What Does That Dashboard Warning Light Mean?
As you sit in the driver’s seat and turn on the key, you see various lights pop up on the dashboard. But what do they mean? First, there’s a reason for the color of lights on your dashboard. These colors can be associated with the traffic lights you see when you are driving down the…
When Should I Have My Car Towed?
One of the saddest things we see are vehicles that should have been towed but the driver decided to make it “just a little farther.” We hear things like “It was only a half mile away” or “The exit was just right up there.” These scenarios can cause a three hundred dollar job to turn into…
How to prevent breaking down?
This could be your worst nightmare – breaking down on I-8 in the middle of the desert without any water in your car. How do you prevent your car from breaking down? The first way is to follow your manufacturer’s scheduled maintenance plan. For all car manufacturers, the engineers that design the vehicle and parts…
Saving Gas and Driving Green
Driving green helps the environment and your budget. Here are some tips from EcoDriving.com. Read Your Owner’s Manual Tip #1: Your glove compartment holds one of the most important sources of fuel economy information, and it is customized for your model and engine. Your owner’s manual may even have a special section on fuel economy….
Counterfeit Parts Warning
Most of us know that cheap parts manufactured overseas have flooded our markets here in the U.S. We know that using these parts are not in our client’s best interest, or the company’s for that matter. The parts failure rates are high and quality is low. Some parts do not even make it out of…
The Hidden Dangers of Ethanol Fuel
There is a hidden danger in the use of E-85 fuel (fuel that is 85% ethanol) that has not been publicized and will become a serious issue in the future as its use spreads. That is that ethanol mixes easily with water, environmentally conscious consumers will fill their tanks with E-85 in vehicles not properly…
Saving on High Fuel Costs
High fuel prices are on everyone’s mind these days. We all want to squeeze every mile we can out of each gallon of fuel. How to do so is a question we are asked a lot. Here are some tips on how to do just that. First, the tires are very important, both inflation and…
Tire Safety
We all know that the number one issue with tire safety is maintaining proper tire pressure. It also happens to be the number one issue when it comes to maximizing fuel economy. A new threat to safety relating to tires has recently come to light with the revelation that aged tires are being sold every…
Room to Live Video – The Importance of Seat Belts
We all know that seat belt use saves lives. So much so that states have seen fit to make it the law requiring use of seat belts. Yet so many people still refuse or just forget to use them. When I was younger (late 70’s) I rarely used them as well even after going to…