My 2003 GMC envoy is indeed of new brake pads and rotors for the front end. So I called around several places and one car dealership at prices so high it was actually ridiculous – Liberty, Buick, GMC trucks here in Matthews North Carolina (right below Charlotte, NC). They wanted $114 each for the...
I have to tell you guys this – I bought the new (it must be new because I hadn’t seen it before) Mothers headlight restoration kit. I bought it because because it said it quickly and safely restores all plastic headlights to crystal new clarity. Well, guess what? It don’t work worth a damn....
I was looking to replace my VW jetta with a newer model and maybe something a little bigger. So I heard an ad on the radio about how great the service and prices were at Carolina Volkswagen so I went there (boy, do I wish I hadn’t). I was in for a nightmare of...
My old Honda Accord was getting up there with the mileage as it had just passed 150,000 miles and I was beginning to look into replacing it with a newer model. So, I decided to stop by the local Honda dealership on Independence Blvd. here in Charlotte NC. It turned out that this was...
I was watching TV late at night a few weeks ago and I saw this ad for this Fast Brite headlight lens restorer kit. It said it was the most amazing automotive invention of its kind and that it quickly restores clouded headlight lenses to new condition with a few wipes of a towel...
It was May of last year and it was getting hot – we had a heat spell that was just crazy and my GMC Envoys air conditioning stopped blowing cold air. Just two years prior I had a new air compressor installed in my truck. Now, it wasn’t blowing any cold air at all....
I recently bought the 3M brand headlight lens restoration kit off Amazon.com for about $16 including shipping and handling. The first thing that should have tipped me off that this might be a sketchy product or even a scam was the fact that it took over 3 weeks to get my order. I have...
I purchased a part for my Volvo S80 recently from PandDauto.com (the website for P&D Automotive in Pelham NC). It turned out I didn’t need the part so I called the very next day and asked that they credit back my credit card as they had the part and could easily sell it to...
I went out the other week to start looking at new cars – actually SUVs to be exact. I was interested in looking at a new Jeep grand Cherokee because my neighbor has one of the brand-new ones and they look really cool. My current vehicle isn’t that old, but it is getting up...
I have several kids and as you know with kids will always have smudges, fingerprints, spills, etc… everywhere and especially on glass. In my house it seems like the cleaning is almost never done – you start in one area and by the time you get back that area is already dirty again. So,...
I own a 1995 Mitsubishi eclipse and lately it’s been running a little sluggish and sounds like it’s been bogged down a little bit. So I took it to the O’Reilly auto parts located down on North Tryon Street here in Charlotte North Carolina. I want to the parts counter and asked the...
I noticed that the headlights on my Honda Accord started to turn yellow and cloudy. Initially I didn’t know why this was until a friend of mine explained in a that that was the sun that did that. he said the hot sun down here in Texas oxidizes plastic in headlights just like it...
You just have to laugh at this complaint that I am leaving here. I went to this car dealership – Hubler’s Ford in Shelbyville, IN on Dec 31, 2010. After we walked the whole lot and searched the inventory by computer (yes, we did it in that order which tells me the sales staff...
Last year I decided to go look at some new Ford Mustangs and was particularly interested in a new Mustang GT. I wasn’t sure I wanted a convertible or not as I had one before (a 2000 Ford Mustang GT convertible) but it had some issues with the top and I wasn’t sure if...
Recently my truck broke down on the bed area of town near I-85 and the Charlotte airport. I looked up tow truck and wrecker services here in Charlotte North Carolina on my Apple iPhone. Then I contacted Hunter Auto and Wrecker service to have them come tow my car for me. I didn’t believe...
I happened to be looking through an automotive related and saw a big ad for Urethane supply company (urethanesupply.com). In it they were advertising their bumper and cladding coat spray. This is the same bumper paint and restore thing that is manufactured by other companies and called Forever Black or Back to Black and...
You’ve seen the TV commercials where GEICO car insurance proclaims that they save customers that switch to them an average of $500. While I switched to them and didn’t get any savings whatsoever. As a matter of fact my car insurance actually went up a few hundred dollars. Isn’t that deceptive advertising? I don’t...
My vehicle of choice is a 2001 Honda Accord EX. I now have over 190,000 miles on the car and it still looks and drives like it’s brand-new. At some point time you’re have to replace or have the drivers seat recovered as the leather is completely shot in the drivers seat. But during...
Oh about a month ago, I saw a cool looking new Chevy Camaro parked at the hospital where I work. I really liked the new redesign of the classic car. So I decided to go down to the local Chevrolet car dealership, which happened to be Castriota at 1701 West Liberty Avenue here in...
If you’re like me and you want to drive a little fast every once in a while would not have to worry about state troopers, police and getting a speeding ticket then you definitely need to read the rest of this post here. I have used several radar detectors in the past but that...
