Category Archives: Vehicle Longevity

Recognizing Wheel Bearing Issues

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Are you concerned about your vehicle’s wheel bearings? Are you hearing clicking sounds when you drive? You need to make sure your wheels are sturdy, so if you’re doubting the status of your wheel bearings, you need to verify that they are properly in place. Here’s a guide to recognizing bad wheel bearing symptoms, as prepared by the Chicago roadside assistance service experts here at Towing Chicago.

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Increase the Longevity of your Vehicles

Increase the Longevity of your Vehicles

Were you aware that the majority of insurance companies estimate that vehicles have about 10 years of useful life before they need to get scrapped? While there’s many older vehicles that don’t maintain a practical gas economy and a environmentally efficient fuel standard, there’s many others that will remain efficient for years to come. Many people at the Environmental Transport Association even recommend keeping a somewhat older vehicle, that it’s somewhat cleaner to hang on to it rather than buy a new one altogether.

If you follow a maintenance schedule, you can double your car’s life and spend much less time at the repair shop or gas station. There’s many ways to help minimize the natural degradation of your vehicle’s quality – here’s some of the best tips, as prepared by the experts here at Towing Chicago:

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Extending Car Battery Life

Extending Car Battery Life

When most people think about car maintenance, they think about oil changes, engines, and fixing the external appearance of their vehicle – and of course, tire inflation. However, many people who seem to think they are tackling all the necessary safety aspects of automotive maintenance are actually ignoring a very important and vital aspect of car maintenance – the car’s battery. Only by regularly maintaining your car battery can you guarantee that you will maximize its longevity. Here’s a guide from the towing experts here at Towing Chicago on some tips that you can follow to maximize the life of your car battery.

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Spring Vehicle Maintenance

Spring Vehicle Maintenance

While many people are aware of the necessity of performing vehicle maintenance before a cold Winter, very few people understand the importance of sprucing up your vehicles during the normal Spring cleaning period to get them ready for the hot Summer. The damage that a cold, icy, and snowy Winter – as well as a rainy and wet Spring – can cause to vehicles can really cause issues when driving in the Summer. Here’s some essential maintenance actions that you should tackle in order to get your car up to par before the Summer, as prepared by the towing experts at Towing Chicago.

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