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Classic Car Wheel Alignment

We are wheel alignment specialists: From a Model T to a 911 GT-3 RS, we have the equipment an expertise.  Celebrity or vintage alignments? No matter what you drive, we can align it! We know it’s your baby and want to make you comfortable with us: Give us your specs, watch us do it, even sit in [...]Full Story »

Leaking Lawn Tractor Tires?

Do you keep adding air to a leaky lawn tractor, snowblower, wheelbarrow or dolly tire? Most of the time it’s not a puncture: We are always fixing them because the rubber is very thin and as they age, leak air slowly through rubber itself. A cheap fix, $15-20, is to install a tube: It acts as [...]Full Story »

“Buy 3 Tires – Get 1 Free” The Real Deal?

While shopping for tires, customers will often ask us if we have a buy 4 tires, get one free deal? While I’ve seen hundreds of quotes from the chain stores that use this type of deal to get you into the store. Some even offering “Buy 2 Tires, Get 2 Free“, there’s not one that [...]Full Story »

Tire Sensors Made Easy

If you have tire pressure sensors, you’ve probably seen the yellow tire with an exclamation point on your dash. In 2000, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) created the  TREAD Act, that starting in 2007, requires that car, vans and SUV’s have a Tire Pressure Monitoring System, or TPMS. Don’t ignore the light, even if it goes away [...]Full Story »

How Long Between Oil Changes?

3,000 miles? 4,500, 6,000, 10,000, 15,000? How often do you change your oil? 3,000 miles for conventional oil and 5,000 miles for  synthetic oil has always been a rule of thumb, but a  2010 BMW in the shop has an oil change reminder light that doesn’t come on for 15,000 miles! Most cars today are [...]Full Story »

How to Tell the Tire Age

Find the “Born On ” date of your tires by looking at the DOT# on the sidewall. 1801 means it was manufactured in 18th week of 2001. Find out How to Read Your Tire Size and de-code the information on the sidewall of your tire

Do I Need a Wheel Alignment?

There’s no way to tell if your car needs an wheel alignment by looking. But: If you’ve had a chance encounter with a pothole and now your steering wheel is crooked. If you’re always having to steer the car to go straight. If you’ve noticed that your tires are worse for wear and wearing out [...]Full Story »