You paid plenty for your supercar, and yet no amount of money can spare you the ravages of the weather. Hot temperatures bring special challenges for any high-end machine, and you have a lot more at stake than other drivers. Learn how to prepare your luxury vehicle for summer weather so neither of you will wilt in the heat.

Luckily, a quality car means that you’re dealing with quality parts. If you bring your vehicle to your dealer for maintenance, you can count on highly competent and specialized service as well. But you should know what kind of extra precautions are necessary for summer. Your car probably has luxury features requiring bespoke care. Be an advocate for your car.

Maintenance Checklist

Whether hot or cold, extreme temperatures can be brutal on machinery. So, you can expect substantial wear and tear on your car during the summer. Your cooling system is going to be straining to keep up, the rubber on your tires will be coming into contact with some blistering asphalt, and all kinds of more severe complications can further develop. Thus, it’s important to make sure your supercar is getting the full treatment.

Inspect Air Conditioning

Your system should be checked thoroughly to ensure it is performing optimally. You’re not the only one who needs to remain cool; overheating any part can be dangerous.

Flush the Cooling System

The coolant is usually changed annually. Doing it at the start of each summer is an excellent strategy.

Change the Oil

Keeping all your car’s parts lubricated is a major part of preventing overheating. If you’re planning day trips, it’s even more essential.

Check the Tires

“Burning rubber” is not a phrase you want to use in a literal sense. Make sure the tires aren’t getting bald prematurely.

Strategic Tips

Keep Your Windows Up

If you feel like some fresh air, take a walk. Exotic car buyers should know that welcoming dust, dirt, exhaust, bugs, and even ickier things into your vehicle is a mistake. When your windows are closed, your air conditioning can do its job. It improves aerodynamics on the highway, too. And isn’t that why you bought a speedster?

Be Generous With the Wax

You wear sunblock, and your car should wear polish with UV protection. The exterior paint can fade in the sun, and the last thing you want is a dull exterior. Regularly wax that vehicular masterpiece.

Buy the Best Products

If you like to shine up your baby yourself, get the highest quality cleaning products that are recommended by your car brand. Above all, be gentle. Get the best liquid wax, polish, post-wash wax, cleaning mitts, and soft cloths. Microfiber cloths should do the job.

Schedule a Spa Day

The start of summer is a good time for a clay bar appointment. It’s kind of like a beauty treatment and helps protect your car’s exterior. Washing alone can’t eliminate all the contaminants on your car’s surface, like pollution and dust from brakes. A trusted dealer can use a clay bar with an appropriate lubricant to polish up your car with a smooth finish.

Convertible Top: Up or Down?

If your luxury car has a convertible top, it’s tempting to drive up the coast—any coast, even a majestic river—and feel that wind in your hair down to the follicles. But when the car stops, we have to advise you to put the top back up. If you’re leaving the car parked outside, an open roof if asking for trouble. In fact, you should close any sunroofs too.

There are many reasons for this, including:

• Your exquisite leather seats will get blisteringly hot. You could spread some Hermès beach towels on the seats, but it might look a little tacky.

• Thieves will be grab anything you leave on the seats. They’ll check the glovebox, too. An exotic supercar is just too tempting.

• Your interior will get littered with the remnants of nature. Dust, pollen, grass cuttings, and leaves are hard enough to keep out of your car, but beware of ultimate indignity: birds. They just don’t care where they relieve themselves. In fact, like thieves, they might find expensive vehicles more tempting, too.

• You’re risking vandalism. Even if passersby don’t do more than toss garbage into your backseat, they can do a lot of damage. Are they jealous? Sure. So don’t give them an opening.

Keeping the Car Cool Outside

A closed-up car can get monstrously hot when it’s parked outside. The sunlight that comes through the windshield is absorbed by your seats and dashboard. That’s converted into heat that vibrates like a wave pool, trapped in your interior, amplifying over time. So do what you have to do to keep your vehicle cool. We have a few suggestions:

• Have the chauffeur keep driving the Rolls around the block to keep the air conditioner blowing.

• Use “Dog Mode” on your Tesla to keep the temperature inside cool while it’s parked. Is it actually unethical if you don’t have a prized pooch in there? That’s between you and Elon Musk.

• Order a custom windshield shade. Companies can make you a slick silver shade that fits your model and even add your brand’s logo. Or have fun with it and buy a design with flying sloths or life-size renderings of the Golden Girls.

• Add custom curtains to the side windows to keep the sun out. You can even buy them to fit a Ferrari. Bonus: It also keeps the paparazzi at bay.

• Park in the shade. Better yet, make sure a valet keeps your car right at the curb so it can benefit from the shelter of the awning.

With this guide, you can learn how to prepare your luxury vehicle for summer weather. Or you can take a cue from the change of the seasons to try something new. If you have an exotic or luxury car you’re ready to sell, Nahas Motorcars can make you an immediate offer so you can free up some funds for your next supercar. Want the newest model, or a different color to go with your tropical wardrobe? We’ve got you. Get a free quote on our website. We can come to you anywhere in the country to inspect your car and make you an offer. Then you can get some new wheels to celebrate summer in style.