Author: Ron's Garage

Ron's Garage in Ann Arbor hears this question often and we do see a lot of cars that are not worth fixing. If the value of your car doubles every time you fill it up with gas it's probably time to get rid of it. Eventually all good things come to an end even our cars that we love, but a lot of times it...

The best and easiest answer is to look at them like this; a shock and a strut do basically the same thing, they along with the spring hold the tire onto the road. If the car had no springs the tires would constantly lose contact with the road because roads are not perfectly smooth. If it had no shocks or struts it would bounce continuously....