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Ew, gross: are there cars you won’t service?
Every mechanic has a story about a vehicle that was too nasty to work on. What’s your limit?
How long should a car last?
Do rising car prices portend rising service life?
Can we please update the Check Engine light?
Like corded phones, floppy disks and TVs with antennas, the Check Engine icon doesn’t make sense anymore. Let’s change it.
SHOP STUFF
Auto care news and advice you can use.
Diagnostics case study: don’t overcomplicate things
One basic vehicle checkover has several lessons to teach.
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SHOP STUFF
Auto care news and advice you can use.
Top 5 mechanical oddities on RHD vehicles, and how to deal with them if one rolls into your shop
Working on a right-hand drive vehicle requires deviating slightly from a mechanic’s routine.
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VIDEOS
Take it from a moron like me: giving customers advance notice of preventive maintenance works!
Giving customers like me a heads-up about recommended maintenance will help us, and yourself.
Should a repair shop be liable for fixing a vehicle involved in a hit and run?
A new bill in Pennsylvania would create an alert system that service centers would need to regularly check.
Serviceability Hall Of Shame: CDJR batteries
Who puts a battery in a fender? Quite a few mechanics, that’s who.