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End of Winter Maintenance

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Performing simple and inexpensive maintenance on your vehicle can prevent issues like low gas mileage and save you around $1,200 a year on gasoline. A great way to know if you need maintenance done is if you feel any difference in the car’s performance or noises that the car is making. 

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Patrick Cars Explains: The Difference Between All season tires and Winter tires

As the temperatures drop more and more in ChicagoLand, the weather conditions will only worsen as well. It’s important to know if your vehicle has been outfitted with the proper tires for the season. We at Patrick Cars have fielded a lot of questions about what the differences are between all-season and winter tires. In our latest blog, we outline the major differences between the two and which ones would be best for you.

 

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Patrick Cars Explains: How colder weather affects your tires

If you notice your vehicles’ tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) going off more during the winter, it’s probably because air contracts when it’s cold. This causes the pressure within your car’s tires to drop between one to two PSI for every 10 degree drop in the temperature. These kinds of things are important to measure because as it gets colder, you could potentially see your TPMS light illuminate more and more as the seasons go on.

 

 

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Preparing Your Car for Colder Weather with Patrick Cars

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The transition from summer to fall and eventually into winter is an exciting one in the Chicagoland area. However, with that transition comes different maintenance tasks to complete for your vehicle to be sure it’s running in tiptop shape during the colder months. In our first blog of the month, we at Patrick Cars have outlined three important things to check before it’s time to bundle up.

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