5 ways to get your car in shape for fall

Summer's past, and pretty soon it really will be too late to cut the grass - but Paul Westerberg/Replacements references aside, it won't be too late to get your car ready to face fall.

True, autumn isn't quite as challenging as winter, the natural enemy of the automobile. But it's best to think of fall as a period of preparation, which makes sense anyway: it's harvest time in much of the northern hemisphere, when people have always stocked up for the cold months to come.

What we'll be discussing here are few ways to make the transition from golden autumn to frigid winter much easier.