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Automotive service advisors act as a bridge between technically oriented mechanics and customers within an automotive service capacity. Acting as a liaison between these two parties, automotive service advisors need to be able to ‘translate’ the technical automotive repair jargon…

If you could have a garage filled with automobiles from any era, what era would you chose? The following cars make a great case for the 1980s to be your decade of choice. As Japanese cars began to gain a…

When you take good care of your tools, they will return the favour. Upon graduating from car mechanic school and making your way into a garage to put your hands-on training to work, your tools will be an important part…

Understanding Estimates: A Basic Guide for Automotive Service Advisor Students Preparing vehicle estimates is a big part of an auto service advisor’s job, and being able to break down the charges in terms that a customer can understand can be…

Blink and you’ll miss it. The new 2016 Ford Focus RS is as beautiful as it is quick, doing 0-100 in 4.6 seconds—stock. 350hp will do that. The new hot hatch is basically a rally car disguised as a city…

There is nothing quite like it; the feeling of shifting onto the highway as you grip the wheel and open up the throttle. The breeze of 40 km/h becomes increasingly violent as the speedometer climbs to 100 km/h and the…

Have you heard of the Internet of Things? Sometimes called IoT, this boundary-pushing technology takes the internet into the real world by creating connectivity between everyday objects. IoT users can hook up their refrigerators, cars, and alarm clocks (for example)…