Posted on 6/26/2026
When the weather forecast predicts a summer afternoon temperature of close to 100 degrees, most people think about heading to the local pool or turning up the home air conditioning. But down at Davenport Motor Company, our team of mechanics starts thinking about the highway asphalt. While the summer sun feels plenty hot to your skin, the black asphalt on the road absorbs that solar radiation all day long, easily pushing pavement temperatures up into the triple digits. It is not uncommon for highway asphalt to reach a blistering one hundred and forty degrees on a standard July afternoon. Driving on roads that hot is the ultimate trial by fire for your vehicle. While your engine cooling system is working overtime under the hood, your tires are fighting a quiet, desperate battle against the pavement. Extreme summer heat acts like a massive magnifying glass on your ... read more