If your waiting room stinks, so does waiting in it.

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.
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Parts on cars are interconnected—and their problems often are as well.
Decreased emissions and other benefits do come with increased valve maintenance costs.
Other than the obvious roles, there are other really, really good reasons you should have a welder in the shop.
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Props to second place, too.
The CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual can help mechanics both frustrate the enemy and think about being more effective in the shop.
How accurate is Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 to being a real mechanic? Let’s just say, not really, as any real mechanic can tell you.
It looks and sounds like a semi-precious stone, but it’s not. Fordite is a cool byproduct of the car manufacturing process.
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