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Understanding How Brakes, Tires, and Shocks are the “Safety Triangle” of your...
There are three parts of a vehicle — brakes, tires, and shocks — that work all together and are often called the safety triangle. There is a strong relationship between the performance of your car’s...
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Active Green + Ross Honored With Toronto Sun Reader’s Choice Awards
At Active Green+Ross we realize you have many choices when it comes to the service needs of your vehicle, and we are sincerely appreciative for being named silver place winner in the favourite tire...
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Are Your Tires Ready For Winter Weather?
As temperatures cool across the nation, we at Active Green + Ross Tire Centres want to remind drivers that it’s time to start thinking about winter driving conditions and how to protect themselves and...
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5 Tips for Winter Road Safety from CAA and AG+R
When winter weather gets particularly ugly, driving in severe cold and snowy conditions can be both frightening and dangerous. These extreme winter weather conditions pose unique challenges and safety...
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Spring Thaw Brings Pothole Punishment
It’s that time of year: Spring season freeze and melt cycles cause our weary roads to erupt with punishing potholes. Another colder-than-average and snowy Ontario winter means additional road...
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Spring Cleaning your Car after Winter Weather
Winter weather has been ravaging much of the nation’s snow states and some of us are STILL shoveling snow off our driveways, so it might seem odd to be asked “When’s the last time you washed your car?”...
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Five Tips for Summer Road Trips
Don’t you just love the summer! It’s honestly one of my top four seasons to travel in! Summer vacations always brought great memories for me as a kid and now with having four kids of my own, making...
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Driving Tips For Students Heading Back To School
Well, it’s that time again: The kids will be heading back to school and I think that makes many parents very happy. Having four kids myself, I look forward to getting back into a regular routine once...
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Tips To Help Your Teen Be a Better Driver
It’s that time of year when we send our kids back to school, and for the first time, some of them will be driving themselves — and maybe even siblings — to and from campus. Regardless of whether...
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Car Seat Safety Tips
Raising kids can be a challenge and a lot of fun. Transporting them in the family vehicle can be difficult at the best of times. I’m not sure which was worse; when the kids were little or when they got...
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Helpful Winter Driving Safety Tips
Even though it happens every year, many people need reminders. It’s almost as if we try to block it out of our minds. What am I talking about? Winter driving of course. Although it begins every year...
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Winter Driving Tips For Survival
Throughout life there are things we can always rely upon; aging, politics, the fact the sun will rise in the east and set in the west…oh, and winter. Winter driving conditions can make traveling...
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Active Green + Ross Guide To Great Winter Family Escapes 1) Go Skiing Or...
Looking for some great family activities during the cold winter weather? AskPatty has joined with Active Green + Ross to gather a selection of great winter escapes for the family. As our first tip,...
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Active Green + Ross Guide To Great Winter Family Escapes 2) Go Snowmobiling
If you’re looking for high-speed thrills and don’t want to spend your whole vacation on a mountain resort (and half of it in a chairlift), go snowmobiling. This fun sport can be a great way to explore...
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Active Green + Ross Guide To Great Winter Family Escapes 3) Go Sledding
Sledding is a winter tradition for both young and old to enjoy. If you’d like something with the same amount of speed but without the noise of the snowmobile engine, then consider these great sledding...
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Active Green + Ross Guide To Great Winter Family Escapes 4) Go Ice Fishing
Ice fishing has long been a favorite winter sport. Though some might think the idea of sitting over a hole in the ice waiting to catch a fish might seem a bit crazy, the activity can be quite a bit of...
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Active Green + Ross Guide To Great Winter Family Escapes 5) Go Ice Sculpture...
Pay a visit to an ice and snow festival to experience the frozen magic of ice carving. Originally a skill taught in culinary schools, the art of ice carving has moved out of the kitchen to the great...
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Active Green + Ross Guide To Great Winter Family Escapes 6) Have a Family Night
Invite some neighbors over to join in the fun! Do you ever find yourself running out of ideas for fun family activities? Whether you want to spend the evening playing games, vegging out with Netflix...
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Active Green + Ross Guide To Great Winter Family Escapes 7) Build a Snowman
Winter means snow, and snow means snowmen (and snow women too). If you live where it snows, don’t let winter pass you by without building a fun snowman (or woman) in your yard! If you’re heading...
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Active Green + Ross Guide To Great Winter Family Escapes 8) Go Ice skating
You can go winter ice skating outdoors, even if it’s 90 degrees outside! Outdoor ice skating rinks are the perfect place to hang out with friends and family, enjoy a first date, or sign up for skate...
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