A shop foreman who did it for a year gained some firsthand experience that might help you answer the question.

I really hope the whole week doesn’t go like this.
In spite of the not-so-savory name, this ancillary piece of daily life in the shop is a beloved tradition in the automotive industry.
We read the astrological signs and predicted your automotive future.
Auto care news and advice you can use.
Any auto repair shop worth its salt has at least one welding rig to handle all kinds of jobs.
Here’s an easy guerilla marketing trick to get your customer counts up by selling on your days off.
Everyone knows about sedans and pickups, but what about shooting brakes and pony cars? Here’s an incomplete guide to the rarer designs on the road.
Giving customers like me a heads-up about recommended maintenance will help us, and yourself.
A new bill in Pennsylvania would create an alert system that service centers would need to regularly check.
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Auto care news and advice you can use.
Let’s review some of the icons and oddballs we’ve featured here so far.
Some sources say you should never, ever plug a tire … despite the fact that trained professionals have been doing it for decades. We debate.
Turning absurdly specific jargon into a joke isn’t a new idea, but that didn’t stop us from turning it into an April Fools’ joke.
Latin is a language, as dead as it can be/It killed the ancient Romans, and now it’s killing me.
Pat Goss, arguably America’s most famous mechanic, has died.
Our favorite and most popular articles and videos from the first year of ShopPress.com.
How do you suss out problems on a car that’s come to you for service?
Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Vermont, even Arizona, and many other state and city government fleets have held naming contests for their winter service vehicles. But who has the best?