Being Coolant Savvy: Avoid Mistakes, Get It Right the First Time
from AutoInc.
 It used to be simple: For a long time, antifreeze was antifreeze. It was all the same color, all smelled the same, and as far as we knew, it all worked the same way. Some of us knew that big trucks use something different (almost everything in the heavy-duty world is different), but antifreeze in cars was just something we checked every fall and changed every two years.
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Recession Has Fueled Increase in Auto Repair Business
from The Columbus Dispatch
Nearly all of the things that have been bad for new-car sales have been good for the people who help keep old cars on the road. Auto-repair businesses, including body shops and glass repair, have avoided the brunt of the recession. The benefits extend to everyone from the shiny service departments at dealerships to corner repair shops.
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GM Pulls Logo Off Models, Focuses on Brands
from The Associated Press via The Detroit Free Press
General Motors Co. will begin removing its "Mark of Excellence" logo from vehicles as the company places greater emphasis on its individual brands. GM spokesman Terry Rhadigan said the company would phase out the placement of the GM logo on its cars and trucks, leaving just the GMC, Chevrolet, Cadillac or Buick logos on the vehicles.
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ASA Is Giving You The Chance To Win A $250 Gift Card!
All You Have To Do Is Take It...
The "How's Your Business?" Survey, That Is.
Complete ASA's annual business survey and you can be entered to win a $250 VISA Gift Card. It’s that simple. If you've completed the survey before, you will notice the questionnaire has been condensed because we know your time is precious.
So, take the HYB survey by Sept. 27 and be entered into a drawing for a $250 Visa Gift Card! It doesn’t get much easier than that.
ASA Mechanical Members: Click here to begin the survey.
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Don’t know your membership number? Contact the Membership Department at (800) 272-7467, ext. 295, for your number and to update your contact information.
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Grand Total: 690,000 Clunkers Clunked
from CNN
With the final numbers now in, the Department of Transportation said that nearly 700,000 old cars had been traded in for new ones under the Cash for Clunkers program. "This is one of the best economic news stories we've seen and I'm proud we were able to give consumers a helping hand," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.
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Related story: Cash for Clunkers Need Not Come to An End (Businessweek)
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Product Showcase:
URG Offers Quality Recycled Parts Search Engine
 United Recyclers offers body shops and mechanical repair shops the ability to search used parts for cars and trucks. Each URG member provides quality assurance to the product. The result is a nationwide label that delivers consistently high quality parts and maximizes consumers, collision center, and estimator confidence. More info
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Weak Bumpers on Midsize Sedans Mean Bigger Repair Bills, IIHS Says
from ABRN
Bumpers on 2009 models of the Honda Accord, Hyundai Sonata, Mazda 6, and Nissan Maxima performed better than their 2007 predecessors in low-speed crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Bumpers on the 2009 Chevrolet Malibu and 2010 Ford Fusion did worse than earlier models. None of the six popular midsize sedans earns the top rating of good in a recent series of tests designed to assess and compare how well bumpers resist damage in everyday fender-benders.
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CARS 2009 Exhibitor Theaters Provide Attendees with Free Education During Expo
from ASRW
CARS 2009 attendees walking and shopping through the exhibits will benefit from free education presented by three industry-leaders during two full days of scheduled Exhibitor Theaters. To-date, Gates Corporation, Certified Transmission and CustomerLink are the confirmed exhibiting companies sponsoring the CARS 2009 Exhibitor Theaters on Thursday, November 5 and Friday, November 6.
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Female Auto Mechanic Breaks Stereotypes
from The Arizona Republic
If it weren't for her hands, Sarah Lateiner would have a difficult time making some people believe what she does for a living. For years, the auto mechanic and owner of 180 Degrees Automotive in Phoenix has been extending her arms and fanning her fingers in front of skeptics.
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Auto Shops Take a Shine to Low-VOC Paint
from The Olympian
Tumwater Collision has joined a small, but growing, number of auto collision repair shops in the state that have switched to waterborne paints to reduce air pollution escaping from their shop. The change to a water formulated base coat was voluntary, not required by a state or federal law. But many inside and outside the industry think it’s only a matter of time before auto body industry will be required to use paints with far fewer air toxics such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), solvents and heavy metals.
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Toyota to Spend $172 Million to Raise U.S. Engine Output
from Reuters
Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) is investing $172 million to increase North American production of small four-cylinder engines, at a time when the U.S. market shows signs of recovering from its worst downturn in decades. Toyota said that it would spend $147 million at its Huntsville, Alabama, engine plant to more than double annual capacity there to 577,000 engines.
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Missouri Hummer Dealership Fights Declining Sales with Guns
from St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Like many of his competitors, Hummer dealer Jim Lynch is fighting for survival. Unlike the rest of them, Lynch reached for a gun. Lots of them, actually. Faced with declining sales and an uncertain future, his Chesterfield, Mo., dealership has expanded in a direction that's drawing national attention. It's what happens when you replace some of those pricey Hummers with dozens of Glocks, Sig Sauers, Colts, Berettas and Brownings. More
GM Might Keep Opel After All
from Forbes
Forget Magna or RHJ International. It seems General Motors is seriously considering keeping Opel, its European operations for 80 years. GM, which came out of bankruptcy protection last July, has been trying to sell Opel for months now as trading conditions worsen. But the sale has become extremely politicized in Germany since Opel employs 25,000 in the country. More
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