Car show season!
I think it is safe for me to declare spring has arrived. Admittedly it has been tenuous as always. I kept looking up at Granite mountain...
Two new tires always in the rear
Many times a vehicle’s available safety features can be part of your buying decision. All vehicles now come with airbags for both the...
Engine Deposits
Do you remember the Italian tune up? That was when you took your car for a ride and drove it really hard. The saying “drive it like you...
One Fuel Pump, Two Fuel Pumps, Three Fuel Pumps. . . Four
The lowly fuel pump has proliferated in the modern day vehicle. Until the late two thousands most gasoline powered automobiles had only...
Politically Speaking
I am having a hard time with a topic this week. I am struggling with writer’s block but also frustrated with my local politicians’...
How does this come apart?
Sometimes the most difficult part of diagnosing a broken car is getting into the place where you need to perform testing. When diagnosing...
What's That Smell?
Sometimes the symptoms don’t fit the problem. Sometimes the symptoms don’t even make common sense. The last few winters brought us just...
Longer and Longer
I recently saw a statistic that interested me. The average vehicle ends up in heaven for cars (the wrecking yard) with an odometer...
Twenty First Century McGyver
Two weeks ago I alluded to the fact that modern day automobiles can be MacGyvered the same as your thirty or forty year old automobiles....
Your inner MacGyver
When it comes to using your MacGyver skills to get your broken down 21st century vehicle back on the road again a very different tool...
