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Tire InstallationHow to Properly Inflate Your Tires to Stay Safe on the Road (Part 3) NOTE: This is the second part of our series on tire inflation. Please click here for Part 1, and click here for part 2. Always make sure your tires are inflated properly. Here's how: 1. Go over at a gas station that has a compressor with an indicator.2. Position your car so you can reach to all four wheels.3. Check the pressure specifications of the wheels. Search for a label that can be found on the door, the glove compartment or trunk.4. Remove the plastic lid from the valve and put it somewhere safe so you don't lose it.5. Verify the pressure with your gauge or with the one at the gas station. Click on the valve device and clasp it tightly. If you notice a whistling sound, it ... read more

Tire InstallationHow to Properly Inflate Your Tires to Stay Safe on the Road (Part 2) NOTE: This is the second part of our series on tire inflation. Please click here for Part 1. How do you check the inflation level of your tires? There are many people who are unsure how to do this or people who think they can just look at a tire to determine if it is under or over-inflated. Estimating the air pressure level in your tire by looking at them will never give you accurate results. There is a small tool that can be purchased at any auto supply store, as well as many home improvement centers, and perhaps your local hardware store. It's called a tire pressure gauge, and you can simply place it on the nozzle of your tire and get a reading of the air pressure within your tires. Trying to gauge it by eye may result in 20% over-inflated ... read more

Tire InstallationHow to Properly Inflate Your Tires to Stay Safe on the Road (Part 1) Your vehicle's tires are obviously important- and if you've ever experienced a tire blowout while driving, you know how frightening it can be. It can throw your car around, which can be disastrous if you are not able to get it back under control. Everyone understands the importance of having tires on their vehicle, but what's odd about it is most people don't take the time to check their tires - or are not checking them frequently enough. In fact, studies show that tires are the most neglected part of a vehicle. When your tires are not properly inflated, it is not only a safety hazard, but you end up costing yourself more money since under, or over-inflated tires will reduce your vehicle's gas mileage. With the ever-increasing price of fuel, this can result in a large amount of wasted money. The actual life of your tire is also reduced with un ... 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

Automatic Braking System coming to all new cars in less than 8 years! Automatic emergency braking or AEB systems a standard feature on practically all new vehicles sold in the U.S. by 2022 according to a new plan from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Automatic brakes are designed to stop a vehicle before it collides with a car or another object. Experts say that making them standard could prevent as much as 20 percent of accidents. AEB systems are usually coupled with another tech breakthrough called "forward collision warning" which scans the road ahead then warns the driver if the car is about to crash. This allows drivers to take action to slow down the car or completely stopping the car. The AEB system will react when the driver cannot or does not take the needed action to avoid a collision. How's it ... read more