When you want a small SUV to take you and your friends to a game in the city or your new family on a road trip, the 2021 Buick Encore can easily meet your needs with a smooth ride and spacious interior. This vehicle also enhances your ride with all kinds of advanced technology.

When you want a small SUV to take you and your friends to a game in the city or your new family on a road trip, the 2021 Buick Encore can easily meet your needs with a smooth ride and spacious interior. This vehicle also enhances your ride with all kinds of advanced technology.

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Your vehicle is an investment. And like all investments, you expect to receive your return on investment or ROI. Fortunately, there are several steps you can take to protect your Buick and extend the life of your vehicle. To help you do just that, the team at King O’Rourke Buick GMC have outlined a few of our top Buick maintenance tips.

Get to Know Your Vehicle

No matter the make or model, every vehicle is different. What may have been the case in your previous Buick may be entirely different in the one you have now. To best learn your vehicle, it’s important to familiarize yourself with your owner’s manual. The owner’s manual is the individual how-to guide for your vehicle. This comprehensive instruction booklet will walk you through everything and anything you would want to know about your vehicle. While we don’t expect you to read it from cover to cover, having a solid understanding of key areas can pay dividends in the end.

Ensure Your Tires Are Properly Inflated

Your tires are critical. In fact, your tires are the only part of your vehicle that actually touches the road. Because of this, it’s of the utmost importance to ensure your tires are properly inflated. Most Buicks will have a tire pressure sensor to let you know whenever your tire pressure is out of line. You can use a tire gauge to make sure the actual PSI is in line with the manufacturer’s suggested tire pressure. You can find this information on the doorjamb of the driver’s side door.
If your tire pressure is too low, it will cause your Buick to use more gas. On the other hand, when tire pressure is too high, you increase the likelihood of a blowout when driving down the road. And your tire pressure isn’t one of set-it-and-forget-it tasks. Changes in the temperature can impact your tire pressure. For example, when temperatures drop, you will most likely notice the tire pressure on your Buick drop as well.

Have Regularly Scheduled Maintenance

One of the most important steps you can take to protect your vehicle is to have oil changes and regularly scheduled maintenance. While an oil change is one of those key preventative maintenance services, it’s not the only service. In fact, there are an array of services, replacements, inspections, and tests that are performed on your vehicle each time it requires preventative maintenance. These maintenance services are set forth by the manufacturer and are performed based on a planned schedule. For example:
• At 7,500 miles, we will usually rotate tires, change engine oil and filter, and perform other minor services.
• At 15,000 miles, we will do the same as 7,500 miles.
• At 22,500 miles, we will perform everything from 7,500 miles and replace passenger compartment air filter.
• At 30,000 and 37,500 miles, we perform everything from 7,500 miles and perform inspections
• At 45,000 miles, we will change oil, replace compartment air filters, replace engine air cleaner, change transmission fluid, change transfer case fluid, change brake fluid, inspect evaporative control systems, and more.
While the oil change is the core service, each maintenance visit should include different services based on the manufacturer’s suggestion. In addition to these services, you may also need alignments, tire rotations, and other services. Make sure to have these services to ensure your Buick continues to deliver value and reliability at every turn.

Only Trust Certified Buick Facilities

When it comes to choosing service facilities for Buick maintenance, you have no shortage of options. In fact, there are seemingly auto service and repair facilities on just about every corner. However, not all service facilities are created equally. Most of the third-party service centers are designed to provide fast oil changes to all types of vehicles. While they have benefits, they do not specialize in Buick vehicles. At the same time, they typically use inferior, aftermarket parts and replacement components — instead of the parts that were designed exclusively for your vehicle.
At King O’Rourke Buick GMC, we specialize in maintaining and repairing Buick vehicles. As a specialized center, all of our methods, techniques, and practices are handed down directly from the manufacturer. This specialization allows us to quickly and efficiently identify and repair problems in a fraction of the time it can take third party facilities. While other facilities may use cheaper parts, King O’Rourke Buick GMC only use the best OEM parts, which are the exact parts the vehicle was manufactured with. To put it simply, the best way to maintain your Buick is to trust the experts at King O’Rourke Buick GMC for all of your maintenance and repair services.

Keep Your Vehicle Clean

Few things are more appealing than a sparkling clean vehicle. However, keeping your vehicle clean can help improve more than just aesthetics. Rain, pollen, tree sap, dirt, deceased bugs, mud, and even salt sprinkled on icy roads can affix itself to the surface of your vehicle. Although you may not notice these pollutants at the time, these elements include minerals that can cause significant damage to your paint job. If left unattended, these contaminants can eat into your clear coat and destroy your paint job. Because of this, it’s of the highest importance to regularly clean your vehicle to remove these potentially harmful contaminants. Washing your Buick is a quick and cost effective way to protect your vehicle and ensure it continues to look remarkable for several years to come.

