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Buy Tires Locally

When pricing tires, budget about $25-30 to install each one. Don’t be fooled by chain stores ofering “Free Mounting”, because you’ll always pay for the balance. And watch the famous bait and switch lures like Free Snow Tire Changeovers or Front-Wheel Alignments, because you’ll pay at some point with quality and customer service. Today’s tires are [...]Full Story »

TPMS in a Nutshell

For the last five years, car manufacturers have used a Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems aka. TPMS to let you know when you have a low tire. The warning shows up as a yellow tire, with an exclamation point inside. It’s in your face and won’t reset itself until you put air in the tires  to [...]Full Story »

Is the Tire Light On?

If you have a vehicle with a tire pressure monitoring system, TPMS,  you’ve probably seen the yellow tire with an exclamation point, next to the airbag and seatbelt lights when you start the car. If it stays on, it means one or more of your tires are low on air, but with winter coming, a [...]Full Story »