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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Podcast Episode 12, What To Do When The Shop Is Slow

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Happy Monday everyone. I am finally getting back to the real world this week. As almost all of you know, I was traveling a ton at the end of October. Between a trip to Virgina for an ASE workshop and my trip to Austin for USGP I was toast. But now that I have a […]

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Recap of US Grand Prix with Shell

Shell at the USA F1 Grand Prix

WOW, what an amazing weekend of fuels and racing. For the second time this year, the folks at Shell have asked me to come out to learn more about fuel and oil technologies. It didn’t really take much for me to say yes! While I dig through all the pictures and videos of the weekend, […]

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Podcast Episode 11 How A.S.E Tests are Made

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Have you ever wondered how ASE tests are written? On today’s automotive podcast, are looking at how A.S.E tests are born. For those of you that may not know, ASE is the industry standard in testing automotive techs, as well as many other parts of the auto industry. As you know, I spent several days […]

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Prepping Your Car For A Road Trip, Episode 10

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Happy Monday everyone. I am still in catchup mode from last week’s travels. The awesome part about a 5 hour drive is, it gave me plenty of time to shoot some videos for you guys. The funny part is, I forgot my notes. This is an on the fly, no notes, just me talking show. […]

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Advice For New Drivers, Beyond Drivers Ed

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Happy Friday everyone. I have something very different and awesome for you today. As you know, my good pal Rusty and I have been doing a show together for the last few weeks. It is basically us chatting about many things in the car world. I am still playing around with some of the scheduling […]

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