I recently serviced a vehicle for a man who has been my longest client with our relationship going back 30 years. I got to thinking about the car I serviced today, a 2011 VW Golf and the car he owned that I first serviced: a 1980 Plymouth Horizon. The Horizon, while it got from A  Read more »

Fearmongering is a sales technique used by some shops, and sadly, as it is so often associated with dishonest recommendations gives the auto service industry a bad reputation. We recently had a client who brought her vehicle to us for a second opinion about some brake work that she was told was absolutely, immediately required  Read more »

The cost of replacing a fuel pump on Domestic vehicles (GM, Ford & Chrysler) has risen dramatically over the years. While this seems like a bad thing there is good news also! There was a time, in the early years of domestic fuel injected vehicles, that most fuel pumps would be dead within a 100,000  Read more »

Complete CV Joint Failures Due to Breakage Are Extremely Rare However that is what we found recently when a 2004 Ford Freestar was towed to our shop. Upon removing the axle shaft, taking off the CV boot and investigating the failure – we found the cage, which holds the 6 balls in position had split  Read more »

Finally a Newly Designed Central Port Fuel Injection Unit is Available This replacement part is for GM trucks that use this fuel injection system. And there are many trucks: millions of them, built from 1992 to 2002. This system was fraught with problems almost from day one and it’s surprising that it took so long  Read more »

90% of our AirCare repairs produce these huge results. Some folks think that AirCare is a scam or at least a waste of time and I’m here to say that those thoughts could not be further from the truth. We fix several cars and trucks per month and from experience I can say that the  Read more »

Proper diagnosis is essential before repairs. It sounds simple and makes sense but it is amazing that some folks would rather avoid this critical step. The same holds true for many auto repair shops who would rather guess at what is wrong and waste your money on unneeded repairs. We recently serviced a 2000 Dodge  Read more »