. But if, for example, you use the clutch unreasonably often, maneuvering in dense city traffic, and do not take your feet off the pedal, even standing at a traffic light, the clutch disc will not serve the prescribed 80 thousand kilometers. Its early replacement of the situation will not save: the next step is the premature failure of the plates "baskets" clutch and release bearing, which from the thoughtless operation of the transmission simply "dries up" and breaks through "basket"...
The same can be said about the gearbox. The most "patient" from domestic "Zhiguli" gearbox is capable "leave" and 150, and 200 thousand kilometers without repair. But its dashing control, accompanied by jerks of the lever from one position to another, disables the bronze synchronizers long before the deadline. And this, although not the most difficult, but the repair. Therefore, patient drivers, when changing gears, use the technique "for three accounts", that is, as if they say to themselves: "one two Three" when moving the lever from one position to another.
Once a friend of mine complained about the quality of the steering parts of his almost new "Zhiguli". And there was reason to complain: the car did not run even thirty thousand, and the steering, say, pendulum in terms of wear approached a critical line. It turned out that my friend is a big fan, under suitable conditions and speed, to turn the steering wheel, as is sometimes done on rough terrain. These pirouettes look on the road, maybe spectacularly. But, as they say, you have to pay for everything in this world. Including for harmless, at first glance, "tricks".
However, our "athletes", Those who prefer to take it briskly right off the bat have to pay not only for failing steering and prematurely worn out tires. With this style of driving, a huge load falls on the drive parts - the elastic coupling, bearings and crosses of the cardan shaft, the clutch disc, not to mention the engine. No doubt, modern cars equipped with motors can drive like sports cars for some time. But for "sports" loads they are not intended, unless, of course, we are talking about "one-time" car.
What to do if the need arises "tear" motor - get out on a muddy road or skid in the sand or on ice? Experienced drivers know what to do in such cases: they create the necessary conditions for the car that increase its cross-country ability. It is enough to lower the tires of the driving wheels to one atmosphere in order to significantly improve the adhesion of the wheels to the surface of a dirt road. On a front-wheel drive car, which is superior in cross-country ability to a car of a classic layout, difficult sections of dirt roads are overcome by moving in reverse.