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Winter Car Care Tips for Used Vehicles

Honda_Car_Battery_change.jpgBeing seasonally prepared when caring for your car means you’re ready for anything. Both winter and summer are the two most strenuous seasons for vehicles because they can present the most significant obstacles. When the weather turns freezing, there are specific steps you need to take to maintain your Honda and ensure its reliability and your safety 

Make Sure Your Battery’s in Good Health 

First things first, go to Michael Hohl Honda and have your battery tested. This is a simple process that a tech can complete in mere minutes

 

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Knowing When to Replace Your Tires

 Tire%20types.jpeg“Where the Rubber Meets the Road” is a phrase used to describe the most important point of something, or the moment of truth when all theories and speculation are put to a real-world test. The term comes directly from the contact between a vehicle’s tire and the surface it is on. It stems from the fact that all a vehicle’s fancy suspensions and sophisticated technologies can amount to next to nothing if the tires are substandard.  

  

Tires are, in fact, the only thing that connects a road-going vehicle to the world around it. Yet they are often the…

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​​What Happens When Your Vehicle Needs Alignment?​

2018%20Honda%20Accord%20Sport%202.0T%20026-source.jpgYour vehicle should be able to drive competently throughout the yearOne way to ensure it’s competence is to make sure your wheels are properly aligned. What if they are not? What happens when your wheels steer you the wrong way in a lane? 

Getting your alignment right is essential for safe driving. How do you know when your vehicle is out of balance? You may be in a lane, and the vehicle drifts from the center. It may pull to one side, causing you to constantly correct your vehicle trajectoryYou may also feel a vibration from…

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Why Your Car Battery is Weaker in the Winter

CRV20-010.jpegIf you have been driving long enough, you undoubtedly have memories of discovering a dead battery in your car. If that memory is accompanied by cold weather, it may seem like Murphy's Law, but in fact, it is another law altogether—the law of thermodynamics. Michael Hohl Honda explains. 

  

A battery is simply an energy storage device. A new battery will arrive fully charged, but from that point on, the energy used to start your car is replenished by charging from the vehicle’s alternator. 

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