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Towing Part 1: Picking Your Tow Vehicle

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The pandameic has created a booming industry - RV sales/outdoor motorsports. Between Covid guidelines, regulations, travel restriction, social distancing, state lockdowns and an in general a strong desire to not spread or get this virus, people are heading to the outdoors en mass. While all of our locations will generally get inquiries about towing capacity, especially with brands like Nissan and Ford that have trucks, occassionally, we are now seeing a huge rise in questions regarding towing. Why? Well, the short answer is people are looking to the RV life to get away from the house, and create memories with their family. Why RV's? Well, a night at a state park for a family of 4 is a lot less expensive than travel + hotel+ food. It is also a little safer (Covid thinking), you are self contained with your family bubble. So, what we are seeing, is a lot of people buying Tow Vehicles (going forth we refer to these as TV's), or coming in wanting to adapt their existing v

April is Car Care Month: Why you need to show your car some love!

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 April is National Car Care Month, and it's not by accident.  Here in the PNW, we generally have mild winters, and the last few years have been exceptionally mild.  A lot of rain, a few super cold days, with a sprinkling of snow.  But with that said, we have a lot of different geographic zones here in Washington as well, Depending on where you live,  you are within a few short hours of the  colder counties of the North, in the Mountains, on the coast or in the arid East Side.   So whether you are an adventure seeker, or a homebody, your vehicle is going to need a little TLC, and now is the time to take care of it, before we hit the busy, car trip, on the road to adventure, or just get out of the  house day trip, season of less rain, more sun! It is Oil Change Time! (Notice:  Each vehicle manufacturer has their own standards for service, this article is intended for general information, and most time/miles examples are a representative average, please see your Owner's Manual for