If you drive a performance or luxury vehicle, there are important points to remember in preserving not only your car or SUV, but it's resale value as well. Luxury and performance vehicles depreciate more quickly than other cars. Many who own these cars like to have the newest and the best of the best. In that way, the odds are stacked against you when trying to get a good price for your car. Fortunately, Five Point Motor Company has some steps you can take to ensure you get the most for your car when it’s time to sell.
Manual transmissions require far less maintenance than automatics. However, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t need a fluid check from time to time. Here’s what you should know about checking and adding fluid to your manual transmission, from Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC.
A huge part of what the hydraulic system in your transmission does is tell the mechanical components what to do and when to do it. Even if you don't understand how that works, our technicians at Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC have trained with the best to make sure they understand all the ins and outs of your system. We want you to understand what we're talking about when we talk to you about your vehicle so we'll break down some aspects of your hydraulic system.
Your transmission’s shift points are exactly what you think they are - the points at which your transmission shifts. From the transmission experts at Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC, here’s what you need to know about them.
For the first several decades of automotive history, transmissions weren’t reliant on electronics for operation. Today, that simply isn’t the case. At Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC, we have the knowledge and equipment necessary to take care of even the most complex transmissions, no matter what type of car, truck, or SUV you drive.
“Valve body” is one of those nebulous car terms you hear all the time, but nobody seems to really know what it is. At Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC, we know exactly what a valve body is, what it does, and are well equipped to address any issues your valve body may be experiencing.
At Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC, we aren’t just in the business of fixing or maintaining your transmission. We’re here to help you make customizations and improvements as well.
Automatic transmissions are, to many, a mysterious aspect of automotive mechanics. Torque converters, on the same hand, are a mystery shrouded within a mystery. Here’s a basic rundown of how torque converters work, and how to know if yours is failing, from Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC.
