Month: July 2020

Car Tip #2 – Brake Safety

Are your brakes keeping you safe???

Most would probably agree that your braking system is one of the most important features of your car – so do you know how to detect potential issues with your brakes?? ?
5 signs that show its time to get your brakes replaced NOW!

  • If you step on the brake pedal and you can hear a high pitched squeal.
  • If you can feel a vibration through the steering wheel as your car is slowing down to a stop.
  • You can hear a grinding noise when braking (after you ignored the high pitch squeal)
  • When you need to push on the brake pedal further than usual for the car to slow down or you need to brake from a much further distance to be able to stop in time.
  • The car pulls left or right when coming to a halt.

If you can say your car produces any of the above symptoms we recommend getting it in as its important to us we keep you, your family and other road users safe.

If you have any brake related questions or would like to get your car in for a FREE brake check, hit us up!

Car Tips #1 – Fuel Gauges

Running on empty?? Check this out!

Welcome to our very first edition of our Car Tip Tuesdays. Be sure to check in each week for new tips and tricks for your car.

Your fuel gauge offers a good estimate of how much fuel you have left in your tank and if we don’t keep our eye on it closely we could get to the point where we run out of fuel. The thing is, we are probably all guilty of seeing the fuel warning light come on the dash at some stage and thinking to ourselves – hmm I think I’ll make it, it’s not that far but this is something that could potentially cost us in the future. You see your fuel pump is submerged in the bottom of your fuel tank and the weight of the fuel helps it to maintain its pressure and keep the fuel pump cool. If we run our car low or on empty on a regular basis this causes your fuel pump to work overtime and it will wear out quicker.

So next time your cars getting low on fuel, don’t wait for that little orange light before you fill it up and save yourself a fuel pump replacement in the future.