Starting a shop and managing it to the big leagues require very different skills. Odds are you don’t have both, and that’s okay.
Starting a shop and managing it to the big leagues require very different skills. Odds are you don’t have both, and that’s okay.
It’s the perfect tool for some jobs.
We read the astrological signs and predicted your automotive future.
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Coiled wire is a smart idea for adding service loops or mechanical strain relief on automotive electrical jobs or other projects.
Rust-resisting stainless steel cars are back. Will they have better success than their predecessors?
I was raised in times and places where it was considered a mark of pride to get the job done, no matter the risk to your own body. That, friends, is bunk.
In my salvage yard days, I learned a trick I still use today that’s the fastest method in the world, hands down.
Turning all jobs into team efforts promotes knowledge transfer to the less-experienced techs, who pay tuition in physical labor.
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Auto care news and advice you can use.
Are they C-clamps or G-clamps?
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.
Who puts a battery in a fender? Quite a few mechanics, that’s who.
Driving around with a bunch of snow on top of your vehicle is not only unsafe, but also illegal in many places
Learn to ID Miatas generation by generation like a pro (and from a pro!)
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