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Squirrel Eating Your Car Wiring!

We had a car in the shop that was towed in due to overheating.  We discovered an animal had chewed up the wiring in the right front corner of the engine compartment, including the wiring to the auxiliary coolant pump.  In addition the wiring for the air bag, ABS brakes, fog light and mass air flow sensor were chewed, damaged and broken.  

School is out and your teenager or you need a safe and reliable late model car.In the case of your teen, you cringe at the thought of them riding in any old car their friends drive. So where do you start? Read on to find out more about choosing reliable and safe late model used cars.

A number of significant changes have been made to the emission testing program for 2015.

New vehicles (2011 and newer) previously were exempted from emission testing for 4 years and this has been extended to 7 years.  For example, a 2011 vehicle due for an emission test under the old program won't need an emission test until 2018.

The Denver metro area and front range was hit pretty hard this summer with hail. The hail was driven by strong winds causing even more damage than if it had fallen straight down.

Sitting here last week looking at 5 inches of snow and thinking about air conditioning seemed a little odd, but it Is May in Colorado and I guess we should expect anything.  Maybe this is the year I can water ski and snow ski on the same day...

Last month, on our auto repair shop blog, I wrote about how the development of driverless cars has spawned many crash avoidance systems that are now common in many mass produced cars on the road right now.  I also said it may be a long time before you can jump in the back seat of a car and have the vehicle take you somewhere.  Now I’m not so sure it will be such a long time.  Almost every week there is some new news about an auto manufacturer or Google or Apple getting closer to actually bringing a self driving car to market.

Recently a customer wrote, “Does your shop know if hail blankets protect your car in a hail storm?”  After all the hail we received in the Denver metro area this year I wasn’t surprised to get this question.  We specialize in auto hail damage repair.