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…
Archive for August, 2009
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…