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GPS might feel like a bit of modern magic, but it's actually all about timing and location.

Monday, here we come!

How do you know when your tire has a slow leak? The answer is simple—check your tires. Here's a guide for how you can go about it.

How To Identify What's Causing A Slow Leak In Your Car Tires - SlashGear A slow leak can occur when your tire gradually loses air, leading to a flat or underinflated tire, which can be dangerous.

The Summer Olympics start today! What are you looking forward to watching?

Whether it be that a certain small thing doesn't work, or that the seller recently had the front bumper re-sprayed, the more information that you can get on the car, the better!

Save and print this image for your next road trip with the kids.

Nothing can fill a motorist with dread quite like seeing something on their vehicle's dashboard light up.

10 Common Dashboard Warning Lights And What They Mean - SlashGear While some dashboard lights are self-explanatory, others can be fairly obscure. Here is what 10 of the most common dashboard lights are trying to tell you.

Whether you've been in a minor fender bender or a serious collision, you may be too shaken up to think clearly, so it's important to educate yourself a bit ahead of time. Here's what to do at the scene and afterward.

This rule of the road decreases the overall time all drivers spend at the intersection. When you're making a left turn, you can enter the intersection at the same time as the car going straight, and can instantly turn left as soon as they have passed.

Here are a few easy, affordable and important tips for keeping your vehicle protected and your family safe from sun and heat exposure this summer.

VIN decoders can tell you a lot about your car. Here's how to look up your vehicle identification number to learn more about your car.

Decoding Your VIN Can Tell You a Lot About Your Car - Consumer Reports Free VIN decoders can tell you a lot about your car. Here's how to look up your vehicle identification number and learn more about your own car.

It's road trip season. Here are some fun, screen-free ideas from TJ's Auto Center to keep everyone in the car happy and entertained.

What should you do if your fuel light goes on and you're not sure if you'll get to a gas station on time? Here are a few tips.

When you use the A/C system in your vehicle, any outdoor air blown inside the car will have the moisture removed by something called an evaporator. The evaporator is a key component in the A/C system to give you cold air in the hot summer, but it also works as a dehumidifier. Call TJ's Auto Center at 815-399-2886 today to schedule a checkup of your A/C system to keep it running strong all summer long.

There's a slew of reasons why you should read your owner's manual. Here's a look at six of them.

6 Reasons You Should Read Your Owner's Manual - SlashGear A new car can be a mysterious thing, but all the answers are typically found right in the owner's manual. The problem is, few people bother to read it.

Grays of various shades including white, black, gray and silver are dominant in the automotive colors landscape now, while cars that are deemed "colorful" such as blues and reds, golds and browns, continue to plummet in popularity. The grayscale is represented in almost 80% of cars on the road. What do you think of this trend? Are you a fan of colorful vehicles or do you like to stay in the neutral zone?

Peggy and I were in the Sharon Wisconsin parade yesterday. Me and my friend Les Wundrow played Concertina and Les' daughter in-law pulled his wagon with her horses.

Wishing you a very Happy Independence Day from TJ's Auto Center! We hope you spend the day enjoying, family, friends and fireworks.

It's officially barbeque season! Tell us what you're throwing on the grill this week.

Being able to change your own tires is an important skill for any driver, but there are some important missteps that you should be careful to avoid.

10 Mistakes You Might Be Making When Changing The Tires On Your Vehicle - SlashGear

Here are some basic steps you should take to get a vehicle ready for long-term storage.

Gas leaks are extremely hazardous to you, your vehicle, and others on the road, so if you see or smell gass coming from your vehicle, you should get this fixed as soon as possible and stay off the road until the problem is fixed.

Stocking your vehicle’s emergency kit with these extra items will improve your peace of mind.

Driving in Hot Weather? Pack These Car Emergency Kit Items - The News Wheel Stocking your vehicle’s emergency kit with these hot-weather items will help you stay protected in the event of a summer breakdown.

Safety should be your top priority when searching for your teen's first car. Ease your and your parental driving fears by looking at and test-driving cars with some of these top safety technologies.

The summer season provides ideal weather for road trips, drive-ins and, unfortunately, car trouble. Why? Extreme heat can take a toll on your car's most important systems. So, if your summer calendar is filled with travel, call TJ's Auto Center today to make sure you're well prepared.

Learning the towing capacity of any vehicle is complex. While many think it is simply the weight your vehicle can tow, there are different factors that give your vehicle a certain towing capacity.

These hints will keep your car running for as long as possible.

15 Ways to Make Your Car Last 200,000 Miles or More During the pandemic, new car prices skyrocketed, and interest rates on loans for used cars followed suit. As a result, people are clinging to their old,

If you have an iPhone, you may have a hang of the CarPlay basics, but there's a surprising amount of extra functionality and customization that you can tap to improve your experience.

Simply put, flex fuel, or flexible fuel, is an alternative fuel made from gasoline blended with either methanol or ethanol. Ethanol is usually sourced from plant materials like corn or sugarcane. However, in the United States, corn is the primary source of ethanol. Flex fuel, also known as E85, is a gasoline-ethanol blend containing 51% to 83% ethanol.