Register Your National Car Care Month Vehicle Check-Up Event on www.carcare.org
The Car Care Council announces that organizations can register their 2007 National Car Care Month vehicle check events on the Council’s website. Each year National Car Care Month vehicle check events are conducted nationwide by independent repair shops and auto parts stores as well as vocational schools.
Shure’s Technician Sink Station Helps Keep Shops Clean
Shure’s Technician Sink Station is designed to match Shure workbenches and maximize organization and efficiency in today’s competitive and high-tech service repair environment. Stationary and wall-mounted units are available in multiple configurations.
Rotary Offers Tips for Selecting the Right Lifts
A vehicle lift is the centerpiece of most service and repair bays. As an integral part of vehicle maintenance and repair tasks, it is used more times every day than just about any other piece of shop equipment. There is a general perception that all lifts are pretty much the same, differentiated only by price.
Lifts: Laws of the Universe
have in common? Each of these items is subject to the law of gravity. The law states all items are attracted to the earth with a force that is exactly equal to their specific weight. Why, you ask, do I care about this? Well, let me give you another little statement that will start to
AMI Receives $10,000 Commitment from Ohio Shop Owners
Dan and Ron Nagy, AAM, of Nagy’s Collision Centers, located in Doylestown, OH, and Wooster, OH, have committed $10,000 to the Automotive Management Institute’s (AMI’s) resource development effort EXCEL.
Rotary Offers Tips for Selecting the Right Lifts
A vehicle lift is the centerpiece of most service and repair bays. There is a general perception that all lifts are pretty much the same, differentiated only by price. This can be a dangerous mindset.
Publisher’s Perspectives: The Owner’s Manual for the Older Vehicle
A new tool for shops The Car Care Council is at it again trying to make the relationship between repair shops and motorists a little better. Some of you may be asking, “what is the Car Care Council?” For those who do not know, it’s a national non-profit organization established to educate consumers about the
News Update: AMI Announces 2006 Tom B. Babcox Memorial Scholarship Recipient
The Automotive Management Institute (AMI), in conjunction with Babcox Publications, recently announced Steve Sallinger, owner and president, Ole Metairie Car Care, Inc., Metairie, LA, as the recipient of the “Tom B. Babcox Memorial Scholarship.” The scholarship recognizes a management-oriented member of the Automotive Service Association (ASA) Mechanical Division. The recipient receives $1,000 to be applied
Perspectives: The Owner’s Manual for the Older Vehicle
A new tool for shops The Car Care Council is at it again trying to make the relationship between repair shops and motorists a little better. Some of you may be asking, “what is the Car Care Council?” For those who do not know, it’s a national non-profit organization established to educate consumers about the
2006 Underhood Service Repair Market Industry Profile
Welcome to the 2006 Underhood Service Repair Market Industry Profile, our in-depth report of the independent automotive repair market. This profile highlights many of the elements of doing business in today’s repair shops. The information presented is a good indicator to make short-term predictions about these shops. It’s also a fair yardstick to see how