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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Prepping and Cleaning Your Car For Winter ~ Podcast Episode 108

Prepping and Cleaning Your Car For Winter

Today we are joined by an expert in the car care field. Mike from Meguiar’s joins us to talk about prepping and  keeping our cars clean for the winter. Most of us love having a clean car. Well in many places winter can be extremely harsh on our cars exterior. One of the great things […]

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Viewer Automotive Questions ~ Podcast Episode 107

Happy Monday everyone. Like all Monday shows, I will be taking your automotive questions. Remember if there are topics you want me to talk about on the show, sending in a question is the best way to get it. To get your question on a show like this, email me Charles(AT)HumbleMechanic(DOT)com, and put “Question for […]

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Air Tools VS Electric Tools ~ Podcast Episode 106

As many of you know, I LOVE tools. Thankfully I have a job that allows me to buy the tools I need, and the tools I want. Today we are going to look at whether air tools are better than electric tools. We are specifically talking about battery powered tools on today’s show. Of course when […]

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Top 5 Failures 1999-2005 MK4 Golf, Beetle and Jetta

Today we are back talking about more failed VW parts. We are going to look at the top 5 most common failures of MK4 Golf, Beetle and Jetta. I grouped the Golf, Beetle and Jetta together because they are on the same platform. Think of them as the same car, with a different body attached. […]

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Viewer Automotive Questions and BFI Recap ~ Podcast Episode 105

BFI Oktoberfest 2015

Happy Monday everyone. I have a very great show on deck for you guys. Not only will I be taking your automotive questions, but I have a recap of the Black Forest Industries Oktoberfest. I want to say that it was great meeting all of you at the show. You will see why I didn’t […]

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