AutoRepair

Poor customer service is one of the primary reasons people tend to shun certain companies and even whole industries. 24/7 Wall St. identified the U.S. industries with the most complaints, as well as the troubles people have with them. If customer service is important to success, those we identified could be in trouble.

If you can assemble IKEA furniture, you have the skills to save yourself a lot of money on car maintenance. One strategy to maximize your savings on car parts is to visit your local junkyard. How much can you save? I talked with David Edison, president of Edison Automotive, a large yard in...

Do those of you who live in Honolulu, Hawaii feel like you're paying too much for car repairs? No surprise, according to a study by AutoMD.com, which found that Honolulu was the most expensive market for car repairs among the 50 large metropolitan areas it surveyed recently. Drivers in Oakland,...

It's the sound every college student dreads: RUH-TUNKTUNK TUNKTUNKTUNK TUNKTUNK TUNK... What is it? I actually have no idea, and neither do you. And trust me, neither do the "Car Talk" guys, either: How many centuries has it been since they were in college? Anyway there it is, clamoring...

My '99 Volkswagen Cabrio is like an expensive mistress -- desirable and easy on the eye but expensive to keep. I know my greedy dealer's mechanics rub their hands every time it comes into the shop -- they jokingly call it "Hitler's Revenge." Everything under the hood is run by a computer that...

California filed a $222 million lawsuit against the owner of 22 Midas Muffler shops after uncover agents discovered a "massive" scheme in which consumers were charged for unneeded repairs, California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced."These Midas shops were running a massive...

In the world of auto repair, most of us have been privileged to know someone who was able to fix our cars on their driveway. These shade tree mechanics would take on auto repair jobs as simple as changing motor oil, or as complex as replacing an entire engine. They often charged reasonable and...

Finding a good mechanic can be a particularly daunting task. I have been trying to find a new mechanic near me for quite a little while now. This task has been a little more difficult for me as my dad used to be a full time mechanic, handling all of my repairs. Now that he has switched jobs he...

My wife and I have an upcoming long weekend during which we are looking forward to relaxing and getting a massage. As always I was looking for ways to save money, which prompted me to check into our local massage therapy school. As part of the schooling process to become a licensed massage...