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Giving CV Joints the Boot! (CV Joint and Boot Replacement)
Ever wonder how your vehicle’s transmission is connected to your wheels? After all, when you hit a pothole or some other uneven part of a road’s surface, there has to be something that can...
Published on: Oct 13, 2024
If You Drive Like a Maniac (Aggressive Driving is Bad for a Vehicle)
When someone mentions driving like a maniac, they're not talking about you, surely? Besides the safety issues of aggressive driving, you should know that your vehicle will last a lot longer if you'll ...
Published on: Sep 22, 2024
How Much Does It Cost? (Variations in Vehicle Repair Costs)
Ever wonder why it costs so much more to fix a similar problem in two different vehicles? Let's say you now own an SUV and before that, you owned a car. Your SUV's air conditioning system needs ...
Published on: Sep 01, 2024
The Third Brake Light (Third Brake Light Service)
So you thought you only had two brake lights. Look again and you'll see one in the center at a higher level than the two on either side of the vehicle. They're sometimes in the inside of t...
Published on: Jun 09, 2024
DOG FOOD IN YOUR ENGINE (Keeping Rodents out of your Engine)
A technician was telling us the other day that he was servicing an engine and spotted something he'd never seen before: A collection of dry dog food siting on a horizontal metal ledge near the base of...
Published on: May 19, 2024
The Byte Stuff (Your Vehicle's Computers)
Nobody has to tell you that computers are a part of so many things in our lives. Smartphones, kitchen appliances, vacuum cleaners, televisions. You name it—it has a computer in it.&n...
Published on: Mar 31, 2024
The Daily Grind (Grinding Noise)
If your vehicle makes a grinding sound when you turn the steering wheel, it's speaking to you. No, really, it is. So listen to what it's saying and you could avoid a much more costly repai...
Published on: Mar 10, 2024
I Had No Idea! (Four Things You Didn't Know About Vehicles)
Bet you didn't know:
Some of the earliest rearview mirrors were marketed as "Cop Spotters" so drivers would know when police were following them. Who wants a ticket, anyway? According to eBay Motors,...
Published on: Mar 03, 2024