Have you ever stepped on the gas, watched the RPMs climb, and wondered why the car was not speeding up with them? Maybe it only happens for a second between shifts. Maybe the vehicle feels like it falls out of gear and then catches again. That is what drivers usually mean when they say a transmission…
In San Antonio, fall does not arrive all at once. One week it is still 95 degrees on Loop 410, and the next a cold front rolls through and you are scraping fog off the windshield on the way to work. That swing is exactly why fall is the smartest time of year to give your vehicle some attention. After…
Most drivers assume summer is the tough season, since long road trips, heat, and heavy miles feel like the real test. But for the average family vehicle, the school year is harder, and it is harder in ways that are easy to miss, because none of it looks dramatic. It is just five months of short trips,…
Ask any San Antonio driver about July on Loop 410 and you will hear one word: brutal. But the heat baking your dashboard is doing far worse damage underneath your vehicle — and your transmission is paying the price. Why Heat Kills Transmissions Transmission fluid is rated by temperature. At 175°F, it…
Yesterday, San Antonio paused. Wreaths laid at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Flags lowered at Lackland, Randolph, and across Bexar County. Families gathered around graves that hold someone they loved. Memorial Day is the one American holiday that asks for nothing. No gifts. No parades for the living.…
