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Cars That Drive Themselves

Tweet Perhaps you’ve heard about cars that are able to adjust their own speed to the car in front of them, or avoid accidents by swerving or braking to avoid collisions with other cars or objects? It’s becoming more and more common, and it sounds like FUN!  I came across an article this week that […]

Prepare for your Spring Break Vacation the Right Way

Tweet Did you know that U.S. automobile insurance is not valid in Mexico? With many of us heading south this spring break, be sure to plan accordingly with travel auto insurance to cover yourself in case of damage or theft of your vehicle while you are there. One of the biggest mistakes drivers make is […]

Stats Say We’re Hanging On

Tweet Last week the news reported that as a country, we’re all hanging on to our cars just a little longer than we have in the past – they call it the graying of the U.S. fleet. Not a particularly flattering term, but be assured that with aging comes a measure of wisdom. And, isn’t […]

Fix Your Car, Feed Your Wallet

Tweet No one wants to spend more money on gas and more money on vehicle maintenance than they have to. With our budgets already as tight as they can be, we all have plenty of things we can see ourselves spending more money on. Gas is one of the things in our budget that we […]

Change Your Oil, Save Your Pocketbook

Tweet An oil and filter change involves draining out the old motor oil and replacing it with fresh, new motor oil. The oil filter also gets replaced at the same time. This is a simple thing for your auto repair shop to do, and it a reasonably priced service. Without it, the results could be […]

Everyone Could Use a Little More Free in Life!

Tweet Everyone loves getting a good deal on their vehicle repair or preventative maintenance services, which is why we always have printable coupons available to our valued customers, old and new, on our website. But we wanted to go above and beyond those offers and actually reward our customers for referring new business. One of […]

Cornering and Flying Over Bumps Isn’t Good Driving

Tweet Our vehicles are made to sustain a certain amount of abuse, however excessive hard driving can really bring on the wear in a hurry. Going too fast around corners, a few screeched tires, and a little cramming on the brakes is the normal way a teenager drives, but it shouldn’t be the normal driving […]

What Happens When You Don’t Change Your Oil?

Tweet The other day while surfing the web, I came across a photo titled exactly this, “What Happens When You Don’t Change Your Oil?” and it was a mess! The image happened to be of a BMW engine (valuable) filled with thick, brown, slimy sludge (considerably less valuable now). Of course blog readers spent a […]

Are you Road-Trip Ready?

Tweet Summer is here and so is the season of road-tripping. With warmer weather and longer daylight hours many people bid farewell to the winter blues by hitting the highways for some road-trip therapy. According to Road and Travel, most aren’t aware that this is actually the most dangerous time. The period between Memorial Day […]

Do You Know the Benefits of Preventative Maintenance?

Tweet Our automobiles are truly amazing machines that are expected to function in rain, snow, wind and good weather too. A well maintained vehicle speaks volumes about the owner; more importantly, it will not desert us when we need it most. We rely on our vehicles to get us everywhere and we don’t make time […]