We love our engines
It was a Tuesday afternoon in late November—rain tapping on the shop roof like a nervous drumbeat—and a 2014 Ford F-150 rolled in with the driver clutching his ear like it was ringing from artillery fire. “Sounds like a diesel with a coffee can full of bolts under the hood,” he said. I popped the … Read more
Tuesday morning, 7:30 AM. A ’98 Civic rolls into my bay with the customer white-knuckled and frustrated. “It keeps dying at every stoplight,” she says, her voice cracking. The poor girl’s been nursing this thing for weeks, restarting it in traffic like she’s playing Russian roulette with rush hour. One quick scan, a $47 part … Read more
Last Saturday morning at 8:47 AM, a guy in his mid-thirties pulled up in a 2019 Accord Sport with the Maintenance Minder flashing 15% oil life. “The dealer wants $89 for an oil change,” he said, holding up his phone with the service quote. “I can do this myself, right?” I walked him through the … Read more