There are a few "must do's" if you want your car to be prepared for the cold and snowy winter in Ann Arbor MI First and foremost is the battery. The average life of a battery in Ann Arbor is only 5 years, and just because your car still starts today does not mean your battery is in tip top shape. Have your Battery tested in...
What do winter tires and your insurance deductible have in common?. Actually nothing, except they are very similar in cost. With the cost of auto insurance premiums today most people have a $1000.00 dollar deductible. A new set of 4 winter tires on wheels cost about $1000.00 dollars. (It's not safe to run only 2 winter tires because the significant difference it traction). Winter tires...
First there is really no such thing as a $79.99 “brake job.” Ron's Garage has been repairing brakes in Ann Arbor for over 35 years and we have repaired the damage caused from a lot of $79.95 brake jobs. A lot of repair shops think a "brake job" is what we call at Ron's Garage a “pad slap.” They remove the wheels, slap some...
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....