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November 7, 2021
Sometimes busy Fort Wayne residents dream about going back to the “simpler” days of our grandparents. But if you could travel back in time and take a road trip around IN in a Model T, you might change your mind. The improved designs and quality of today's automobiles have significantly reduced the amount of time Fort Wayne residents spend at the side of the road during breakdowns. With proper maintenance, today's vehicles can stay on the road longer than ever before.
Some of those improvements, however, have led to higher repair costs. For example, older cars often broke down from vapor lock. Gas vaporized while traveling from the gas tank to the fuel pump. No gas, no power. The car quits going. The solution was simple — you just sat by the road until the car would start up again. Today's Fort Wayne drivers would hardly tolerate that kind of inconvenience, and it's likely that yesterday's Fort Wayne drivers didn't care much for it, either. So on today's vehicles, the fuel pump is actually located inside the gas tank. Problem solved. No more vapor lock. The downside is that now it costs a lot more to repair or replace a fuel pump at Fort Wayne area auto service centers.
Fort Wayne drivers certainly should be grateful for the improvements in auto design that keep us off the side of the road, but it comes at a price. Vehicle care in IN simply costs more than it used to. So if you think about it, Fort Wayne drivers can avoid many vehicle repairs by preventive maintenance. If we plan for maintenance, we can avoid a lot of costly repairs.
Just a bit of auto advice from Tuffy Fort Wayne - Dupont Rd.: If you like new vehicles and can afford them, then buy them. But if you are buying a new vehicle every few years because you're afraid of the higher repair costs for older vehicles, then you ought to take a second look at the numbers. You can save a lot of money on car payments and IN auto insurance with an older vehicle and preventive auto maintenance can help you avoid most car repair bills. And if you budget for preventive maintenance you have done at Tuffy Fort Wayne - Dupont Rd., it can become as routine as a car payment — only a whole lot less!
Tuffy Fort Wayne - Dupont Rd.
1910 W. Dupont Rd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46818
260.489.4800
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