If you’ve been required to install an Intoxalock ignition interlock device after an OWI or DUI conviction, understanding how it works is an important step toward restoring your driving privileges. An Intoxalock ignition interlock is a state-approved breathalyzer that is installed in your vehicle and designed to prevent impaired driving. Before your vehicle can start,…
Popular Opinion. It can be a helpful guidepost or a red flag. If it concerns a subject you know little about, popular opinion can be helpful in getting your footing. When you consider yourself an expert on a topic, like music, for instance, popular opinions may be of the red flag variety. If everybody likes…
Modern vehicles have many safety systems, but no safety feature is more fundamental than the brake system. At the first sign of trouble, our right foot immediately heads to the brake pedal and probably uses it. Alderman Automotive wants to remind everyone that brake systems depend on friction (even hybrids use friction for emergency braking),…
We all have some idea of how to wash a car, and we know how to use a hand vacuum. However, getting a regularly used car truly spotless and as close as possible to new in appearance takes time, special tools and materials, and lots of patience. If you lack any of those but still…
A couple of generations ago, almost anyone in Indiana didn’t think twice about having a set of “snow tires” stored in the corner of the garage, waiting until October or November to be swapped with the regular tires until springtime. This is less common now, but should it be? Alderman Automotive explains. Two issues diminished…
Ah, depreciation. Nowhere is it more evident than with new cars. The moment they are driven from the dealership, they can lose a significant portion of their value—up to 20% of their value in the first year and possibly 15% or more each year thereafter. It varies by brand and type of vehicle, of course,…
At Alderman Automotive you will find rear-, front-, all-, and four-wheel-drive vehicles. They all serve the same basic purpose of getting you from one place to another, so what is the difference between them, and which is best for you? For about 80 years, most cars and trucks had engines in the front and drive…
Autumn can mean different things to different people. For kids, it is the return to school; for others, it’s football. Many others celebrate the death of tree leaves because they get so pretty as they go. Halloween and Thanksgiving can also figure prominently. But for everyone in Indiana and the Midwest as a whole, it…
There is car shopping and car purchasing. We often intend to do the first, but find what we want and end up doing the other or wanting to. If you plan on car shopping, there are a few things you should bring and prepare in advance. If you expect you might purchase, there are a…
Some people can walk into Alderman Automotive, find the car they like, write a check for the full amount, and drive out with their purchase. But there aren’t many of them, especially considering the average cost of today’s new vehicles. The rest of us must figure out how to pay for our rides over time….
