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Auto Repair Aurora CO
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At one time or another almost all drivers will need to change a flat tire. It’s an essential skill and just a little bit of preparedness can relieve the anxiety that some drivers might experience. Following the steps below will help get drivers and their cars back on the road and underway in the event a flat tire should occur. Basic steps include:
1. Position the car safely: It’s important to find a safe location to change the tire. Even if it means driving on a flat tire it’s essential to move to a safe location, such as off the freeway in a level location. Be sure you’re visible to traffic coming from either direction. Set the parking brake and take extra precautions to stabilize the car by placing bricks or a wedge under the tires to prevent the car from moving. Turning on the emergency flasher lights is another way to increase your visibility to other drivers.
2. Prepare the tools: Most modern vehicles contain the equipment that’s necessary to perform a tire change efficiently. So to get started remove the spare tire, jack, wrench and any other equipment from the trunk in preparation.
3. Loosen the lug nuts: Before jacking up the car it’s good to loosen the lug nuts with the wrench. Most tires have 4 or 5 lug nuts. It’s necessary to remove the hub cap or wheel cover to have access to the lug nuts. To remove the wheel cover it can be pried open with a screwdriver or the provided tool similar to opening a can of paint.
4. Raise the Car: Now apply the jack that’s provided to raise the car until the tire is about six inches off the ground. Consult the owner’s manual to determine the correct position for the jack on your car’s make and model.
5. Remove the Nuts and Wheel: Now that the wheel is raised it should be possible to completely remove the nuts by hand and put them aside for reattaching the spare tire. The wheel should pull straight off.
6. Place the Spare Tire: Place the spare tire on the car and position it firmly. Reattach and tighten the lug nuts by hand but don’t tighten them just yet.
7. Lower the car: Once the car is lowered and the jack is removed then the lug nuts can be tightened one by one in order. Tire professionals recommend gradually tightening the lug nuts gradually in rotation rather than tightening a single lug nut 100% while others remain loose.
8. Clean up: Finally it’s time to make sure no tools or loose parts have been left behind. Repack the flat tire and the tools into the car and take a quick look around to make sure nothing’s missed.
Mile High Denver Auto Repair is open Monday through Friday from 7am to 6pm. Additional information about our services is available on our website at www.denver-auto-repair.com.
About Mile High Denver Auto Repair
Mile High Denver Auto Repair is a long-established auto repair and service center located in Denver, Colorado. The facility provides expert auto repair services for all makes and models of vehicles. Appointments are available though not required for most repairs and routine maintenance.
Contact
Name: Brian Michael
Email: bmichael@autotree.net
Phone: (303) 743-5197
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About Aurora, Colorado
Aurora is a Home Rule Municipality spanning Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties in Colorado. The city is the third most populous city in the state of Colorado and the 58st most populous city in the United States. The city had an estimated population of 319,057 in 2008-07-01. The city and its western neighbor are the principal cities of the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2007 had an estimated population of 2,464,866. (22nd most populous MSA), the estimated population of the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area was 2,998,878 on 2007-07-01 (15th most populous CSA).
It originated in the 1880s, as the town Fletcher, taking its name from Denver businessman Donald Fletcher who saw it as a real estate opportunity. He and his partners staked out four square miles east of Denver, but the town - and Colorado - struggled mightily after the Silver Crash of 1893. At that point Fletcher skipped town, leaving the community with a huge water debt. Inhabitants decided to rename their township Aurora in 1907, and it slowly began to grow in Denver’s shadow becoming the fastest growing city in the United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Although Aurora has long been considered by many only as one of Denver's larger suburbs, its growing population in recent decades (now over half the size of the City of Denver) has led to efforts for co-equal recognition with its larger neighbor. A former mayor once expressed the somewhat whimsical notion that eventually the area would be called the "Aurora/Denver Metropolitan Area." However, such efforts are somewhat hampered by the lack of a large, historically important central business district in the city, which is largely suburban in character.
A large military presence has existed in Aurora since the early 20th century. In 1918, Army General Hospital #21 (later re-named Fitzsimons Army Hospital) opened, with the U.S. government expanding and upgrading the hospital facilities in 1941 just in time to care for the wounded servicemen of World War II.
Lowry Air Force Base was opened in 1938, straddling the border of Aurora and Denver. It eventually closed in 1994, and was redeveloped into a master-planned community featuring residential, commercial, business and educational facilities.
In 1942, the Army Air Corps built Buckley Field, which over the course of history has been renamed Naval Air Station, Buckley Air National Guard Base and finally Buckley Air Force Base. The base, home of the 460th Space Wing and the 140th Wing Colorado Air National Guard, is Aurora's largest employer.
World attention focused on Aurora for seven weeks during the fall of 1955, as President Dwight D. Eisenhower recovered from a heart attack at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. The hospital is also the 1943 birthplace of 2004 Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.
Decommissioned in 1999, the facility is part of the Anschutz Medical Campus of the University of Colorado Denver, and the Fitzsimons Life Science District. The Anschutz Medical Campus also includes the University of Colorado Hospital, which moved to Aurora from Denver in 2007, and The Children's Hospital. These facilities will employ a workforce of 32,000 at build-out.
In 2004, Aurora was honored as the Sports Illustrated magazine's 50th Anniversary "Sportstown" for Colorado because of its exemplary involvement in facilitating and enhancing sports. The city attracts more than 30 regional and national sports tournaments annually to Aurora's fields, which include the 220-acre Aurora Sports Park opened in 2003. Aurora's active populace is also reflected in the variety of professional athletes hailing from the city (see Notable People from Aurora below). Aurora's first semi-professional sports franchise, the Aurora Cavalry in the International Basketball League, began play in 2006 but folded by seasons end due to budget mishaps.
Aurora is split among three counties and lies distant from the respective county seats. A consolidated city and county government was considered in the mid-1990s but failed to win approval by city voters. The issue was reconsidered in 2006. Colorado voters created the City and County of Denver in 1902 and the City and County of Broomfield in 2001. A consolidated city and county of Aurora would likely include areas not within the current city limits, but the new city-county boundaries would be set, restricting future expansion. In 2008, Aurora was designated an All-America City by the National Civic League. Source Aurora information:Wikipedia.org
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