Questions to Ask Your Tucson Service Advisor We find that a lot of Tucson drivers are a little tentative when they talk with their automotive advisors. They want to ask questions but don’t want to be embarrassed or seem pushy. Vehicles are very complicated and there’s more to know about them than most of us […]

Keep Your Tucson Car Breathing Free: Engine Air Filter Hey Tucson – this is something really amazing: Your vehicle uses 12,000 times as much air as fuel when you drive it. All of that air has to be filtered to keep your engine clean. That’s like 100 gallons (380 liters) of air every block! The […]

Fall and Spring Checkup in Tucson My friend is (technically) right about some things, but from a practical standpoint, a seasonal check up still makes sense. Back when my dad was teaching me about how to take care of the family vehicle, most of them used a different weight of oil in the winter and […]

Straight and True in Tucson: Wheel Alignment Most Tucson folks worry about running out of gas or having a breakdown on the side of the road. That is why we practice preventive maintenance on our vehicles — that and to keep our repair bills down. But one important part of preventive maintenance that may get […]

Lease or Buy? Lease? Or buy? These are the options for Tucson drivers. It’s always a tough question for auto owners, but here is some info that’ll help you make an informed decision. If you buy, you’ll pay the full cost of the vehicle, maybe an initial down payment, monthly payments on the balance that […]

Exhaust Service at Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson in Tucson Exhaust service has really become exhaust and emissions service. High-tech computer controlled emissions devices are now a big part of exhaust service. Because it is so sophisticated, your recommends you have your emission system checked out by a qualified Tucson exhaust technician regularly to make […]

To Save Gas Around Tucson: Keep up with Your Scheduled Service One topic that hits the news in AZ on a regular basis is the price of gas. The answer for some AZ drivers is to buy a vehicle that gets better fuel economy. For those of us in Tucson who don’t want to add […]

Why Is My Check Engine Light On? The Check Engine Light strikes fear into the hearts of some Tucson drivers, and is totally ignored by just as many. Just what it means is a mystery to most people. Let’s get the urgency issues out of the way first. If your Check Engine light is flashing, […]

Keeping Your Car Young in Tucson As Tucson consumers, we live in a disposable society. It’s amazing all the stuff we throw away. New stuff comes out so fast in AZ, and much of it is fairly cheap, so we just toss the old and move on. It seems like when we were kids our […]

Improve Your Night Vision When Driving in Tucson Night driving in Tucson is not as safe as daylight driving as evidenced by the increased accident rate at night. Much of that is simply because it’s dark outside. Visibility is important to safe driving. Ninety percent of our driving decisions are based on what we see. […]