Removing Salt and Grime From Your Car’s Upholstery After a long Utica winter, your car’s interior has likely seen better days. Every time you climbed into the driver’s seat this past season, you carried in a mixture of slush, mud, and aggressive road salt. It’s one of the ways you can tell that someone is…
We all know that March in Utica is a month of transition. Winter and spring get into a fist fight. Which means, one day we are shoveling lake-effect snow, and the next we are seeing the first hints of spring when snow is only seen in shady spots. For drivers using dedicated winter tires, this…
As we move into the heart of the winter season in Utica, your vehicle’s advanced safety systems are working overtime. Features like blind-spot monitoring, parking sensors, and backup cameras are essential for navigating tight city streets and crowded parking lots. However, these high-tech systems have a low-tech enemy: the mixture of salt, slush, and road…
How to Check for Alignment & Suspension Damage January in Utica brings the arrival of a frustrating annual tradition: pothole season. Between the heavy lake-effect snow and the constant cycle of freezing and thawing, local roads like Memorial Parkway and the North-South Arterial can develop deep, suspension-jarring craters overnight. While some of these pothole impacts…
The Winter Wake-Up Call: Is Your Car Battery Ready for the Cold? December is when we all dread the sound of a slow, grinding start—the tell-tale sign of a dying car battery. A dead battery is the single most common cause of winter breakdowns, and getting stranded in a busy downtown parking garage or on…
Build a Better Winter Emergency Kit It’s that time of year that we all need to be thinking about winter and winter driving in the Mohawk Valley. We all know that winter is always unpredictable. A sudden storm or a dead car battery can turn a simple commute into a long, cold wait on the…
Where Lunch Feels Like Family If you’ve ever grabbed lunch at Rosario’s Pizzeria East Utica on Welsh Bush Road, you already know: it’s not just about the food. Sure, the pizza’s unbeatable and the subs are built like they could win awards, but what keeps people coming back — us included — is the feeling. Walk…
Where It All Began Long before “Nimey’s New Generation Cars” became a name Utica knew, it was just two service bays and one man’s determination. In the early days, Rich Nimey spent his mornings fixing trucks for local fleet accounts like Bogner Greenhouses on Herkimer Road — then spent his evenings doing the same for…
In September, Nimey’s New Generation Cars of the Nimey Auto Group was honored to join the ribbon‑cutting ceremony for the brand‑new CTE (Career & Technical Education) Building at Proctor High School in Utica — and what a moment it was! Thanks to the visionary work of the Utica City School District’s administration, staff, and dedicated…
If you’ve been hoping for a real Upstate winter, you’re in luck. The Farmers’ Almanac is calling for cold and snowy conditions across New York, and Syracuse.com says a “healthy snow season” is headed our way. After a few unpredictable years, 2025-26 might finally bring back those deep snowbanks and perfect powder days we remember….
