Automotive Shops in B.C.

Abbotsford	Armstrong	Burnaby	Campbell River	Castlegar
Chetwynd	Chilliwack	Colwood	Comox	Coquitlam
Courtenay	Creston	Dawson Creek	Duncan	Enderby
Fernie	Fort St. John	Gibsons	Golden	Grand Forks
Greenwood	Kamloops	Kelowna	Kimberley	Ladysmith
Lake Cowichan	Langford	Langley	Merritt	Nanaimo
Nelson	New Westminster	North Vancouver	Oliver	Osoyoos
Parksville	Penticton	Pitt Meadows	Port Alberni	Port Coquitlam
Port McNeill	Port Moody	Powell River	Prince George	Prince Rupert
Princeton	Qualicum Beach	Quesnel	Revelstoke	Richmond
Rossland	Salmon Arm	Sidney	Smithers	Surrey
Terrace	Trail	Vancouver	Victoria	View Royal
White Rock	Williams Lake

Automotive Shops in Alberta

Airdrie	Athabasca	Banff	Barrhead	Bashaw
Bassano	Beaumont	Beaverlodge	Bentley	Black Diamond
Blackfalds	Bon Accord	Bonnyville	Bow Island	Bowden
Brooks	Bruderheim	Calgary	Calmar	Camrose
Canmore	Cardston	Carstairs	Castor	Chestermere
Claresholm	Coaldale	Coalhurst	Cochrane	Cold Lake
Coronation	Crossfield	Daysland	Devon	Didsbury
Drayton Valley	Drumheller	Eckville	Edmonton	Edson
Elk Point	Fairview	Falher	Ft Saskatchewan	Ft Macleod
Ft McMurray	Fox Creek	Gibbons	Grande Cache	Grande Prairie
Granum	Grimshaw	Hanna	Hardisty	High Level
High Prairie	High River	Hinton	Innisfail	Irricana
Killam	Lacombe	Lamont	Leduc	Legal
Lethbridge	Lloydminster	Magrath	Manning	Mayerthorpe
McLennan	Medicine Hat	Milk River	Millet	Morinville
Mundare	Nanton	Okotoks	Olds	Onoway
Oyen	Peace River	Penhold	Picture Butte	Pincher Creek
Ponoka	Provost	Rainbow Lake	Raymond	Redcliff
Redwater	Rimbey	Rocky Mountain House	Sedgewick	Sexsmith
Slave Lake	Smoky Lake	Spirit River	Spruce Grove	St. Albert
St. Paul	Stavely	Stettler	Stony Plain	Strathmore
Sundre	Swan Hills	Sylvan Lake	Taber	Three Hills
Tofield	Trochu	Turner Valley	Two Hills	Valleyview
Vauxhall	Vegreville	Vermilion	Viking	Vulcan
Wainwright	Wembley	Westlock	Wetaskiwin	Whitecourt

Winter Tires

Want to save some money on tires and have them last longer? Have a set for the winter and for the summer. I've been practicing this for years. I have a set of winter rubber and a set of summer rubber mounted on their own rims for each of my trucks. And I've noticed this practice more and more. The different compounds of each type of rubber makes each ideal for their designed intent. Winter tires have a softer compound that adhear to the road better in cold weather. Summer radials are a harder compound and allow for better traction when it's warmer. Driving on winter tires during the summer can wear them out n a matter of weeks.

  All season radials are advertised to be the perfect tire for all seasons. Just like most "advertising",its a load of crap. Sure there's the initial cash outlay for an extra set of rims and winter tires however,think of it this way. You'll get 2 to 3 seasons out of each set of tires if you maintain them properly. As opposed to buying a set of tires every year or year and a half. You don't need to have top of the line rims for winter driving either. A simple set from Canadian tire for $25-$40 each will do the trick. My winter rubber is put on the truck by the 3 weekend in October,sooner if it's snowed already. Summer rubber is on by the second week in April,longer if there's still snow on the ground.

  Don't be afraid to toss some weight in the back either, my street truck has 400 lbs of weight in a built box that sits right over to rear axle. I loose a 30 inch by 60 inch area 6 inches high out of my box for 5 1/2 months out of the year but,I get traction and I get to drive safely on whatever highway I'm on. My work truck is 4x4 and has more than enough weight with the racks and the tools and equipment I carry to do the trick.

  Sand bags can be a pain but,I've got the same sand I bought 2 years ago. Just buy yourself some plastic weaved bags and transfer the sand. I do this because that last time I bough sand bags it cost me $8 a bag. Now I just buy loose bags for a buck each and dump the sand in them. when the bag starts to fall apart. That doesn't mean that you can't buy new filled bags every year I'm simply saying that for a few minutes of your time you can save yourself a few bucks.

  Remember, read the information in the side of your tires,know what the proper inflation is and keep it as close to that as possible. That way you'll get optimum use and performance out of your tire and more importantly,it will maintain fuel economy.