Cars are made to move. Leaving your car stagnant for long periods of time can be detrimental to their performance. This stay-home period, try your hand at these handy car maintenance and care tips! One thing’s for sure, Singaporeans are highly adaptable. With many of us now back to working from home full time while Phase 2 Heightened Alert is ongoing, it’s almost like slipping back into an old pair of ...
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With Phase 2 back in place, we’re having some major flashbacks of the *takes a deep breath* Circuit Breaker period. Don’t fret though, here are some useful skills you can learn to get through the next "lockdown". With the amount of COVID-19 community cases on the rise and the government’s recent move to tighten measures regarding social gatherings, it almost feels like we’re back in the crazy ole’ days of the ...
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Congratulations! You’ve made it through the Circuit Breaker. However, this also means the crowds are coming back and so will the risk of infection. A quality sanitiser can help. Read on to learn more. You know that one friend who’s suddenly become a health expert/logistics specialist because of the COVID-19 pandemic? It’s always, “Wow, you paid $8 for that face mask? Do you know I got it for $7.99 on Shopee?” ...
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Some of us love it, some of us hate it. In this article, we asked several women to reflect on their work-from-home experiences. Many of us are probably feeling positive about the good news that Phase Two will soon commence. We begin to prepare to return to work while we relish the good mood. Some of our favourite facilities are also gearing up to reopen, while others are not as ...
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Unless you want to risk ruining your leather seats, we suggest transporting your takeaway in a box or plastic carriers. Earlier this month, we highlighted a list of makan places offering kerbside takeaways. Extremely convenient, they allowed you to pull up and collect your food, without leaving your car. Much as it is great for us consumers, there wasn't a huge number of eating establishments with this service. This was largely ...
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Nevermind being the next Kayla Itsines or the cover model on Men's Health; give this workout plan a go and get your fitness goals back on track! A third of the year is already done and dusted, and 2020 is turning out to be quite the year so far. Amidst adapting to changes and reorganising ourselves, some of us might have forgotten the new year resolutions we had made for 2020. ...
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SINGAPORE - Medical staff are the true heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many industries are showing their support and appreciation of them in various ways. BMW Financial Services and Sime Darby (the parent company of authorised dealer Performance Motors) for example, are offering substantial discounts on their subscription platform, Access by BMW. This service, which has been described as a sort of “Netflix for car subscription”, allows users to get behind ...
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Here is a list of the best racing films to binge on during the Circuit Breaker. At AutoApp, we love cars. We also love movies. Naturally, nothing combines our passions better than a good car movie. An action-packed car chase is the perfect vehicle (ahem) to inject a jolt of excitement. However, the best racing films are like war movies on wheels. They often also educate the uninitiated on historical motorsport ...
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Following up from our controversial article, we tell you where the best kerbside takeaways are for essential driving. What’s the worst part of the Circuit Breaker? Some might argue that it’s the incessant (but necessary) need to take your temperature when going grocery shopping. Others though, might take issue with having to wear a mask that impedes airflow when trying to breathe. Here at AutoApp though, we’re typical Singaporeans through and through. ...
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Psst! Want to know some of our favourite secret Singapore driving spots? The AutoApp team has curated an around-island drive to blast away those Circuit Breaker blues and do your car some good at the same time. (Remember to observe all social distancing rules. Just to be clear, you're meant to stay in your car on this drive and not jalan-jalan.) As just about all of us have been more or less ...
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SINGAPORE – The national Circuit Breaker (CB) has compelled all of us to stay home and do our part to quell the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. This however, also means a longer period of time where our cars are left in the carpark. Staying at home, spending time with family, getting fit or general nua-ing can be a refreshing change of pace. The same however, can’t be said for our ...
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Finding more time on your hands than usual? Stay entertained with these cool car mobile games! One way or another, we’ve all had some memorable experiences with car-related games, be they those good old days of classic Daytona racing at the arcade, Mario Kart-ing on an SNES console, or Gran Turismo (GT) on a Sony PlayStation. While arcade machines are currently inaccessible and unless you’ve kept and maintained your old SNES or ...
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With Singapore’s lockdown “circuit breaker” now extended, most of us probably now have an excess of time on our hands. Well if you’re stuck for ideas on what to do, we can help; this feature is part of AutoApp's series of ideas to help everyone get through this Circuit Breaker Period. Heist movies are one of the staple genres in blockbuster films. There's plenty going for it - there's the fantasy ...
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Are you spending more time at home than before? To maintain your sanity, why not take this chance to pamper your car by detailing it? There are many tasks that the home mechanic can do in an afternoon, with minimal knowledge required! Last updated: 15 February 2022, 10:00AM SGT In the first part of this series, here's a car detailing routine! It'll not only keep you occupied, but will leave your car ...
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We know how tough it is for a petrolhead to be confined within four walls. To maintain your sanity, why not take this chance to work on your car, or try pampering it a bit? There are many tasks that the home mechanic can do in an afternoon, with minimal knowledge required! In the second part of this series, here's some basic maintenance tasks! They'll not only keep you occupied, but ...
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