As a car owner, it can be difficult to keep track of all the assorted bits and pieces that you need to check and maintain. Visiting a mechanic can help, but simply telling them to find everything that’s wrong isn’t always the best answer as it tends to get expensive and can be quite inconvenient if you’re doing it a lot. The result is that you as an owner need to learn to be more in tune with your car in order to help you give your mechanic a place to start looking for any problems. Some things like worn-out windshield wipers and faulty tire pressure sensors are very easy for an owner to diagnose but, then there are some things that are not: like knowing when it’s time to stop in for alignment service.