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Gas or Brake?

I used to be obsessed with the gas pedal and now it is the brake pedal. Showing my age I guess. Sure, the hills in the Kootenays place a...

At the shop vehicles come in broken and generally go out fixed. It is the in between part that can go astray sometimes. The first part of...

The oil cap on your engine might read 5W-30, 5W-20, even 0W-20. If you choose a conventional or synthetic version of a name brand oil...

As I wrote in my last article Santa was not ‘great to me’ but as usual he was ‘good to me’. I did not get the magic computer that solves...

We are well into January and that special parcel I was hoping Santa would send my way has not arrived. Yes, many of you seem to think we...

As the hustle and bustle of the season draws to a close we now have a little more time to ponder the mysteries of life. What else can you...

Winter is here. I can attest to that. Long johns are now a part of my everyday wardrobe. I am here to tell you that your car knows it is...

Sometimes it takes a long time to fix a short. What is a short? I am about to give you the long and short of it. It is not uncommon for a...

Sometimes technology moves a little too fast for its own good. If you have bought a vehicle in the last few years and you bought a...

It happens all the time. Does it? When we take an appointment at the shop that is going to require a diagnosis of sorts one of our...