November 16

What Customers Like About Us
At ModernTire of West Hartford in West Hartford, a big part of the service we provide for our customers is education. We want you to feel confident with your service decisions. And we’re always open to questions. Even though we try to be proactive in our education, we sometimes get busy fixing cars and need [...]

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October 24

On-Board Diagnostic
Performing a vehicle diagnostic can reveal a number of problems associated with your car. Modern vehicles designed with elaborate computer processors and sensors can be linked to a diagnostic computer to quickly pinpoint the exact nature of a vexing problem. At Modern Tire, we have trained and qualified technicians to analyze and diagnose problems from [...]

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October 09

Customer Detective Work
  One might say the most challenging part of being an automotive service technician is diagnosing a problem before it can be fixed  Cars in general are made up of a bunch of complex systems. There usually could be a number of reasons for any given symptom. So it’s challenging to track down the actual [...]

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September 25

Visual Blind Spoots when Driving Around Town
When we drive on our West Hartford CT streets, we encounter blind spots. We can greatly reduce our blind spots by properly adjusting our mirrors to give the widest coverage possible. Make the adjustments to your pickup before you start to drive. First, adjust your rear view mirror to give the best possible view directly [...]

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September 13

Tire Tread Depth
When talking about stopping power, we tend to focus on our brakes. But our tires are where the rubber meets the road. So having good brakes isn’t enough: we have to have tires with enough traction to translate braking power into stopping power. Let’s focus on stopping in wet conditions. In order for a tire [...]

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