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Are we regressing? I’m kind of shocked that this is a point of debate in our industry. For years nearly every shop has automatically replaced the rubber valve stems when replacing a tire. The reason is simple: a bad valve stem can cause the tire to go flat, and a customer isn’t going to differentiate …
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How to decide what to do when your car overheats Overheating is really bad news and can quickly cause serious and costly damage to your motor. When is it safe to let the car cool down and drive to the shop and when should you call a tow truck? What you decide can mean the …
Some of the least common services and repairs cost the most to equip for Tooling up to be able to offer all of the same services as a dealership is expensive. Most auto repair shops are content to provide around 90% of the services and refer the car back to the dealership when it needs …
This falls under the “really old news category”, but I’m writing it for a reason. I just had a customer call in to schedule a 5K service because her maint req light was on. When I checked her file, we had just done a service about 2,000 miles ago. Oops! I know, it’s lame. Anyway, …
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I told you so! Anyone who has asked me which low-cost used cars are good will recognize this list. While I don’t agree with everything Consumer Reports about everything, in fact I think they’ve made a couple small errors in this selection, I do think they got it right overall. There may be a bit …
You may be familiar with the “wayback machine”. If not, you should be! It’s an archive of the internet. Yep, the whole thing. For how long? You guessed it — way back. Anyway, as I was updating our website and and proudly showing off my work, one of my co-workers said, “I dunno. Looks OK …
Concerned about the increase in stolen catalytic converter and what to do about theft deterrence? Read more about what is going on, and how to schedule with Art’s Automotive to reduce your risk of becoming victim of catalytic converter theft.