Bill’s Quality Auto Care Maintenance Tips: The Belt Goes On

Bill’s Quality Auto Care Maintenance Tips: The Belt Goes On

  />   Today’s Bill’s Quality Auto Care auto maintenance article focuses on your serpentine belt. Your serpentine belt is a long belt that’s driven by your engine. It winds around several accessories that power important automotive systems. Let’s go over... 
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Clean Air for Your Engine: Engine Air Filters In Simi Valley

Clean Air for Your Engine: Engine Air Filters In Simi Valley

  />   Every Simi Valley car owner who has taken their car in for an oil change has been told that their engine air filter’s dirty. Here’s what goes into the determination of when to change the filter: First, your SUV owner’s manual will have a recommendation... 
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Maintenance for High Mileage Vehicles In Simi Valley CA

Maintenance for High Mileage Vehicles In Simi Valley CA

Before the recession hit, the median age for cars in the Simi Valley CA area (zip code: 93065) was over nine years. And two-thirds had over 75,000 miles. At Bill’s Quality Auto Care we hear reports that those numbers continue to rise. If you have a high-mileage vehicle in the Moorpark area,... 
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Busting Automotive Myths In Simi Valley CA

Busting Automotive Myths In Simi Valley CA

Myths passed around our Simi Valley CA community start with a grain of evidence and are then built up with a lot of imagination and very elastic logic. And the internet is a breeding ground for automotive myths. Some bloggers recall the SUVs of yesteryear and declare their modern decedents to be virtually... 
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Commitment to Make Your SUV Last At Bill’s Quality Auto Care

Commitment to Make Your SUV Last At Bill’s Quality Auto Care

For advice on how to make your SUV last longer, visit us at Bill’s Quality Auto Care 2016 Donville Avenue Simi Valley, CA 93065 (805) 520-7818 These days many people in the Moorpark area are really committed to making their cars last a long time. First thing: you’ve got to start with... 
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Are Modern Vehicles Maintenance Free?

Are Modern Vehicles Maintenance Free?

In our auto video today we’ll be talking with Alan Peterson about myths surrounding automotive maintenance. You can lump these myths into the statement that “modern cars are so reliable, they are virtually maintenance free”. Any good myth has some elements of truth. No offense... 
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Fall and Spring Checkup In Simi Valley

Fall and Spring Checkup In Simi Valley

When I was a kid in Simi Valley, my dad always made sure he took the cars in for Spring and Fall checkups. I was telling a friend that it’s about time to get into Bill’s Quality Auto Care for my checkup and he said that he read on the internet that modern cars don’t need seasonal... 
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Looking Down the Road – Headlamps

Looking Down the Road – Headlamps

If you’ve ever been driving around Simi Valley and had a headlamp go out, you’ve probably just wanted to replace the bad bulb. If your car uses halogen headlamps, they dim over time. So if you just put in one, they won’t have the same brightness which can be distracting and will... 
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Economics of Maintenance For Simi Valley Auto Owners

Economics of Maintenance For Simi Valley Auto Owners

Buying a new car in Simi Valley is always a big financial decision. The allure of that new car smell is powerful, to be sure. But what if your current car is still in good shape? How do you decide? People in Simi Valley who’ve been used to driving a new car every three to five years may be... 
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Which Item is Most Stolen from Vehicles in Simi Valley?

Which Item is Most Stolen from Vehicles in Simi Valley?

Which item is most often stolen from vehicles in Simi Valley? Is it: Stereo Wheels Air Bag DVD System Well, if you said stereo – you used to be right. But airbags have now surpassed stereos as the biggest target for theft in Simi Valley – approximately 50,000 a year are stolen across... 
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