Need A Suspension Inspection At Carolina Tire& Auto In Charlotte?

Need A Suspension Inspection At Carolina Tire& Auto In Charlotte?

Your suspension system keeps your car up off the road. From there, it’s responsible for a smooth and comfortable ride around Charlotte. It also keeps your sedan wheels firmly planted over bumps and through curves on Charlotte roads and interstates.

Your suspension system has many critical parts that do a big job. They should be inspected for damage and excessive wear at least once a year. A good time would be when you get your alignment check in Charlotte.

Here are some warning signs of suspension problems: the sedan pulls to one side, wandering, erratic steering, uneven tire wear, leaning, shocks bottom out, poor ride or handling, oil leaking from shocks, and excessive bouncing.

Now sedan suspension parts just wear out over time. Shocks and struts eventually lose their ability to control your ride. If you’re in an accident, your sedan suspension can be damaged or knocked out of alignment. Even a minor accident, like hitting a curb, pothole or large rock can mess things up.
If you suspect suspension problems, ask for an inspection and let the Super Service Agents technicians at Carolina Tire & Auto in Charlotte set things right.

Give us a call

Carolina Tire & Auto
980-219-8500 Uptown
704-553-9800 Ballantyne



3325 Monroe Rd
Charlotte, NC 28205

At Carolina Tire & Auto in Charlotte NC (28205) we install quality NAPA replacement parts. Give us a call at 980-219-8500. To learn more about NAPA AutoCare, visit www.carolina-tire.com

When to replace your tires?

A great question from a Carolina Tire & Auto customer...


Q: My father is notoriously frugal, and I tell him he should replace his old dry-rotted tires even though they still have plenty of tread. Can you please explain why I'm right? 


A: I think our dads might be brothers. Tire replacement is pretty straightforward to the cost-conscious: when the tread wears down or a hole can't be patched. The reality is more nuanced than that. Tires are complex components that undergo amazing stresses during even the most mundane of drives. It took the better part of 50 years and a world war before motorists could depend on reaching a far-away destination without fixing one or two flats. As rubber technology and steel-belting techniques improved, tires became a very reliable part of the car—we just don't expect blowouts and punctures. 

Tires do degrade over time, though, and that process is called dry rot. Oils and chemicals in the rubber compound start to evaporate or break down because of UV exposure. The rubber loses its flexibility and begins to crack at the surface, and the structure becomes more and more brittle (think of a really old rubber band), leading to sidewall damage and eventual failure. And we're not talking "Oh, I'll just fill it up and drive on it"; this is a complete loss of function. You might even see tread start to separate. It's good practice to replace tires as soon as you see signs of dry rot, to prevent blowouts and the subsequent loss of vehicle control. Even if there are no signs of rot, the industry standard is to swap out tires before they hit 10 years old, and some tire companies recommend replacement as early as six years after manufacture.

Tire King Hits Pinterest Boards

Social media is the fast and furious when it comes to getting your advertising word out. Here at Carolina Tire & Auto we hang our hat or better yet our crown on Charlotte's Tire King to get our word out on us. Call him our mascot if you will, either way what's not to like. A big guy carrying around a big tire on his shoulder. Kind of like that old Duracell commercial, telling you to try to knock it off his shoulder.

Our next big step today was stepping into Pinterest. When we sat down to "pin" all our marketing collateral of the Tire King together we discovered that he's been literally all over our Universe. Here are just a few of the places that the Tire King has been sighted.

• The Moon
• Buckingham Palace
• Pakistan
• Charlotte, NC
• On every US Airways airplane in their fleet
• Green Bay's Lambeau Field
• Chicago's Soldier Field
• in a Simpson's cartoon
• In the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band photo shoot
• People Magazine
• At the White House with Ronald Reagan, George Bush (Bush I), Barack Obama and John Boehner
• In the Smurf Movie
• Having Christmas dinner with the band Simplified and Chevy Chase
• Skiing in the ocean with great white sharks
• In his pizza parlor
• In Mexico
• In the movie Wall Street
• Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin
• At Charlotte Harris Teeter grocery stores
• Billboards in Charlotte, NC
• In CBS's Two and a Half Men
• In ABC's Modern Family
• On the Death Star with Darth Vader
• And all around various hot spots in Charlotte, NC

Whew!

