Discount Tire, the nation's largest independent tire retailer and a AAA Show Your Card and Save^® partner, is offering a free tire inspection service to all motorists who come into any Discount Tire store statewide during "National Tire Safety Week," June 8-13.

Joshua Gillenkirk, 17, and Joshua Matiash, 17, students at Monroe High School, took first place in the Michigan state final of the 16th annual Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition, held yesterday at the Macomb Community College Expo Center in Warren.

AAA has released its top-10 picks for technology available on 2009 and 2010 models.

AAA’s 2009 edition of “Your Driving Costs” shows the average cost of owning and operating a new car in the U.S. has remained relatively unchanged despite lower fuel costs.