Summer Tips: Wiper Blades

How many times have you found yourself in the middle of a summer rain shower with wipers that do not work properly? Your windshield turns into a puddle and you can barely see. It’s dangerous! Make sure to plan ahead and take a few easy steps to make sure you can see out your windshield, even in the middle of one of those nasty rain squalls. Here are a few simple steps:

What Does Oil Do Anyway?

We all know engine oil is vital to keep our vehicles running. But, why? Why is oil so important and why does it need to be changed so often? The following is a breakdown of why oil is so important and what it does for your vehicle.

5 Tips for Vehicle Maintenance

A few easy and inexpensive maintenance steps can keep your vehicle on the road and out of the shop. The following is a list of 5 easy maintenance tips that will help maximize the life of your vehicle.

Summer Tips: Keep Your Tires Properly Inflated & Rotated

Simple tire maintenance can both increase the life of your tires and optimize your gas mileage. Driving with over or under inflated tires can weaken your tires, cause uneven wear and impact your gas mileage. 

Here are a few simple tasks you can do in order to optimize the life of your tires and keep you safe on the road.

Man injured, cow killed in crash!

WAKARUSA, Ind. - Cow tipping may be one of those legends people like to talk about but that never really happens. But one cow definitely was tipped in the night (or should we say flipped)  and it is no laughing matter. 

Police say a car ran into a cow that had wandered onto a rural road in northern Indiana during the middle of the night, with the animal landing on the windshield and sheering back the car's roof.

.The Elkhart County Sheriff's Department says 47-year-old John Schertz of Elkhart was taken to a South Bend hospital with a head injury and cuts to the face.

Here's why you should let us change your oil!

Is Changing Your Own Oil Worth It?

by RYAN GUINA

Should you change your own oil?

I take my car in to get the oil changed. I know how to do it and I’ve done it before. I was also an aircraft mechanic in the USAF, so I know my way around tools, and I am not afraid to get dirty.

Do you prefer a big car or a little car?

So maybe with the price of gasoline these days this is a stupid question, but at Jiffy Lube we want to know--if the price of fuel were not an issue which would you choose, a small car or a big one?

The way we see it they both have advantages. There is something really cute about a Mini-Cooper or Smart Car. And a little Porche is hot, hot, hot! They are easy to park and great for darting in and out of traffic. And with todays safety features they can get surprisingly good safety ratings!