People love to play a game with me. They name a car and a mileage, and they want a straight yes or no. Would you buy it? No hedging, no "it depends," just the gut call from someone who's seen what...
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5 Smart Car Maintenance Tips Mechanics Don’t Have Time to Tell You
When you bring your car in for a repair, your mechanic fixes the problem and sends you on your way. What they rarely have time to do is share the small habits that would keep you from coming back so...
3 Cars That Are Absolute Money Pits (From a Mechanic Who’s Fixed Thousands)
I've had thousands of cars come through my garage over 22 years, and I can tell you the most expensive part of owning a car is rarely the price on the window sticker. It's everything that comes...
After 22 years and more than 4,000 vehicles, I've learned that the repairs that drain people's wallets almost always trace back to a small job nobody did. Not a dramatic failure. A $15 part or a...
4 Car Brands That Keep Mechanics Busy (And the 1 You Should Actually Buy)
People ask me all the time which car brands keep mechanics like me busiest. The honest answer? The ones that keep breaking. After 22 years and more than 4,000 vehicles, I can tell you exactly which...
On paper, modern SUVs look impressive. Big batteries. Powerful motors. Long advertised range numbers. Then winter hits. Or the highway. Or a headwind.And suddenly the range drops faster than...