Maintenance

The early automobile was a simple machine. Beginning as a wagon with an engine to propel it forward, the mechanics of the time were basic. As technology moved forward, the automobile became more complex. Much like today’s manual transmission, the early automobile offered a couple of forward gears and one for reverse. Cars of the […]

Schedule a professional vehicle inspection before buying a used car or truck. We’ll help put together your short & long term vehicle maintenance plan. Has 2020 driven you to shift gears in many of your everyday practices? That may include how you motor you and your family around town. Yep, us too. Here’s the thing: […]

Engine & Motor Oil History In the 1860’s, Dr. John Ellis was practicing medicine in Binghamton, New York and studying the potential healing qualities of crude oil. Through his research he was unable to find any medical value of the substance.  What he did find was that oil had great lubricating properties, even at high […]

Let’s face it. Who out there hasn’t gone a little overdue when it comes to replacing the…Passenger Cabin Air Filter? How about those Windshield Wipers? Has it been longer than 12 months since you last bought new ones? That’s right, just as we thought! Everyone, well, almost everyone, fudges a little now and then when […]

For every motorist who has ever scribbled in two entries to a mini ‘Car Maintenance’ notebook and then stashed the pad away in the far corner of the glove compartment, never to see the light of day again…And for every other motorist who has found him or herself squinting up at their windshield against a […]

When it comes to maintaining your transmission system, it’s sometimes necessary to read between the lines. There is no single approach that fits all cars. For instance, the discovery of dirty transmission fluid may call for prompt replacement in one vehicle, but actually leaving the dirty fluid in place in another car with a certain […]