The Tuffy Tire & Auto Huntersville Guide to Saving Fuel: Beware of Myths
February 12, 2017
There's a lot of auto advice in North Carolina right now on how to save money on gas. Some of it is good advice. Some of it isn't. Some of it is myth. And it may well be a scam. Plain and simple. When someone offers you a product designed to save money on gas, ask yourself, Does this sound too go... More
Fuel Injection: It Keeps Getting Better for Huntersville Drivers
February 6, 2017
Huntersville residents know that engines need to burn fuel to operate. Fuel is pumped from your fuel tank to your vehicle engine where it is squirtedor injectedinto your engine's cylinders. This is the function of the fuel injectors.There are two ways to inject fuel into an engine. Fuel needs ai... More
How to Get Better Gas Mileage in Huntersville
July 18, 2016
There is no escaping it: things work better when you take care of them. Something most of us in Huntersville can relate to is our computers. You've probably noticed how they get slower and slower over time. It takes longer to start up and programs take forever to load. Eventually, many of us jus... More
Alternative Fuel Vehicles in Huntersville, North Carolina
July 3, 2016
Let's talk about alternative fuel vehicles. In their quest to reduce the use of fossil fuels and harmful exhaust emissions in our North Carolina environment, automakers will have a number of alternatives for Huntersville drivers very soon.For instance, Flex Fuel vehicles are already available in... More
Higher Mileage Service Intervals for Huntersville
May 15, 2016
Huntersville drivers have probably noticed that the government mandates a lot of equipment on cars: emission devices and control computers, safety equipment like airbags and crash worthiness requirements. All of this is great for the motoring public in the Huntersville area, but it does add quite... More
To Save Gas Around Huntersville: Keep up with Your Scheduled Service
May 1, 2016
One topic that hits the news in North Carolina on a regular basis is the price of gas. The answer for some North Carolina drivers is to buy a vehicle that gets better fuel economy. For those of us in Huntersville who don't want to add a car payment to our monthly expenses, we need to improve ou... More
How Do You Save Gas in Huntersville, North Carolina?
April 17, 2016
No one in Huntersville, North Carolina, likes to spend a chunk of change at the gas pump. Rising North Carolina fuel prices, however, have spurred Huntersville drivers to focus on how to improve their fuel economy. North Americans literally drive billions of miles/kilometers less each month durin... More
Fuel Injection Keeps Getting Better for Huntersville Motorists
February 21, 2016
Huntersville residents know that engines burn fuel to operate. Fuel is pumped from your fuel tank to your engine where it is squirtedor injectedinto your engine's cylinders. This is the function of the fuel injectors.There are two ways to inject fuel into an engine. Fuel needs air to burn, so in ... More
Fuel Saving Tip: Slow Down Around Huntersville
February 17, 2016
There's not much we can do about the price of gas in Huntersville North Carolina, but we do quite a bit about how much we use as we're driving on our Huntersville streets. Our driving habits can dramatically affect our fuel economy. The first thing we can do is watch the 'go-pedal'... More
Fuel Injector Cleaning At Tuffy Tire & Auto Huntersville
January 28, 2016
In very simple terms, a fuel injector is a valve that squirts fuel into your SUV engine. Your engine control computer tells the fuel injector how much fuel to deliver as well as the precise time it should be delivered. Of course this happens thousands of times a minute in every sing... More