Automotive Industry News & Information - Frank May Garage

Getting your car washed and waxed on a regular basis is one of the easiest ways to preserve its paint and keep it looking nice. It makes you feel good when you’re driving in a clean vehicle. Removing other environmental contaminants such as salt, tree sap, and bugs also goes a long way to making your car’s paint last longer.

At Frank May Garage in Akron, OH, we’re all about keeping you in the know. Today, we’d like to give you some advice on maintaining the resale value of your car, truck, or SUV.

Everyone knows to get routine tire care every so often. Tire rotations, alignments, and even replacements are necessary to ensure your tires stay in competent condition and don’t pose any harm when you’re driving. At Frank May Garage, it’s important to us that your tires perform well and are safe to be on the road. Routine maintenance is sometimes not enough to get the most out of your tires. Here are just a few tips and steps to extending the lifespan of your tires, so they can continue to take you wherever you need for as long as you need.

Are your ball joints going bad? Here’s how to tell, and why you should care, from the experts at Frank May Garage in Akron, OH.

The most important part of your visit to any shop is making sure that your vehicle receives the best repair. While we uphold that standard, the team at Frank May Garage will also go above and beyond to ensure that you get only the best customer service along with a competent repair.

Your gas mileage mostly depends on what kind of car you drive; engine displacement and vehicle weight are the largest determining factors on gas mileage, and there’s not much you can do to change either of those. That doesn’t mean attempting to improve your fuel economy is a completely hopeless endeavor, however. With these tips from Frank May Garage in Akron, OH, you might be surprised how much your fuel mileage can be improved.

It’s time to start ringing in the new year. From all of us at Frank May Garage in Akron, OH, we hope you’ve had a great holiday season and look forward to seeing you in 2019.

A battery isn’t something you would expect to be affected by weather; as long as it’s charged, most batteries just work. Vehicle batteries, however, are actually noticeably impacted by cold weather. You may notice on especially cold mornings that your vehicle is a little slower to start then normal...that’s because your battery struggles a little more than usual in the cold.