My name is Charles. I am a Volkswagen technician, and have been a mechanic, a grease monkey, and a car enthusiast for many years. I started this site mainly to connect with my customers in a way that I can’t in the shop. However, it’s my hope it can also serves as a community forum to share information, impart a little wisdom, and have a little fun. Let’s get started.

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Getting Paid on Flat Rate Episode 3

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Today on the Humble Mechanic automotive podcast, we are talking about Flat Rate. This is the system on which technicians get paid, and customers get charged. There are many in the industry that have strong opinions about Flat Rate. Today we look at several aspects of this system. Why Flat Rate is used How Flat […]

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Good Automotive Service Takes Time Episode 2

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Today on the new Automotive Podcast we are talking about good service, and the time it can take. There are a few different way we need to consider time and repairs: The technician taking the time to do a job right A customer allowing the time they are paying for The tech given the time to […]

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Talking Cars with Rusty from Bench Racing Garage Episode 1

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Hey everyone. I mentioned Sunday that I was starting a new video show with my good friend Rusty from Bench Racing Garage. In this series, we will be talking about all the great things we love about cars. In this episode, we talk a little about ourselves, our project cars, and cars in general. If […]

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Shop Shots Volume 77 Insider Pictures of Automotive Service

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Happy Wednesday everyone. I hope that your week is going awesome. Things in the Humble Mechanic are crazy right now. With the launch of 2 new video series, and a few other really fun things coming, we are full speed ahead. But enough about the crazy things happening, let’s do some Shop Shots! I always […]

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Humble Mechanic Video Show Episode 1~ Intro

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Hi everybody (Hi Dr. Nick) As I talked about yesterday, I started a new video series on the blog. Today I have for you the first Episode of the Humble Mechanic Video Podcast. Well, I may not call it that, but it works. Today I talk about the plans for the show. We discuss a […]

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