Feature Articles

Carside Manner

Carside Manner

It happens. You are forced to deal with someone who can only be classified as a jerk. The following is a real store.

Carside Manner

Carside Manner

October’s column on female customers brought some interesting responses, opinions, and a suggested solution for dealing with older female customers.

Sixteen Minutes

Sixteen Minutes

Have you ever been to the doctor’s office, only to have him turn you over to the nurse for some tests before you even have a chance to discuss your problem with him?

K-Jet Control Pressure

K-Jet Control Pressure

Unlike past overview articles, we’ll limit each article in this series to a specific problem, subsystem, or procedure which can cause all those crazy no-starts, hiccups, stumbles, and blind staggers.

Hondamatic

Hondamatic

So many other vehicle designs have taken on that cookie cutter, me-too look. Not Honda.

Handyman’s Special

Handyman’s Special

After glowing description of the car’s many positive features, the ad will often close with the cautionary phrase “needs minor repair” or “Handyman’s Special?”

Tech Tips

Tech Tips

Mitsubishi Vacuum Load Sensor; Speedometer Cable Lubrication; Nissan Timing Belt Damage; BMW A/C Compressors; Isuzu Throttle Position Sensor; Custom Wire Loom Holders; Belated Apology And Thanks

Carside Manner

Carside Manner

Automakers, realizing that most of us receive the bulk of our driver’s education at a local amusement park, have begun using the wonders of high tech to make the operation of their cars as idiot proof as possible.

Tech Tips

Tech Tips

Intermittent Engine Miss; Owner Interrogation; Save The Environment; Two From One; Knock Sensors; EGR Passage Cleanout

The Missing Link

The Missing Link

These models was introduced with the usual new car fanfare, then manufactured for only a few short years before vanishing into automotive extinction.

Carside Manner

Carside Manner

My friend Greg owned an automotive machine shop for years, and now works as an automotive instructor teaching engine repair.

Altered States

Altered States

Those of you old enough to remember Mantle, Maris, and Mays, are old enough to remember tube style television sets.

Tech Tips

Tech Tips

Injector Flow Testing; Seal Installation Aid; Stumbling Stanza; Drum and Rotor Refinishing; BMW Radio Security Codes

Carside Manner

Carside Manner

A female customer entered a shop and approached the service counter. She and the owner of the shop had gone to high school together, and had remained close friends over the years.

Little Star

Little Star

Over the years, many of us have come to equate the Mercedes-Benz three pointed star emblem with large, heavy cars.

Tech Tips

Tech Tips

Volkswagen A/C Operation; Hall Effect Ignition Testing; Apprentice Training; Cooling System Leak Tester; Cylinder Leakage Test