Copper in Brake Pads: Great Idea, Bad Tax
If you run a shop in either California or Washington, chances are you have been hearing a lot about copper in brake pads and friction materials. If you are on the other coast or in the middle, it may be news to you, but chances are you have seen or will see advertisements and even boxes that say they have low copper content or no copper content. While on the surface it may seem like it is about salmon losing their sense of smell and phytoplankton dying, it has deeper consequences for brake pad manufacturers, shops and technicians.
Hollywood Hot Rods to Build Raybestos Brakes Roadster Pickup
The Raybestos Roadster Pickup (RPU) will be given away to one lucky professional mechanic or do-it-yourselfer Raybestos customer as part of an upcoming summer 2010 sales promotion, and the build process will be chronicled in national television, magazines, and exclusive website content.
Mitch Schneider: Compound Fracture – Binding Broken Pieces Together to Make our Industry Stronger
I was in the car on the way home from work about an hour later than I should have been after a particularly difficult Monday. It wasn’t a difficult day, in and of itself, it was me and the difficulties were mine. I was tired, bone tired, and suffering from a bit of sleep deprivation, a problem I’ve more or less learned to live with over the years. The problem with that particular problem was that tonight I was going to be dealing with the “more” part of the “more or less” a lot more than I wanted to!
AMI Announces Applications for the $1,000 AVI Education Scholarship
The scholarship will be applied toward the recipients’ expenses to attend the 2010 Congress of Automotive Repair and Service (CARS) in Las Vegas.
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Four generations of McCrackens have worked at McCracken Automotive in West Roxbury, MA, since it opened and they take pride in the “individualized customer attention” that they provide to each customer that enters the shop.
Alignment and Suspension Specs: Ford Fusion 2006-2010
In 2006 when Ford introduced the Fusion, many could not help but to compare it to the third- and fourth-generation Taurus models. The previous generation had a reputation for broken springs and tire shredding bushing problems. The 2006-2010 Fusion is a different story.
Federated Adds Nexpart to its Suite of Installer eCommerce Tools
Federated Auto Parts and WHI Solutions will be working together to facilitate electronic commerce between Federated WD/jobbers and their installer customers.
It’s Cold Outside: Reduce Slip, Trip and Fall Accidents
It’s no secret that slip, trip and fall accidents increase substantially during the winter months – December through March. But there are things repair shops can do to reduce these falls and minimize their risk.
Tech Feature: Making $ (Money) with Mode $06
Mode $06 is one of the nine diagnostic modes that is part of the OBD II on-board diagnostics system on all 1996 and newer vehicles.
Test Drive Car Care Month Events with New Video
Loaded with footage of events in several states and candid testimonials from industry professionals, the video shows and describes specifically how car care events grow new business, increase traffic, improve employee moral and demonstrate community good will.