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The Specialty Equipment Market Association is actively opposing an effort by some Congressional lawmakers to include a nationwide "Cash for Clunkers" program in the economic stimulus package currently being considered in Washington.

Sparking your knowledge of electricity can help you solve basic problems in the bay.

Shops generally get involved in three types of vehicle inspections: emissions (I/M) inspections, state-mandated safety inspections and customer requested inspections. All three types of inspections share some common elements, and all three shou…

This van is kicking me around, Donnie told me. I had been out of the field for a few years, having traded my toolbox for a grade book, an office and classroom, laser pointer and a lab full of automotive students. My old friend and fellow drivab…

I’ve met and worked with a lot of technicians over the years, the majority of whom were honest, intelligent individuals. A few could be considered "Top Guns," able to handle nearly any diagnostic situation handed to them. What separated…

We don’t think of lead as the environmental threat that it once was, but the use of lead wheel weights is detrimental to society’s water supply.

The 3,000-mile oil and filter change; it’s as much a part of the American car culture as hot rods, car hops and white wall tires. Most of us can count this maintenance as our first automotive service experience. Whether we performed it ourselve…