Helpful Maintenance Tips You Can Use

by Tim Healey

Published: September 6th, 2024

Hello there, it's time for another episode of the TTAC podcast!

This week we have Mike Herzing, host of Let's Talk Wheels, with us to talk about car care. He's a long-time shop owner and we pick his brain on all sorts of car-care and maintenance topics.

TTAC contributor Matthew Guy joins me to discuss impact wrenches and NASCAR's regular-season finale at Darlington. That race led to heartbreak for one driver and another got into the playoffs with a little bit of luck.

As you always, you can find us here or wherever you get your podcasts.

We thank Mike and Matthew for stopping by, and we thank Matt Posky for editing. Most of all, we thank you for listening!

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Arthur Dailey on Sep 09, 2024
Thanks. I did have one dealer constantly recommend an alignment. Even though the vehicle tracked straigth, the tires showed no signs of uneven wear and it had never been bounced off a curb. Was contemplating taking our new vehicle on a 2 hour each way drive. Some on the emptiest highway (407 which might be the most expensive toll road in the world and some along some of the most congested highways in North America (the QEW). Have thought better of it and will take the other vehicle instead.

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Kwi65728132 on Sep 09, 2024
Here's a maintenance tip that no one ever seems to recommend: "Read the damn Owner's Manual and have your car serviced according to the recommended service intervals listed in the service information!" Also, "Sealed For Life" means for the life of the lubricating fluid... Which isn't very long if you believe that horse manure, get it changed at least every 30-50k miles.

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