What would yours say? What kind of accent would it have? What kind of personality would it have? Where would it tell you where to go for service? Is it a happy car? Or not feeling all the love lately? And if an On-Star agent in Michigan can open the doors and start your car [...]
What were we up to this year at Kenwood Tire and Auto Service? See for yourself with our favorite pictures from 2011
A junk tire filled with standing water, is like a country club for mosquitoes. It’s a EEE magnet and it looks like crap. When I saw this article in the Enterprise about tires being dumped on Summer Street in Bridgewater, home to some of our customers at Kenwood Tire and Auto Service, I knew I [...]
You pay more? According to cobraguy, it means that they’re not going to have your size in stock after he sat the ad at his local Tire Kingdom; ”Even IF they had something in my size in the Buy 2 get 2 FREE sale, once you buy the “Premium tire installation packages, the Roadside Assistance, [...]
Now I don’t usually dis’ the competition, but I started in this business under an alignment rack. It’s our specialty. So when I see ads that say that shops like ours, “do the alignment so that they can sell and install front end parts”, I take offense. There’s more: ”If the vehicle needs parts we will [...]
16 Aug 11 It’s rare for a tyre to be showcased in a museum, but YOKOHAMA Tire Corporation’s BluEarth-1™ – the company’s latest orange oil-infused passenger car tyre – is an exception. Its breakthrough eco technology will be highlighted in a special two-year exhibit at the Museum of Science, Boston starting in the fall of [...]
Your car is at the shop and you get the dreaded call; Just as you suspected, it needs Brakes, Shocks, Struts, Links and Bushings And some routine maintenance that’s long overdue. How much does that cost? $1100? $700? $600? What are struts? Does my timing belt need to be replaced at 90,000 miles? If you [...]
Welcome to the blog of Kenwood Tire and Auro. I’m Spencer, the owner and I’m always looking for ways to make your car a better investment. Follow this blog, find us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, you’ll find we’re not your average tire shop and garage. Small, expert, unique and very well equipped, we’re located at [...]
If your steering wheel has an annoying shake or shimmy between 50 and 70 mph, your wheels and tires are probably out of balance. No wheel or tire is perfectly round and tires go out of balance as they wear, our Hunter GSP9700 balancing machine allows us to place a few ounces of weight on [...]
As I eagerly await the US release of Rubber, the movie by Quentin Dupieux about a tire that comes to life….. I wonder what could make a tire so angry? According to Twitch; He’s all-season and totally crazy; He rolls. He squishes a bug. He squishes an empty plastic water bottle. And then, when he reaches [...]
