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  1. The Best of the Best - - - A Review of the Vision HiTech Convention

    By Gonzo,
    • 5 replies
    • 2k views

  2. What If Yogi Was A Mechanic - - Saying the wrong thing to a customer may not be as funny

    By Gonzo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views

  3. What Ya Know - Training methods have certianly changed

    By Gonzo,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views

  4. Judging By The Cover - - Customers are unpredictable

    By Gonzo,
    • 9 replies
    • 2.6k views

  5. Details - - Ask an absurd question, I might get the giggle snorts...

    By Gonzo,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views

  6. Self-Helpers - - - Home repairs by novices always lead to more problems

    By Gonzo,
    • 8 replies
    • 2.4k views

  7. An Average Day - We all have our comfort zones

    By Gonzo,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views

  8. Cheap Cigars - - - Cheap car parts, cheap cigars... not much difference

    By Gonzo,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.3k views

  9. Rude Or Incompetent - - Your choice or is it the customers opinion

    By Gonzo,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.9k views

  10. Drinkin' Drivin' and Grandpa --- Rude DUI customer

    By Gonzo,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.1k views

  11. Santa and the Economy - - A poem for the season

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views

  12. 12 Days of Christmas - Auto Shop Style

    By Gonzo,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.5k views

  13. The Magical Elf - Cars are our business, our Family is why we do

    By Gonzo,
    • 4 replies
    • 2k views

  14. Taking time to Reflect - - - bookstore customers are they the same ones at the repair shop?

    By Gonzo,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.9k views

  15. Miracle Elixirs - - - Gizmos, Gadgets, Widgets, they're everywhere...

    By Gonzo,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.2k views

  16. Real or Reality TV - - - So many shows, so many characters turning wrenches.

    By Gonzo,
    • 11 replies
    • 3.1k views

  17. Restoration for the Mechanic - - - - sometimes it's great to put down the laptop and pickup the wrenches.

    By Gonzo,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.1k views

  18. Directionally Challenged - - GPS, phone apps, maps... and you still get lost?

    By Gonzo,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.1k views

  19. Cheap, Good,Fast Those three little words....

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.6k views

  20. Back When - - - Which era do you fit into?

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views

  21. AutoShopOwner And The Future Of Our Industry

    By Joe Marconi,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views

  22. Parts, Prices, and People - - - All three have to be in sinc, or there's going to be trouble at the service counter.

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views

  23. Mechanic Culture Shock - - - Turning the wrench on the other side of the world

    By Gonzo,
    • 11 replies
    • 3k views

  24. Paradox - - "All shops are the same" NOT!

    By Gonzo,
    • 8 replies
    • 2.5k views

  25. Party Line - - - - People and programming... too much chatter means no communication

    By Gonzo,
    • 5 replies
    • 2k views
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  26. Square Peg Round Hole ----- Bad information means more work...

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views

  27. Nothing Beats A Full House - - - Ya gotta know when to hold them and when to fold them

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.3k views

  28. Battin' a Thousand - - - take a swing at diagnostics before changing parts

    By Gonzo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views

  29. Shop Swappers - - - Some people swap shops as often as some shops swap parts

    By Gonzo,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.3k views

  30. Sell the Job, Not Labor TIME and Parts

    By Joe Marconi,
    • 49 replies
    • 8.6k views

  31. The American Dream - - - The experience of going into owning your own shop.

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.3k views

  32. Wallet Flushing, Please Read!

    By Joe Marconi,
    • 8 replies
    • 3.7k views

  33. Rocky Mountain Oysters - - - Working on a cowboy's car with some balls.

    By Gonzo,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.7k views

  34. Language Mecánico - - - mechanics understand their own language, and some people use these words without knowing it.

    By Gonzo,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.5k views

  35. Diagnostics MD - - - A health insurance for the car? Degrees for mechanics?

    By Gonzo,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.9k views

  36. Owner's Manuals - - Who writes them? Who reads them?

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 2k views

  37. Hood Props and Latches - - - When the plunger on the pinball game doesn't work, you can't play. When the hood release doesn't work... well...

    By Gonzo,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.2k views

  38. Zombie Cars - - - They're out there, wandering around looking for brains

    By Gonzo,
    • 11 replies
    • 2.8k views

  39. This Job Stinks! - - - The aroma of rotten repairs.

    By Gonzo,
    • 13 replies
    • 2.9k views

  40. Letter from a Dentist

    By Gonzo,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.7k views

  41. Mr. I Don't Know - - - - Some people shouldn't be allowed to get behind a wheel.

    By Gonzo,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.2k views

  42. Mechanic's Eye - - - Everyone has a touch of it, mechanic's just use it more often.

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views

  43. Interrogations - - - It's like a Gestapo interrogation sometimes dealing with people at the front counter

    By Gonzo,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.2k views

  44. They Come In Threes - - - Good and Bad, it always seems to come in threes

    By Gonzo,
    • 4 replies
    • 2k views

  45. Semper Fi ------- Hero, Soldier, or just an American---you be the judge

    By Gonzo,
    • 8 replies
    • 2.8k views

  46. Smoke Signals - - - What the customer is telling you, may not be what they really are saying....

    By Gonzo,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.1k views

  47. No Pain, No Gain - - - - Pain, the body's "Check Engine Light"

    By Gonzo,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.5k views

  48. Never Enough Tools - - - - - Tools, tools, tools... Ya never have enough.

    By Gonzo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views

  49. Who's The Boss - - - Lack of communication between spouses can lead to a heated argument with the repair shop.

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views

  50. Questions, Answers, and Questions - - Some people answer their own questions...only to leave with no answers.

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views




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