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Manager Spotlight: Dave George

Dave George is a fixture with Rad Air. But even after 19 years, he’s still learning every day! 19 years ago, Dave George began working as the manager of the Rad Air location in Garfield, and he’s been a neighborhood car care expert ever since. Many things have changed with vehicles over the years, but […]

How Do I Know if I Need a New Car Battery?

Raise your hand if your car has 100,000 miles. Keep it raised if you have 200,000 miles. For those of us old enough to remember, no commercial was more daunting or ominous than a car battery commercial. The setting was always a frigid abandoned parking lot (presumably in Cleveland, although they never said that officially) […]

This Odometer Says 539,600 Miles, and It’s Not Photoshopped!

Raise your hand if your car has 100,000 miles. Keep it raised if you have 200,000 miles. Keep it up for 300,000 miles. By this point, most of you have lowered your hands, and if we were sitting in the same room, you’d be looking around to see who’s left. If you had all of Manager […]

How to Prevent Rust

There are few things more disappointing than seeing that first spot of rust on your beloved vehicle. Your car was a large investment, and you tried to keep it nice for as long as you could. Unfortunately, the Northeast Ohio winters that brought the icy (and then brine/salt-covered) roads got the best of your vehicle. […]

What Is Antifreeze?

It’s freezing in Cleveland in the winter. It’s not comfortable for you and it’s not comfortable for your car, truck or any vehicle if you don’t take care of it properly. Part of the proper care and maintenance of your vehicle for winter (and all of the other seasons) is ensuring that your car has the […]

Is It Time for Me to Get a Car Alignment?

Cleveland’s potholes are notorious, so much so that we wrote about them around Halloween and described them as pothole monsters. They get hungrier and hungrier in the wintertime and the salt we use to make roads safer to traverse eats through the concrete and makes holes big enough to swallow your car. So how do […]

4 Resolutions to Help You Save Gas Money in 2019

New year, new you, right? It’s that time again. Yes, the time where millions of Americans will watch the ball drop and then scramble to write down New Year’s resolutions that will surely be broken by February. In fact, 80% of all New Year’s resolutions will be broken by February (Business Insider). We’re good at […]

Why Oil Changes Are a GREAT Gift Idea For Clevelanders

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. (and it has ever since Halloween!) Clevelanders love the holidays. We are home to the mecca of all holiday attractions: The Christmas Story House. Public Square’s lighting event is always a huge attraction, and fans of Great Lakes Brewing Co.’s Christmas Ale line up around the block […]

Top 3 Ways to Avoid Driving In a Fog

Fall is a dangerous time of year to drive in Cleveland. Rolling fog complicates things even further. Northeast Ohio is full of many different types of landscapes. From the urban sprawl of downtown Cleveland to the suburban settings east and west to the rural landscapes of surrounding counties, there are many different environments that can […]

3 Ways a Cleveland Pothole Can Damage Your Car

Cleveland is known as the home of Rock and Roll…and giant potholes! Here are some car parts that might feel the wrath of those giant craters. Orange barrels on the freeways and potholes on the side streets. These are realities for Northeast Ohio drivers this time of year. Cleveland vehicles are subjected to a real […]

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