Author: Gregory Wiesen

Your Car’s Fluids and You

Your Car’s Fluids and You

It’s easy to look at your vehicle and see it as a complex series of moving parts perfectly in sync and in alignment with each other. To a certain extent, that’s true; but it’s also worth looking at your car in another way: as a series of tubes, lines, and chambers filled with fluids. From the hydraulic fluid in your […]

What You Need to Know About Brake Service

What You Need to Know About Brake Service

Although it’s easy to get focused on exciting parts of your vehicle, like a powerful engine, innovative shocks, and special transmission, the absolute most important part of your car is the brakes. No amount of power to your wheels or microsecond-shifting of gears matters if your brakes don’t work properly to stop your car when you need to. And yet, […]

Quick Guide to Using a Ford Tire Mobility Kit

Quick Guide to Using a Ford Tire Mobility Kit

Taking proper care of your vehicle means many things: driving safely, following the manufacturer’s schedule for service and maintenance, and knowing how to address any issues that might arise. Today, many Ford models come with a Ford Tire Mobility Kit instead of the familiar compact spare tire. While a serious blowout or sidewall damage requires that you contact Ford service […]

7 Warning Signs that It’s Time to Change Your Oil

7 Warning Signs that It’s Time to Change Your Oil

Picture this: you’re out for a drive, enjoying a gorgeous, sunny spring-time day and relaxing a bit behind the wheel—all the stress of day-to-day life slipping away as you become one with your vehicle. That’s when the grinding begins—a loud, primordial sound that seems like it comes from the dawn of time, ushering in a new age of chaos and […]