Archive for August, 2009

The Specialty Equipment Market Association Show, SEMA for short, is only a couple of months away. It’s an annual Las Vegas event that’s typically made up of 10,000 booths managed…

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F-Series received significant styling changes for its third generation, including a wider cab and straight lines that replaced the rounded appearance of previous models. Ford introduced its Styleside box in…

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You’ll forgive my lack of activity these last couple of days; we’ve been scurrying to get the Threatmobile ready for this weekend’s 24 Hours of LeMons: The Buttonwillow Histrionics race….

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Greetings from 32,000 feet! (I love in-flight wi-fi.) I’m returning home from a most unusual product preview. Automakers sometimes reveal their future plans to journalists, but it’s usually off the…

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Once again, I spent most of this past weekend working on our LeMons racer. The car is coming along nicely, which is good, because we race next weekend! The brakes…

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Gary wrote this week with a question about his fan shroud, he wanted to know if he really needed it. The letter sparked visions of cartoon mechanics throwing extra parts…

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I like straightforward people. When you’re talking about things like auto repair, there’s seldom any reason to beat around the bush. This letter from Jeff, clearly a straightforward individual, is…

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As your car or truck ages, chances are you’ll get to the point at which you need to add a little oil between changes. You should be proud to have…

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This was an intriguing letter that recently popped up in the inbox:

Matthew, I noticed in one of your car repair Q&As, you mentioned to use Windex,
which under most circumstances contains…

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This letter came in recently and caught my attention. It was interesting not just because of the fact that a retired dealer mechanic was telling his story, but also because…

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