Contact King O’Rourke Buick GMC

When it comes to keeping your Buick running as well as the day you drove it home, trust the experts at King O’Rourke Buick GMC. We specialize in all things Buick and will provide the services and solutions your vehicle needs to continue performing at the high level it was intended.

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The 2021 GMC Acadia is a mid-size SUV that carries up to seven members of your family on the highway or trail. It comes in the SLE, SLT, AT4, and Denali trims. If you want to know which of the following features go with which trim, contact us at King O’Rourke Buick GMC. We’ll be happy to answer your questions and take you on a test drive around Nassau and Suffolk Counties from our location in Smithtown, NY.

Capability

Pushing you forward in the 2021 GMC Acadia is one of three engine choices with a nine-speed automatic transmission.

• The 3.6-liter V6 generates 310 horsepower and 271 pound-feet of torque while towing up to 4,000 pounds.

• The 2.0L 4-cylinder produces 228 hp and 258 lb.-ft. of torque.

• The 2.5-liter 4-cylinder delivers 193 hp and 188 lb.-ft. of torque.

To increase fuel economy, all engines depend on Stop/Start technology, which shuts the engine off at stops and restarts it again when your foot leaves the brake pedal.

The Traction Select System lets you define your drive by choosing different modes.

• Front-Wheel Drive models have Normal, Sport, Snow, and Trailer/Tow (if equipped).

• All-Wheel Drive models get FWD, AWD, Sport, Off-Road, and Trailer/Two (if equipped).

Ensuring that all your journeys are smooth is Adaptive Ride Control, which relies on the Continuous Damping Control system to adjust the shock absorbers every two milliseconds.

When you have to deal with sloped roads and trails, you’ll appreciate Hill Start Assist, which can hold the brakes momentarily to give you time to move your foot from the brake to accelerator while preventing the SUV from rolling down the incline. Hill Descent Control controls anti-lock braking to make your descents more convenient.

Technology

With the Rear Camera Mirror, you can see what’s behind you on the rearview mirror. You can also look at what’s around you through High Definition Surround Vision, which displays a virtual top-down view that is merged from all the exterior cameras. Another useful view is Hitch Guidance, which zooms into your hitch, so that you can more easily maneuver your hitch to your trailer.

You’ll keep your focus straight ahead, when the 6-inch color Head-up Display projects information like speed, audio data, and safety alerts on the windshield in front of you.

You’ll get a handle on your communications, information, and entertainment on the 8-inch GMC Infotainment color touchscreen. With connections to your smartphone, you can make and receive phone calls and access selected apps. Amazon Alexa lets you control many functions via voice, such as playing your favorite tunes, getting directions, or controlling smart home devices. The built-in 4G LTE Wi-Fi Hotspot connects up to seven devices to the Internet. Your music never sounded better than on the eight speakers of the Bose Premium Audio System.

Safety

You can drive more confidently with the protection of GMC Pro Safety Plus. It shields you and your loved ones from harm through the following driver assists.

• Forward Collision Alert tells you if a front-end collision is imminent and also warns you if you’re following another vehicle too closely.

• Automatic Emergency Braking works at speeds below 50 MPH and can prevent your SUV from crashing into another car by enhancing your braking or providing an emergency stop.

• Front Pedestrian Braking works similarly when you’re about to hit a person.

• Lane Departure Warning with Lane Keep Assist alerts you if you drift across the road and gently nudges the steering wheel to bring you back in line.

• The Following Distance Indicator reveals the gap time in seconds between the next vehicle and yours, so you can judge if you’re following too closely.

• Intellibeam® headlamps automatically switch between high beams and low depending on approaching traffic.

• Rear Park Assist tells you how close you are getting to obstacles when you go into reverse.

Other driver assists include the following:

• Adaptive Cruise Control maintains a safe gap between you and the next vehicle by adjusting your speed.

• Lane Change Alert with Side Blind Zone Alert informs you of any vehicles in your blind zone when you change lanes.

• Rear Cross-Traffic Alert warns you of vehicles crossing your path as you back out of a parking spot.

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When drivers need the ultimate in a heavy-duty pickup truck they choose GMC Sierra 2500HD. This rugged pickup boasts some of the highest towing in its class, with massive cargo space and an option for diesel engine. However, it’s the GMC Sierra 2500HD’s safety features that got the attention of our King O’Rourke Buick GMC team. Here are two we really like. Squeezing Into Tight Spots Front and Rear Park Assist is GMC Sierra 2500HD’s ingenious way of helping you get into and out of tight spots. At speeds under 5 mph, GMC Sierra 2500HD detects obstructions ahead and behind you, alerting you to proximity. This gives you time to make necessary adjustments for smoother parking that doesn’t result in scrapes. Too Close for Driving Comfort Optimal following distances are crucial to preventing head-on collisions. GMC Sierra 2500HD’s Forward Collision Alert gives you a heads-up in the event of a potential front-end collision and calls your attention to a less-than-ideal following distance. See the above and other GMC Sierra 2500HD safety features in action. Swing by Smithtown, NY dealer today and relish a quick test drive.

