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Winter Car Check Up – 5 Tips for Winter Road Trips
We visit the doctor for an annual check-up, we should do the same with our cars. The doctor checks weight, blood pressure, pulse, vaccine updates, especially when cough and cold season approaches. Essentially there’s an inspection of the body – and then she makes recommendations on steps to improve any deficiencies or problem areas. The same should […]
What to Do (and Not to Do) With an Overheating Car: 6 Tips
Summers were made for road trips. But everybody’s favorite time of year can also be fraught with hazards, especially when it comes to the heat. Hot summer days can sometimes leave you with an overheating car. When that happens, you could find yourself stuck by the side of the road waiting for a tow truck […]
How To Properly Inflate Your Tires
Few car maintenance issues are as easy as checking the air pressure on your tires. Neglect this simple procedure, you may be paying more at the gas pump and buying a new set of tires sooner than you think. Most of the time, you don’t even need to have a pressure gauge of your own […]
What Is a Smog and Emissions Test?
It goes by many names, depending on where you are and who you’re talking to: smog checks, emissions tests, dirty-polluter threshold exams. Okay, we made that last one up – but it sounds pretty legitimate, doesn’t it? Whatever you call it – a smog and emissions test is a requirement in almost every state. But […]
7 Essential Items to Pack for Your Summer Road Trip
Spring has sprung, and that can only mean one thing: summer’s rapidly on its way. For many, this means the start of an exciting season spent road tripping from one end of the country to the other or to abutting states. If you’re planning a summer road trip, be sure to pack the following 7 […]
