AG102 - All About Tires

All about buying and changing tires for your vehicle

What if your car has a flat tire?  Would you know how to change your tire?  What if you are miles away from any help, could you do it yourself?  Did you know that there are different types of tires?  Are you getting the right ones for your vehicle?  If you are uncomfortable about changing tires or buying new  tires then this course is for you.

All About Tires

This is what is included in this Abby's Garage Clinic:

·       How do you change a flat tire?

• Where is the spare and the jack located?
• What are wheel locking nuts?
• How do you change the tires?  Better still… What is the safest way to change a tire?
• How do you inspect a flat tire and determine if it is repairable?

·       What are the different kinds of tires? … and what should you know about buying tires?

• What are all/season, all/weather, summer and winter tires?
• What are run flat tires?
• What are performance tires, low profile tires, trailer tires, and other types of tires?

What is the TPMS?

• What is it telling me when the TPMS light goes on?
• What is telling me when it is on and blinking?

·       What should I know about keeping my tires in tiptop shape?

• What is the correct tire pressure?
•  Why does the tire pressure keep changing on me?
• What is the difference between balancing tires and doing a wheel alignment?
•  Did you know tires have a best before date?
•  The truth about used tires

This is a hands on course so be sure to bring your vehicle.  You will be inspecting and changing the tires on your vehicle under the watchful eye of a tire specialist.  (Don’t worry if you don’t have a car yet, we will lend you one of ours to practice.)

Length: 1.5 to 2 hours

Location:  at a real garage

Dress code: where comfortable clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty, kind of like a day in the garden.  A pair of slacks, a short sleeve polo or t-shirt and comfortable shoes would be perfect.

Date & Time:  TBD (but we do them on weekday evenings and weekend in the morning or afternoon.)

Registration:  send us a message below and we will alert you when the next course is scheduled.