The car repair industry is full of acronyms, and sometimes the professionals forget that our customers aren’t as familiar with them as we are! We thought it’d be nice to create a key so you can better understand those odd terms your auto technician is using. Some of the most common automotive acronyms are: LOF… Read more »
Posts Tagged: scheduled maintenance
Check Your Transmission Fluid
Possibly one of the top neglected services we see here in the shop is transmission fluid service. Transmissions start to fail at 60,000, 70,000, or 80,000 miles due to heat, or due to contaminated fluid. Some manufacturers state that they offer lifetime transmission fluid. There is no such thing. They say this to lower the initial… Read more »
The Real Price of Car Maintenance
I have been asked this question several times over the years: “How much does car maintenance cost? What will save me the most time and money over all the years that I may own this car? Should I wait for it to break down or should I do preventative maintenance?” Consumer Reports did a study… Read more »
A Good Mechanic Is Your Car’s Doctor
You want to look at servicing your car in the same way that you go to the doctor. You go to a doctor for all of your basic needs, like checkups… kind of a once-over to make sure that you’re healthy and that your body is operating correctly and doing everything it should be doing…. Read more »
All In One Place – Stick with the Shop You Know
Some customers will go one place for their tires, somewhere else for their brakes, yet another place for a quick lube or oil change, and then an auto repair shop for a repair. It would be better and more convenient if they found a service and repair shop they know, like, and trust. That facility… Read more »
Were You Told to Replace Your Water Pump with Your Timing Belt?
We’re asked a lot of questions here in the shop, and one we hear over and over again is whether or not you should change your water pump when you’re replacing your timing belt. This is a specific question, so naturally it has a specific answer. Unfortunately, that specific answer involves a whole lot of… Read more »
Do Dealerships Have Your Best Interests at Heart?
When you buy a new car, whose interest does the car company have in mind when they’re making recommendations? They’re trying to sell you a car, of course, so hopefully you’ve done your research and gone in prepared. But what about when they give recommendations about how to care for the car and when to… Read more »
Regular Fluid Service is Important
Here at Central Ave Auto, one of the most neglected services we see is fluid service and other regularly scheduled maintenance. This is due to a combination of factors, ranging from simple procrastination to receiving misinformation about how often your car should be serviced. Over the last 15-20 years as cars have gotten better, manufacturers… Read more »
Common Auto Repair Myths
There are a number of myths about vehicle maintenance that come from a lot of different sources. Some are urban legend, some are people trying to save money, and others are misinformation that’s been shared and re-shared. Buying into a myth can cause damage to your car, so we feel it’s important to bring the… Read more »
