Since 1971, when Hank Feldman founded Performance Plus Tires, he’s stocked and installed Nitto Tire, but what is Nitto Tire? Founded in 1949, Nitto Tire has never been a very big company, but niche companies have often proven that enthusiasm can lead to success. Nitto is part of the ninth-largest tire company in the world. By focusing on high-performance tires, Nitto has branded itself an enthusiast tire company, producing performance tires for cars and trucks around the world. Though Nitto T [...more]

Have you ever found yourself in the unfortunate situation of having one or two tires leaking and old?  When you go to the local tire store, the sales associates will always try and up-sell you on purchasing a whole set, but luckily, there's a way that you can save some money and only get two. As a disclaimer, if all of your tires are worn down and don't pass the “penny test” then you should replace them all.  That's when you hold a penny so that Mr. Lincoln is upside down and put it between the [...more]

Nothing puts a damper on your day like a flat tire. Without fail it always seems to happen as you are rushing out the door on the way to work or in an unfamiliar part of town running errands. Changing to a spare tire can take a lot of time and, unless you have a full size spare, there are limitations on how fast and far you can drive safely. Calling a tow truck can also be a very time consuming option with wait times being as much as several hours. Fortunately there is another option that is qui [...more]

How do we define what the best of something really is? Is the best beating out all of your competitors by a wide margin, or is the best being great at everything? If someone or something is the best then there really should be no distinction, being the best is about both surpassing the competition and being able to do it all or it would be in a perfect world. In reality sometimes identifying the best of something is more of an opinion like "who is the best baseball player of all time?" and at [...more]