ROSEVILLE AUTO REPAIR

  Welcome to the Gordie's Garage Inc automotive blog. Today, let's talk about the effect of tire wear. Let's focus on stopping in wet ROSEVILLE conditions. In order for a tire to have good contact with the road, it has to move the water out of the way. If it can't move the water, the tire will actually ride on top of a thin film of water.That's called hydroplaning. If it's really bad, ROSEVILLE drivers can actually spin out of control - endangering themselves and the other drivers around them. At best, you won't stop as fast. So how does a tire move water? It has channels for water to flow through. Look at your vehicle tire and you'll see channels: channels that run around the tire and channels that flow across the tire. They're designed to direct water away from the tire so it can contact the road better.And the deeper the channel, the more water it can move. A brand new Gordie's Garage Inc tire has very deep channels and can easily move a lot of w ... read more

Looking at getting some new tires? Maybe the real reason for wanting those off-highway tires is that they look cool. Well there's nothing wrong with that. If you make sure that you've got your functional needs covered with your selection, then you can have some fun with where you go from there.Let's suppose you zip around ROSEVILLE in a sporty car. You may like to run a high-performance summer tire when the weather's good. When MI weather turns cold, you can put on high-performance winter tires. For the kind of driving you like to do, you want full-on performance tires. All-season tires are naturally a compromise that works well for most ROSEVILLE drivers, but since you have a choice, go for dedicated summer and winter tires.When it's time for new tires, visit with a knowledgeable Gordie's Garage Inc tire professional. Describe your needs and wants. He'll come up with some selections for you to discuss. And once you settle on a type of tire, there are options for special needs: like p ... read more

Some ROSEVILLE vehicle owners wonder why Gordie's Garage Inc and other ROSEVILLE auto repair shops charge a fee for vehicle diagnostics. Receiving a diagnostic charge at Gordie's Garage Inc for a tricky automotive problem shouldn't be a surprise. In the ROSEVILLE area, automotive diagnostics can cover quite a range. If you hear a noise in your vehicle brakes when you slow down in rush-hour traffic on a busy MI road, you pull off at the next off-ramp and take a quick visual check. That is usually enough to know what needs to be done. If you're having an intermittent problem with your vehicle engine, however, a Gordie's Garage Inc diagnosis may be much more involved.Much of the ROSEVILLE driver's confusion comes when the problem involves the Check Engine light. The Check Engine light comes on when the engine management computer has sensed a problem. There's a common misconception among MI drivers that the trouble code tells the Gordie's Garage Inc technician exactly what's wrong. T ... read more