Coiled wire is a smart idea for adding service loops or mechanical strain relief on automotive electrical jobs or other projects.
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Automakers borrow the worst thing from modern video games: microtransactions
If you’re a video gamer, you’re likely aware of the concept of microtransactions. If you’re not, allow me to explain. Microtransactions are payments that gamers can make after they’ve started to play a game, to purchase purely cosmetic digital items (in its more...
PSA: Your customers are probably parking incorrectly
It’s hard to tell someone they do something as basic as parking their car incorrectly. But I’m a charismatic guy, and I like a challenge, so I do this with customers and have for a long time. Why? Because the commonly accepted way of parking a car is pretty dangerous....
Three tips from a lifelong parts professional to make sure you never get the wrong part
Every tech has wound up with the wrong part in hand, usually with a vehicle ripped apart and parts strewn everywhere. Obscenities are uttered, followed by some shouting across the shop to the service writer about how it’s costing time in the bay. Then again, maybe...
Pre-purchase inspections: The easiest way to put additional money in your till?
The used car market it topsy-turvy these days; I don’t need to tell you that. Between elevated used car values, incredibly strong demand, parts shortages, and a paucity of new vehicles, in a bid of what I can only assume is desperation to find a car, any car, I see...
What do techs recommend for a “car crate?”
Many drivers on the road have what I call “car crates” or “car boxes”: the milk crate or cardboard box you keep in your car for auto needs. As a rather non-mechanically inclined individual, I have one in my car, which is primarily made up of things I use fairly...