When you add it all up and see it at once, it's a lot. We love the fun our friends, family and customers have with the Tire King. If you have a place that you'd like to see him, let us know and we'll send him out on a voyage.


Thanks,


The Tire King
Carolina Tire & Auto

Every car owner who has taken their car in for an oil change has been told that their engine air filter’s dirty. Here’s what goes into the determination of when to change the filter: First, your sedan owner’s manual will have a recommendation of when to change the filter. Second, a visual inspection by your Charlotte technician may determine that your filter it is visibly dirty and needs to be changed.

So between your sedan owner’s manual and your Charlotte technician’s inspection there’s really no guesswork involved.

Now, most air filters purchased in Charlotte don’t cost a lot to replace. It’s just that NC people hate getting caught with an unexpected expense. On the plus side, though, changing a dirty air filter at Carolina Tire & Auto can often save enough on gas to pay for itself before your next oil change.

Think about a dirty furnace filter in your Charlotte home. When it’s all clogged up, enough clean air can’t get through. In your sedan, that means that your engine can’t get as much air as it needs to burn the fuel efficiently. So it makes do with less air and has to use more gas to move your vehicle around Pineville roads.

Your sedan actually needs about 12,000 gallons of air for every gallon of gas it burns. Engine air filters don’t cost much in Pineville at Carolina Tire & Auto. When it’s time to change yours, just get it done. You’ll save money, have better performance and protect your engine.

Give us a call:

Carolina Tire & Auto
10822 Pineville Rd
Pineville, NC 28134

704-553-9800

3325 Monroe Rd

Charlotte, NC 28205

980-219-8500

http://www.carolina-tire.com

Carolina Tire Keeps up Angie's List Accolades

Earning an Angie's List "Super Service Award" is a prestigious honor that Carolina Tire & Auto won for 2010. This is a true achievement in superior service and one that we work hard at everyday to keep on earning as the highest rated tire & auto repair center in all of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Now it's 2011 and how is Carolina Tire & Auto performing for Angie's List?

We have made the Angie's List Honor Roll for our many "A" ratings we received from our customers. Only 9 companies in the Charlotte market receives this honor and we were one of them to earn it.

Who is Carolina Tire & Auto and what do we do?

We are #1 in auto repair and tires and 12 minutes from everywhere in South Charlotte:

So if you live in Charlotte, NC and need car repair, auto repair, auto service, repairs, service in Charlotte, NC or Mecklenburg County, automobile, air conditioning, battery, batteries, brake, brakes, coolant system, timing belt, water pump, tune up, engine diagnostics, nationwide warranty, state inspections, North Carolina, OE scheduled maintenance, shuttle service, struts, shocks, auto suspension, alignments, alignment, tires, towing, commercial fleet services or Continental tires then you need Carolina Tire & Auto in Pineville or Fort Mill, SC.

Common Autos that we repair:

Ford Repair, Toyota Repair, Honda Repair, Chevrolet Repair, Dodge Repair, BMW Auto Repair, Acura Repair, Nissan Repair, Volkswagen Repair, Chrysler Repair, Common Car Models, Honda Accord Repair, Toyota Camry Repair, Honda Civic Repair, Acura TL Repair, Audi Repair, Toyota Corolla Repair, Ford Taurus Repair, Volkswagen Jetta Repair, BMW 325i Repair, Ford Explorer Repair, Ford Escort Repair,

Common Auto Repairs

Engine Oil and Filter Change, Spark Plug Replacement, Brake Pad Replacement, Timing Belt Replacement, Brake Pad and Rotor Replacement, Air Filter Replacement, Drive Belt Replacement, Water Pump Replacement, Head Gasket Replacement, Check Engine Light,

World Class Tires in Charlotte, NC

To my customers of Charlotte: I can put on any tire I want on my family's car. I have a beautiful wife and two young precious daughters. I trust our very own locally headquartered Continental tire for my family's safety when it comes to tires and we believe that you should too.

At Carolina Tire & Auto, we know a lot about tires. Call us so we can help you make a better informed tire buying decision.

704-553-9800 - Tire Buyer Hotline