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It is the time of the year to start thinking about winter weather and preparing your vehicle for winter.  While safety is an important consideration all year long, there are certainly some auto maintenance jobs and safety checks that are specific to chilled air and winter driving that are a good idea to check into before we're knee deep in the season.

Check Your Antifreeze 

Your antifreeze (the juice that goes in your radiator…

Proper tire inflation is important for safety, fuel mileage and handling characteristics.  The proper pressures can be obtained from your owner's manual and from the placard located on the driver's door pillar.  Remember these specifications are for a cold tire (sitting over six hours).  Adjustments of two to three pounds above specifications should be made for a warm/heated…

1.    You can improve your gas mileage by up to 3.3% by keeping your tires inflated to the proper pressure. Under-inflated tires can lower gas mileage by 0.3% for every 1 psi drop in pressure of all four tires. Properly inflated tires are…

It used to be that cars and trucks had separate fresh air intakes that allowed air to pass directly from the front of the vehicle to the passenger compartment.

Today, other than through windows, there is usually only one way for fresh air to enter your car through the auto ventilation system, which includes the auto air conditioner. Therefore, all the air that enters your car flows through a cabin filter and then flows through…