Glendale Nissan Official Blog

How to Clean Your Headlights and When to Use Them

While we were about to gain an extra hour of sleep thanks to Daylight Saving Time, we lost an hour of our precious summer sunlight. Whereas we could enjoy the bright outdoors of summer until the late hours of the evening, night time is coming much earlier than we’re used to. With a few more months of this change, it is as important as ever to make sure we have our headlights working efficiently in necessary situations. Here are a few ways to clean your headlights and some times you should be using them.

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How Should I Break-In My New Nissan?

So you just bought a brand new Nissan. The car looks clean, the colors pop and the engine purrs. With such a big investment, now the question is, “how do I go about breaking in my new Nissan?”

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How much do trailers, boats, and recreational vehicles weigh?

Every vehicle is going to have a different maximum towing capacity and it’s important to make sure to respect it, otherwise you’re not only putting your vehicle at risk for damage, but also your life and lives of other drivers on the road.

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Even if you’re not at fault in an accident, if your vehicle is clearly overloaded, your innocence might appear a little cloudy to others. This isn’t lecture, we just care about all drivers on the road, so let’s get into the commonly asked questions about  how much trailers, boats, and recreational vehicles weight.

When loading up a trailer, it’s easy to forget accounting for the weight of it on top of whatever it is that you’re hauling. These are estimations, but to find out the exact weight of whatever it  is that you’re towing along, simply refer to the owner’s manual to make sure you’re within the realm of your vehicle’s capabilities.

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How to quickly handle an overheating car engine

Hopefully you’re not reading this blog while you’re caught in the middle of traffic with your car’s engine overheating. If you are in fact ,stuck in the middle of traffic or somewhere that you can’t simply turn your vehicle off and open up the hood, it’s important to think and act quickly in order to prevent serious damage from being done to your engine. (more…)

Cheap ways to make your car look new

Unless you plan on leasing a vehicle, getting a new vehicle every two years can be expensive and tricky business. Chances are you’ll be driving your vehicle for a couple of years and over the course of those days, weeks, years, and miles it will accumulate general wear and tear, eventually becoming outdated.

Which is better? Buy vs Lease?

Fortunately there are a variety of ways to help spruce your vehicle up a bit whether you plan on making the renovations yourself or stopping by a body shop for some help, below are a few cheap ways to make your car look new. (more…)

Advantages of buying a high end Nissan trim model

The price you pay for a luxury vehicle has a lot to do with the badging on the vehicle and of course the features and premium quality of the vehicle as well. But when you think about the quality of some clothing at typical department stores compared to something that has the LaCoste gator on it, the Under Armour X, or Ralph Lauren polo player on it; for the most part the quality is the same, but the price tag certainly isn’t.

There are a number of huge advantages to buying a high end Nissan trim model over a luxury brand name. (more…)