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Hot summer days and nights under the stars.  Road trips and baseball games with the family.  Ah, summer!  One moment we are knee deep in snow and then seemigly overnight, it's summer.  But is your care ready?  Do you know what steps to take to get your vehicle summer ready?  Well, we found you a great resource this week!  Let's greet the summer months with clean and season ready vehicles! Five Tips To Prepare Your Car for Road Trip Season Warm summer temperatures can be hard on a vehicle. Heat expands the air in the tires and makes your cooling system work harder. Harsh sun can accelerate wear on hoses and drive belts. With the right precautions, though, you can minimize the toll that heat and sun take on your car. Here are five tips for "summerizing" your car. Most of these can be done at home, with very few tools needed. 1. Check air pressure and remove winter tires: Snow tires are essential in ... read more

We are happy to share the news that Nokian Tires is going to expand it's production to North America!  We couldn't be happier to be a Nokian Tire distributor and see this leap into the production market for them!  Here is the exciting news directly from Nokian!   As announced Wednesday, May 3, Nokian Tyres will expand production with its first factory in North America. The Dayton, Tennessee, facility will produce about 4 million tires each year and will house distribution and storage centers. When the news broke, staffers in the North American headquarters, located in Colchester, Vermont, were elated, and to offer employees an in-depth look into the future, Tommi Heinonen, head Nokian Tyres North America, spoke candidly about the plans. The decision to grow production in North America began in 2012, Heinonen explained, with deeper discussion starting in 2015. The fact was, he sa ... read more

It's that time of year when people start looking to add new tires to their vehicle or switch from their winter snow tires to summer tires.  We at All Tech Automotive have stated a partnership with Nokian Tires and we are so excited to be offering these awesome tires to you!  Not only are they safe but also durable so we feel that they are the perfect option for you!  Below you will find a fun video from Nokian that highlights the Hakka Blue 2 Summer Tyre. Nokian Hakka Blue 2 lives and breathes safe and durable travel from the very start of spring until the cold fall days set in – supported by a rubber compound tailor-made for northern conditions. For the majority of the sizes, the EU tyre label class for wet grip is A – the best possible grade. The comprehensive 15–17-inch size range is intended for powerful medium-sized passenger cars and sporty family cars. The premium summer tyre range has products in speed classes V (240 km/h) and W (270 k ... read more

Here at All Tech Automotive are proud to announce that we now offer Nokian Tires for all f your vehicle tire needs!  There is literally a tire for any need you have with Nokian.  Since summer is rapidly approaching, we thought that this article from Nokian Tires would be a great introduction to the company as well as the summer tires that they offer.   The days are getting longer, the skies clearer, and roadtrip season is upon us. Will you head to the coast or to the mountains? Are biking, hiking or kayaking on your to-do list? Wherever you go, the fact is you’ll need the right tools to get there. So let us help you choose the best fit for your lifestyle with two all-new, really impressive options. First – a little history about our relationship with summer:  While Finland, the birthplace of Nokian Tyres, is known more for its … wintry… conditions, we couldn’t have invented the winter tire without first mastering the art of tire-m ... read more

Do you ever find yourself worrying about fuel prices and how you can improve your fuel economy?  At All Tech Automotive, we think about these issues all the time.  People often just don't know that they CAN change the fuel economy of their vehicle with just a few simple tweeks, they just assume that their car either sips gas or guzzles gas.  So we spent some time on the internet to find you a great resource on what changes you can make to your vehicle to help solve some of these issues just in time for all of your summer driving! GET BETTER GAS MILEAGE - IMPROVING YOUR FUEL ECONOMY They used to say that you could only rely on two things in life - taxes and death. Not true. There's three things. Taxes, death and the cost of petrol sprialling forever upwards. So consider this page your guide to making the best of a bad situation. Follow these tips and you should be able to improve your mpg - miles per gallon. Better fuel economy = more money in your bank account ... read more

We love to get questions about routine car maintenance.  One that we seem to get pretty often is "how long do windshield wiper blades last?".  So we came across this article in our reading on the internet and thought it would be good to share! Windshield wiper blades don't get the respect they deserve. They remove rain, snow and sometimes even ice and dirt from the windshield of your car and they do it quickly and smoothly, at the push of a button. They endure extremes of temperature, from sub-zero winter weather to scorching desert sunshine. They may have to operate for hours at a time. And yet they're made out of thin, flexible rubber -- not exactly the sort of material that can take this kind of abuse indefinitely. This makes windshield wiper blades one of the hardest working -- yet least durable -- parts of your car. Over time, they'll crack, become misshapen or lose their flexibility. And don't think that just because you live in a sunny dry cl ... read more

Last week we tackled how often you should replace your windshield wiper blades so, naturally, we thought we would tackle the conundrum of how often to replace your car battery.  We found another great resource to share with you on the internet that we thought has a lot of value in it!  When your car battery is behaving, it’s pretty much a silent partner.  It does its job and doesn’t demand very much attention.  This, of course, is when a battery is behaving.  When they get old they don’t have the oomph they used to have and they often misbehave. When that happens, the best thing to do is to replace them with a new battery before it leaves you stranded.  The question is: when?  When should a battery be replaced so it doesn’t let you down? Well, the answer to that question is that it “depends”.  A rough rule of thumb is a car battery lasts “about four maybe five years under normal conditions&rdquo ... read more

Did you know that the tires we use today are vastly different than the tires used years ago?  We found this interesting article that beautifully gives the history of major evolutionary changes in our car tires!  Changes in tire tech keep pushing the performance and handling envelope.Back in the 19th century, before carriages left their horses behind, wheels served mainly to reduce the effort required to drag a payload across often unpaved expanses. Only the horses, mules or oxen that pulled the carts actually needed any real traction, so the wooden wheels of the day were typically wrapped in a strip of iron to provide durability over whatever terrain might be encountered. Once livestock were superseded by on-board propulsion systems, the workload on the wheels changed dramatically. Driver demands for tractive effort, steering inputs and braking forces switched from reigns and whips to pedals, levers, tillers and eventually steer ... read more

Spring has technically sprung here in Ballston Spa, NY and despite mother nature trying to get us down with her last few rogue storms, you just can't help getting outside to enjoy the sunshine!  Why not work on sme spring car care while you make the most of the warming days of spring and get your car in top shape?!  Here is a great article that we found while we were scouring the internet looking for some resources to share with you! Wash and Wax A good, thorough wash and wax is the most important thing to do with your car once the winter is over. Winter driving can cause a huge amount of road grime, debris and -- worst of all -- salt to build up on your car. You want to make sure those items are long gone before spring starts. Allowing debris and grime to build up on your car can affect its paint and finish, while allowing salt to build up can lead to rust and other serious problems. Clean the Inside, Too Nobody wants to spend time cleaning out their car during a cold ... read more

Ah yes, the smell of that learners permit and then the newly issued license, the feel of all 4 wheels turning on the open road and the freedom to go to the mall with out mom or dad in tow!  That's right, we are talking about teen drivers!  We all remember our first car and first time we drove that car anywhere.  But, times have changed and there are many more distractions for new drivers than ever before.  And let's face it, you may not want to be IN the car with them everytime they go somewhere.  But what to do to monitor their driving?  GM is now in the testing phase of a Teen Driver System to help you better understand their driving habits (and help you determine when it's time to take those keys away due to unsafe habits).  This week we found ourselves at caranddriver.com for this article!  And don't fret those minor dings, if you contact us, we will make sure they are ... read more