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Winter in New York can be rough on the roads as well as on our vehicles. Now is a great time to prepare your vehicles for winter weather.

Most vehicle owner’s manuals have recommendations on how to prepare the vehicle for cold, snow and ice. Replacing dirty filters, like the air and fuel filters, can help a poorly running engine become more reliable. Fuel de-icer in the tank can keep the fuel line from freezing and changing the oil and oil filter will help prevent engine damage in harsh conditions.

 

As Jeep employees in Toledo, OH prepare to produce the 2018 Jeep Wrangler, the company used professional drivers to show them exactly what they will be building and, of course, why they're going to love it inside and out.

Jeep employees were taken on an off-road course to experience the full capabilities of the iconic 4-wheel drive vehicle. The Wrangler comes with two options, the Pentastar V6 and also a four-cylinder 2.0 liter engine that puts out 300 horsepower, so the employees were going to have a blast either way.

 

Many of us have a virtual assistant or smart home hub in our living room, The two most popular version is being Amazons echo in Google's Home device. These devices allow us to voice control our music, calendars, even some functions of our home like lights and thermostat.

West Herr was honored to have been a part of the official ribbon cutting ceremony for Grace Guest House this past Monday. Grace Guest House will offer healthcare-related lodging for families of patients that are receiving care at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, which is conveniently located only a few minutes away. Cindy Battista, President and Founding Director of Grace Guest House, had the vision when a colleague of hers expressed the comfort he and his wife felt being able to stay in a healthcare hospitality house after traveling hundreds of miles to be close to and support their son while…

More and more vehicles are being released with the Auto Start/Stop feature included, even in base model trim levels. This is the feature that shuts the engine off when you're at a red light or stop sign and starts the engine back up when you take your foot off the brake pedal. Auto makers love this feature because it cuts back on vehicle emissions and increases fuel economy.

Long gone are the days when having Bluetooth in your vehicle is a luxury. Now automakers view Bluetooth as a safety feature; a way to help their customers keep their hands on the wheel and not on their phones while driving. This feature being almost Universal in vehicles has been incredibly convenient for people, but often times it has also been incredibly frustrating when things don't work the way they're supposed to.

So much of the fun of driving comes from rolling the windows down and turning up the radio to your favorite summer jams. In generations gone by one of the first things you might do with a newer car is remove the factory audio system and replace it with a better one. Times have certainly changed, because built-in vehicle audio systems from the factory are exponentially better now than they've ever been before, even if you only got the baselevel audio system. The vehicles that are equipped with Bose or Pioneer sound system's are just that much better…

There are a lot of great cars on the market that do a lot of great things. That in mind, it's hard not to wonder how the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica earned one of Kelly Blue Book's tops spots for the best family cars of 2017.

Boasting a high safety rating, two powertrain options, and even hybrid version to help you save on gas, what really wins people to the Pacifica's side are the convenience features it includes to make your day-to-day life easier.

 

I written before about how automakers are removing cd players from the in-dash entertainment systems of new vehicles. They're doing this for two reasons: first, anytime you can remove a component in a vehicle you save money. Many people tell you they don't use the CD player in their vehicle so manufacturers can remove them and inconvenience a small amount of people. Second, cd players take up space in your dashboard. New infotainment…