Examine Tires Monthly

Examine Tires Monthly

Why Everyone Should Examine Tires Monthly In all 50 States, the Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) driver trainer books recommend that we examine our tires monthly. I have a graph that shows each state that mentions what to do, or some states actually cover how to...
Examine Your Tires

Examine Your Tires

How to examine your tires and what to look for. This article is the second in the LETMAP series. It is critical to examine your tires on a regular basis. Even if you adhere to other areas of tire maintenance, it is possible to overlook irregularities, deformations and...
Lug Nuts Matter

Lug Nuts Matter

When I started my 2018 fifty-state tour, I did not understand much about tires and tire safety, much less lug nuts. After all, I was a mother of 5 children and was busy with their many activities. While I drove around the lower 48 and talked with expert tire...
Retorquing Lug Nuts for Safety

Retorquing Lug Nuts for Safety

Lug Nuts – Part 1 of the LET MAP Series Are you retorquing lug nuts after 25-100 miles of driving post-tire change? When was the last time you gave your wheel’s lug nuts a second glance?  If you are like most people, the answers to those questions are “no”, and...
Happiness in challenging times

Happiness in challenging times

Happiness in challenging times? We all need each other.  Especially now, during this time of quarantine. I have been taking a break from writing posts on social media. But I’ve come to realize that I need you, and I hope that I can help you through this...