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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Shop Shots Volume 35 Insider Pictures of Automotive Service

2003 VW passat Water leak

It’s Wednesday and you all know what that means, Shop Shots! These are the pictures that will you not see anywhere else. Maybe that is a good thing(HAHA). Who else will show you all the crazy things that happen to people’s cars? Okay, let’s do this. Last week I posted a picture of a VR6 […]

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Black Forest Industries Oktoberfest 2012

black forest industries Oktoberfest

Happy Monday everyone! I want to use today to give you all a recap of the Volkswagen show that I went to this weekend. On Saturday a local tuning shop Black Forest Industries held their second Oktoberfest. Surprisingly it is a German car show, with some German food, and local NC Beer. I was able […]

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A Quick Email List Update

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Hey everyone! I am currently upgrading the service that I use to manage the email list. So I want to keep you all updated. What does this mean for you? Well with any luck, a cleaner looking email update. Something a little more professional. What you need to do. At this point you don’t need […]

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Shop Shots Volume 34 Insider Pictures of Automotive Service

Driving Bart Simpson

Hey everyone. I hope that you are all having a great week so far. I am back in the shop today. Last weekend was my long weekend off. Ah the beauty of a 4 day work week. Okay, let’s get these pictures rolling. One more thing, I emailed the winner of the tray again. If […]

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The Future Of Automotive Tuning

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Years ago tuning a car was simple. More air into the engine meant you could add more fuel. The more air and more fuel, the faster the car would go. Simple right? Doing things like Adding different air intakes Changing exhausts modifying internal engine parts (like cam shafts) Adding forced induction in the form of […]

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