Tires and Wheels

  Hey TIGARD area drivers, are your tires worn out? What is the standard for our OR streets? How can you tell on your vehicle? While there may be legal requirements for the TIGARD area, there are safety concerns that go beyond meeting minimum replacement mandates. Two-thirty-seconds of an inch is the depth of the tire…

All new passenger vehicles on our TIGARD, OR, roads now have tire pressure monitoring systems – TPMS for short. They are designed to alert you if your tires are underinflated. Since they are fairly new, a lot of people have questions about them. First off, the most important thing is that you still need to…

Do you ever shop for shoes in one of our Portland area shoe stores?When buying a running shoe, is quality important?Does durability matter as long as the shoes look fabulous?Would you rather have one pair of long lasting shoes or two pair of lower quality shoes at the same price? Is the warranty important when buying…

Underinflated tires waste gas for lots of folks in the TIGARD area. Think how hard it is to walk in sand – you just have to work harder because of the resistance. When your tires don’t have enough air in them, their rolling resistance is dramatically increased and it simply takes more gas to get from…

You know you need new tires, but you’re not sure what type. You look at a tire to get the size: 225, 50, R, 16, 92, H. All the way to the TIGARD service center you keep repeating it over and over. You even say it over in your mind while waiting in line. Then you get…

Why are wheel bearings for TIGARD vehicles important? It’s simple: your wheel bearings keep the wheels on your vehicle. In today’s Tylers Auto TV post, we’ll discuss more about wheel bearings and how you can make sure they can do their very job while you drive around TIGARD, OR. Wheel bearings are pretty simple parts.…