Never, never, never, never buy a used car without a prepurchase inspection done by a mechanic, a shop or an inspection service that you trust. Don’t trust the car owner to tell you that it’s a good car. Don’t trust a car lot or dealership to tell you that they’ve had it inspected. Don’t trust  Read more »

“My car runs great” “It’s got more power” “My gas mileage has improved!” These are some of the comments that I receive on a regular basis while following up with our clients to see how their car has been working after we serviced it. These positive comments remind me of how valuable our service is  Read more »

Recently we repaired a Ford escort with a broken alternator mounting bracket. The bracket had broken due to an improperly installed alternator that had been replaced by the vehicle owner a month ago. Attempting to save money and doing it himself he ended up spending more money than if he had brought it to a  Read more »

CTV’s W5 program did a recent story  on poorly rebuilt written off vehicles sold into the Vancouver used car market. Through my years of servicing cars I’ve seen several used vehicles that were truly bad. One was particularly memorable and worthy of a news program in and of itself. Our story starts with a phone  Read more »