Queens Tire Dealer

We at 106St Tire & Wheel are committed to keeping you and your passengers safe, so we are sharing some information with you regarding keeping your children safe in this weather. Sources: http://noheatstroke.org/ http://www.kidsandcars.org/ http://www.webmd.com/first-aid/symptoms-dehydration

Consider the lowly glove compartment -- it actually goes back to the earliest horseless carriages of about 1900, when the little box was actually meant for gloves (as part of any motorist's smart motoring ensemble). There's not much room in there, so what do you keep in your glove box? Fast-food mustard packets? Maps (who uses those anymore)? The kids' report cards? Here's a quick rundown of important things and convenient things you might want to keep in there: Owner's manual: Self-explanatory. Insurance papers: You may have that info on an app for your smart phone, but you're better off with a paper backup, too. Emergency numbers: Just in case. You don't want people to have to guess at that kind of thing. Medical information: Again, you don't want anyone to have to guess at this. Things like blood types, allergies, medications and other important stuff, if God forbid you're ever in an accident and c ... read more

Consider the lowly glove compartment -- it actually goes back to the earliest horseless carriages of about 1900, when the little box was actually meant for gloves (as part of any motorist's smart motoring ensemble). There's not much room in there, so what do you keep in your glove box? Fast-food mustard packets? Maps (who uses those anymore)? The kids' report cards? Here's a quick rundown of important things and convenient things you might want to keep in there: Owner's manual: Self-explanatory. Insurance papers: You may have that info on an app for your smart phone, but you're better off with a paper backup, too. Emergency numbers: Just in case. You don't want people to have to guess at that kind of thing. Medical information: Again, you don't want anyone to have to guess at this. Things like blood types, allergies, medications and other important stuff, if God forbid you're ever in an accident and can't commu ... read more

NYC, we got them and we got them bad! Severe road conditions that is. We all know when the National Weather Service says there is a severe weather warning, we need to take precautions. Our blog has pointed out many times during this last year the fact that in the NYC area we always drive under "severe road and traffic conditions" and we have spoken about many factors contributing to dangerous, over used, never maintained roads, traffic, stop and go driving, sudden breaking due to highways seemingly converging traffic and drivers going from doing 55 mph to 10 mph for miles and miles, etc. Nowhere in the USA except other major metropolises like Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, etc, do we find the scope and dimension of what we all know is dangerous roads, extensive drive time and gas consuming, etc which place tremendous burdens on our vehicles and on our nerves. Of course, weather always factors in making severe driving conditions and severe road factors nearly impossible and ... read more

....how long your tires last can be up to you and this article will tell you how and why. It's fair to expect 50,000 miles from new tires or the tires that come with any new vehicle. However, like anything tire life depends on so many factors. If you leave a light bulb on day and night its going to last a shorter time then if you just turn it off after few hours, right? In NYC we drive under "severe" conditions. Stop and go in heavy traffic is tough on a car's brakes. Pot holes and other less than perfect road conditions impact tire life and so does "maintenance apathy" meaning if you don't maintain proper tire inflation, get wheel alignments, rotate tires, guess what, you may not get that 50,000 miles which is a broad guideline and not an absolute for sure. One of the large tire companies recently won a big case against an owner who claimed the tires she purchased were defective. Turns out the tire company could scientifically demonstrate through wear patterns that she had been drivi ... read more