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Before you buy a car, you need to take it for a test drive. There are a few things to look for while you have the car on the road. Check the tire pressure to ensure that the tires are properly inflated. Look for any lights that might come on in along the instrument panel, especially the check engine light.

When you're test driving the car, you want to monitor the oil pressure gauge and the temperature gauge. After driving a few miles, find a parking lot so that you can check the details under the hood of the…

Safety is your first priority when you are out on the road. You should care about your own safety and the safety of those around you. If you happen to come upon someone who is out on a bicycle on the road what should you do? There are a few things to bare in mind about this.

Give them a safe amount of distance. You are required by law in most areas to give at least four feet of separation between your vehicle and a bicycle. That is considered to be just enough space to keep everyone safe. 

Whether you only drive around town or you regularly venture far from our area, you should know how to change a flat tire. This knowledge can save you time. We at Susan's Auto Mall wish to offer a few tips for replacing a flat today.

A safe tire change begins on firm, level pavement with the car's engine off and its parking brake engaged. Before you jack up your car, partially loosen the flat tire's lug nuts. The ground's leverage will assist you. After you swap tires, start your spare's lug nuts with the car…

Driving all year around on winter tires is something that is tempting to a lot of people. The idea occurs to them because they assume that if they can get better traction from winter tires in snowy and cold weather then they ought to keep them on all year long. However, this is not recommended.

The same material that makes winter tires work so well during those winter months is exactly what can undo them in the warmer months. They start to wear down and you run the risk of lowering the performance of your vehicle on the road in…

Road salt is one of the best ways to keep ice from forming on asphalt during winter weather. The catch is that it can destroy the paint on the exterior of your car if left to sit and corrode the top coat. Get a jump on winter weather conditions by applying a wax coat to your car before the season even starts.

Once you can see some road salt left behind on your car's paint, wash it off right away. Do not attempt this if the temperature is still below freezing. Wash your car thoroughly because any road salt…

The Tahoe is more than just a full-size heavy-duty SUV that is built to handle cargo and passengers with ease. It features a more than capable towing package and offers advanced technology that can serve as an extra set of eyes on the road and keep you safe. Let’s see how that Chevrolet Tahoe does all of this.

The Chevrolet Tahoe has a host of safety features that will help you look out for potentially dangerous situations. If the traffic stops in front of you, the Forward Collision Alert will apply the brakes and warn you by either an…

If you're shopping for a new safe and spacious midsize SUV for your family, you may want to consider the new Chevy Traverse. The Traverse has comfortable seating for up to 8 people, allowing you to fit your whole family easily. It also received a 5-star overall vehicle safety score from the NHTSA meaning that it will keep all of its occupants as safe as possible.

The Chevy Traverse is also perfect as a daily driver as well. It has a 3.6 liter V6 as standard that gets 18 mpg city and 27 mpg highway. This will mean…

At Susan's Auto Mall, we don’t just want to sell you cars, we want to educate you. We want you to be as fascinated as we are with the science, and the art, behind the auto-dimming mirror that preserves your night vision.

The Troxler Effect

If you’ve ever been temporary blinded after dark by the headlights of the car behind you, even after it turns off the road, you will have experienced the Troxler Effect. 

At Susan's Auto Mall, we don’t just want to sell you cars, we want to educate you. We want you to be as fascinated as we are with the science, and the art, behind the auto-dimming mirror that preserves your night vision.

The Troxler Effect

If you’ve ever been temporary blinded after dark by the headlights of the car behind you, even after it turns off the road, you will have experienced the Troxler Effect. 

There are some things about human beings that are just unfortunate. One of those things is the fact that we all have blind spots. These are literal physical areas behind us that we simply cannot see. This poses a challenge when one is driving.

Mirrors in the vehicle help to take care of some of the problem, but only a blind-spot monitor can get us to the point where we are able to see everywhere that we need to see. A blind-spot monitor alerts us when there is another vehicle in the area behind us that we simply cannot see…