Helpful Guides


Cleaning Headlights: A Quick Guide

Cleaning Headlights: A Quick Guide

If you’ve driven at night, you’ve noticed it. Whether it’s the dim yellow-ish headlights of another vehicle, or the hazy “not-quite-bright-enough” light coming from your own car or truck, you’ve seen headlights that needed cleaning. While some may consider dim...
Vehicle Fluids: A Rainbow of Questions

Vehicle Fluids: A Rainbow of Questions

You back out of your driveway, and there it is. The small pool of liquid that has seeped out of somewhere. You’ve got a leak. But what is it, and where did it come from? Hopefully, with this basic color guide, we can point you in the right direction. It’s important to...
Advanced Driver Assist Systems: What To Know

Advanced Driver Assist Systems: What To Know

If you’ve driven a newer vehicle in the last several years, you’ve interacted with Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS). You’ve probably looked at a reverse camera, turned on radar-controlled cruise control, or been alerted to drifting out of a lane. With a dizzying...
Paradise By Your Dashboard Lights

Paradise By Your Dashboard Lights

We already miss Meatloaf. But what you shouldn’t miss is what all those little lights and symbols on your dashboard mean. Sure, most of us know our Seatbelt light or our Low Fuel light. But maybe we don’t know what our Traction Control light looks like, or even what...
Road Salt and Your Vehicle: What You Need To Know.

Road Salt and Your Vehicle: What You Need To Know.

From the 1950s up until about 10 years ago, simple snow plowing and applying solid rock salt to roads was the preferred method of dealing with wintry driving conditions. But in the last decade, many communities have decided to switch to the cheaper, easier, more...
Making A Winter Car Emergency Kit

Making A Winter Car Emergency Kit

Having an emergency kit for your car is a good idea in all seasons. For cold-weather drivers, though, having a winter car emergency kit is especially important. So making sure you’ve got the right items in your kit is a must. We’re here to help. First off a box or...