What is a shock or strut? It's a hydraulic stabilizer...it keeps the tire in contact with the road and dampens or stills the car body after going over a bump. If your car is like a big, rubber ball bouncing down the road you're probably dealing with bad shocks.
Shocks and struts smooth the ride and keep your tires in contact with road. CONTROL = SAFETY.
We have ALL experienced a dead battery, whether in the cold weather or not. Cold weather is the time most car batteries fail, but battery failure is not exclusive to the cold!
A battery service and test is the best insurance you can buy to keep you form being stranded next winter!
Retail value vs. Trade-in - Know right away: you are going to take a beating. You should only trade in if you just don't want the headache.
Sell it yourself - Appearance is a big part of selling your car yourself. Have it detailed (usually less than $100), and make sure your car has good (and good-looking!) tires on.
When someone mentions car insurance, we all think about the liability insurance the state requires us to have on our vehicles.
And we all know we can add comprehensive coverage that will help pay for damage in an accident. Usually this is applied to newer cars. But there are several other types of insurance for your car that you may want to consider purchasing for your car:
Here's my question to you: should price be the only consideration?
Would you pay a good doctor for diagnosis and then find a cheap, back alley butcher to do your surgery?
There is a huge difference in quality of labor and quality of parts in auto repair. Like I said, there are other, more important things to consider than price, like:
All the latest diagnostic equipment is worthless without a trained and informed diagnostician. Today's diagnosticians must keep abreast with rapidly changing technology if they want to remain in the field.
If you're stuck in the mud or snow (or whatever comes your way!), don't rock your car to free yourself!
When people get mad and rock their car back and forth to free themselves, they abuse their cars.
Weak or borderline problems show up with the stress caused by trying to free your car like this.
The next time you're stuck, dig out or call a tow truck. It will be easier on your wallet.
Any car dealer in the world would love for you to believe that you have to take your car back to them for maintenance. On the contrary, many independent repair shops can take care of the same repair needs that your dealer can. More often than not, you'll actually find more talented technicians at independent shops.
So, you've been told your car needs expensive repairs. Should you repair it or trade it? Let's examine some issues that need to be considered...
The fact is, some people keep their car too long, and some trade too often.
A JD Power study revealed that a person would save over $450,000 during their lifetime if they kept their cars an average of 10 years.