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The Buick Envision is a popular small luxury SUV that features excellent handling, a spirited power, and responsive steering. It includes smooth-shifting automatic transmissions that spin the front wheels. The Essence and Preferred trims can be upgraded with all-wheel-drive. Find the Buick Envision with the performance features you desire at King O’Rourke Buick GMC in Smithtown, NY. The Envision includes a push to start button that will bring one of two engines to life: A 2.5-liter inline four-cylinder engine that delivers 197 hp and 192 lb-ft of torque or a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine that pumps out an impressive 252 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque. The optional adaptive cruise control system will automatically adapt your speed to maintain a proper distance with the vehicles in front of you. This minimizes the need for you to constantly decelerate and accelerate manually. The intelligent all-wheel-drive system features an active twin-clutch that automatically regulates torque to the individual wheels to maximize traction to prevent slips.

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Are you considering switching from a car to an SUV but not sure of its safety? If so, you may want to check out the new Buick Encore, a popular compact SUV. The Buick Encore offers you the comfort of a small vehicle with the capabilities and room of an SUV while still providing you plenty of safety features. Come to King O’Rourke Buick GMC and check out the Buick Encore for yourself.

The Buick Encore has so many safety features; it’s hard to know where to begin. Onstar® Safety and Security are available to you with features like Roadside Assistance and Automatic Crash Response. The Rear Vision Camera makes backing up and parking easier than you’d ever imagine.

We would love to invite you to come to our dealership in Smithtown to take the new Buick Encore out for a test drive. You’ll be amazed at everything this SUV has to offer.

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Whenever customers visit our King O’Rourke Buick GMC showroom expressing an interest in vehicles that combine style and the ultimate in safety features, our sales representatives always introduce them to the Buick Lacrosse. The 2019 Buick Lacrosse gets high marks from owners not only as a luxury sedan but also for its many safety technologies.

To help you avoid collisions due to blind spots, the 2019 Buick Lacrosse features a Lane Change Alert with Side Blind Zone Alert to help drivers avoid colliding with moving vehicles approaching the side blind zone during lane changes. In addition, a Rear Cross Traffic Alert system allows you to monitor left or right cross traffic when backing out of a space.

The 2019 Buick Lacrosse comes equipped with OnStar Safety and Security, including Emergency Services, Roadside Assistance, and Automatic Crash Response to get help to you quickly. We’re ready to assist you in taking a test drive today!

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The GMC Acadia is a popular midsize SUV with a bold design that combines power with functionality. The Acadia’s striking presence and distinct features are sure to turn some heads when you are driving through the streets of Smithtown, NY. The Acadia offers a bold front-end design and chrome accents that seamlessly flow across the SUV’s exterior. The precision-crafted details give the Acadia plenty of attitude. From a distinctive grille to an expressive hood and LED headlamps, the Acadia delivers on its powerful but stylish look. The Acadia also features power-adjustable, heated outside mirrors and LED turn signals. The available keyless open and start feature makes it easy to start or unlock the doors of your SUV. When you are walking away from the Acadia, it will automatically lock in just a few seconds after the last door is closed and locked. Test drive the popular GMC Acadia at King O’Rourke Buick GMC today.

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Thanks to the Buick Enclave’s solid design and reliable hardware, its one of the more efficient automobiles for daily trips around town. If you need a car that has a solid suspension system and a powerful engine, the Enclave is worth considering. The Enclave handles well around corners because it has a dense body structure. Although the metal alloys are strong, the Enclave is very light, agile, and quick. On a straight road, you’ll experience the Enclave’s efficient speed and horsepower immediately after your foot mashes the accelerator. There are two components that work together as the Enclave climbs to high speeds. All of its power is produced from a V6 engine, which interacts with a nine-speed automatic transmission system. Enclaves are fun to drive because they have an intelligent all-wheel drive system that enhances handling. If you want to test drive a Buick Enclave, you can easily set up a convenient session at King O’Rourke Buick GMC in Smithtown, NY.

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The 2020 GMC Yukon is a beast of a vehicle. This full-size SUV is the cream of the crop, especially when it comes to this particular subject. This SUV comes in three trims, and its horsepower range can extend up to 420. The interior of the Yukon is just as impressive as its exterior and here is why. Passengers of this vehicle will have access to three rows. The second and third rows possess split-fold capability. When the third row is folded down, cargo space extends to 39.3 cubic-feet. There’s a huge center console that can store items that are the size of a laptop. Bose audio and 4G LTE Wi-Fi takes care of your entertainment needs. The vehicle’s driver-information display is eight inches in size, and the comfort of premium leather seats provide top-notch pleasure. Test drive the GMC Yukon today, but you’ll need to stop by our location for more information.

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