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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Saying Goodbye to My 2005 VW Passat

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Building an affordable tool kit for your car VIDEO

Hey guys! I wanted to my hand at shooting a video today. I shot this to show you guys the tool kit that I built for my wifes truck.  I spent just under $100 for everything that I got. ENJOY! After watching the video, I realized I forgot to mension fuses. I couldn’t find any […]

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Pay me now, or pay me later? Is it better to fix it all at once, or break up repairs

How honest mechanics get paid

As a mechanic, teamed up with a service advisor, it is part of my job to help customers make some tough choices. Something that come up a lot is deciding to fix all of a cars issues, or break the repairs up over time. From a very selfish place, I would say always fix it […]

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Glad to have a customer back!

Happy monday everyone! I had a post all written for day, but instead I wanted to tell you guys a cool story about a great customer of mine. I will call her Ann. This morning I got paged up to the service drive. I walked around the corner, and much to my surprise there was […]

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Starting With the Basics and What Happens to Mechanics that Don’t

A post came into the blog yesterday about brake fluid. If you have been following along with my posts, you know I have done some about brakes, and brake fluid. This comment came in response to my “5 things everyone can check post” Good article, please advise folks not to top off their brake fluid. […]

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Recap of Service Express, the oil change was not perfect, but a great teachable moment

Its only a tab for a valve, but it will get fixed

Yesterday my serivce manager asked me for some help. He said that the Service Express guys needed some practice, and wanted to know if they could use my Passat. I was not really due for an oil change, but my car is a tricky oil change to do the right way. Oh, just so everyone […]

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