Dan Tole, Author at Tom's Foreign Auto Parts - Quality Used Auto Parts

Know When It’s Time to Replace Your Tires

January 24, 2012June 8, 2023 Dan Tole

The quality of your tires is very important. As tires begin to age the tread on them wears down meaning that they are less effective and a lot less safe. Tires aren’t meant to last forever. Once the tread starts to wear on the tire it loses performance ability and tire failure can lead to serious accidents and even death. Don’t ignore the warning signs and take the time to check your tires on a regular basis. Here are a few ways to know that it’s time to replace your tires:
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This weeks new inventory round up 1-6-12

January 6, 2012June 8, 2023 Dan Tole

The first week of 2012 comes to a close. We’re all back to work and still recovering from the long holiday weekends. Before we head out for the weekend we’re giving you a quick round up of our newest parts vehicles. You’ll notice this list is a little short due to the holiday madness but next week we’ll be catching up and inventorying a lot of new stuff.
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Keep These Emergency Items in Your Car at All Times

December 29, 2011June 8, 2023 Dan Tole

As they say, it’s better to be safe than sorry. Anything can happen when you hit the road, including break downs and accidents. It’s important to always be prepared and have the following essential emergency items in the car at all times:
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Tips for Transporting a Christmas Tree

December 19, 2011June 8, 2023 Dan Tole

Of course everybody likes the look of their Christmas tree once they get it set up and put the lights and ornaments on it. Unfortunately it takes a lot of time and effort to get it looking that way! Perhaps the hardest part of the whole ordeal is getting the Christmas tree back home from the farm or stand. Here are 4 tips to follow to make the process as smooth as possible:
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This weeks biggest car news – Ferrari Crash

December 11, 2011June 8, 2023 Dan Tole

If you haven’t heard about this already, this weeks biggest news in the auto industry was this massive accident in Japan that totaled 14 vehicles. This was a convoy of exotic car drivers that decided to go out for a group drive. This included 8 Ferrari’s, 3 Mercedes, a Lamborghini, a skyline and some how a Prius that we assume was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Meet our Staff – John Marques

December 9, 2011June 8, 2023 Dan Tole

Meet John Marques…

John currently lives in Naugatuck CT and works full time at Tom’s Foreign as our Sales Manager. John graduated Kaynor Technical High School in 1995 after taking 4 years of automotive classes. After school, he took up a job at well respected European garage where he worked for over 11 years. At the shop John became very familiar with high end European cars of all kinds.
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Tom’s Foreign At Your Service newsletter makes a come back

December 8, 2011June 8, 2023 Dan Tole

If you’ve been buying parts from us for a while you may remember that we use to send out monthly newsletters in the mail. The Tom’s At Your Service newsletters had a decent run in the late 90’s and did a good job at getting our customers to interact with us. Starting this month we’ll be bringing our newsletter tradition back again with an updated version of our in print newsletter. This newsletter will go out to all our commercial customers through out new england. It’s got industry news and trends, out most recent inventory, a spot light on our employees and even a monthly quiz to win a free dinner of your choice!
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Obutto oZone Gaming Cockpit Review

November 29, 2011June 8, 2023 Dan Tole

Last year I decided to pick up an Obutto Racing seat and got some time to write up a review on it and give some of my thoughts on the hole experience of buying and owning one. I’ve been playing racing games for years but have only been using a wheel for about a year now. Prior to the Obutto, I had my G27 mounted to a pretty standard computer desk.
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Author: Dan Tole