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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4, 2021 -- Chemical Guys, the leading lifestyle brand for automotive detailing enthusiasts and professionals, continues to expand its global reach through a retail launch with Supercheap Auto, Australia's leading auto spares, parts and accessories retailer.
AMR set to highlight innovation in the automotive aftermarket with 952 exhibitors in Beijing Organisers of the Auto Maintenance and Repair Expo (AMR), which opens in Beijing 24 April 2021, are expecting 952 exhibitors at the New China International Exhibition Center (NCIEC). AMR has a 38-year history covering China’s automotive aftermarket, and is a one-stop platform for sourcing and brand promotion in the car maintenance and repair sector. Eight thousand global brands are expected to be represented across the 90,000sqm of show floor space during the four-day exhibition. The need for i...
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The Globe and Mail Lou Trottier Published April 17, 2021 Bookmark We had a beautiful 1990 Alfa Romeo Spider in for its spring service recently. It sported a set of tires that looked relatively new, but they were actually 12 years old, according to their manufacturer dates. So the question that day was: How do I advise this customer? Do we really have to throw out this set of perfectly good-looking tires? I’ve heard it over and over again. “A tire is garbage six years after its manufacturer date.” But is it true? Many times, a vehicle comes in with dated tires, yet they look decent....
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The Globe and Mail Lou Trottier Published April 3, 2021 Bookmark Now that manual transmission is quickly becoming a thing of the past, queries about the differing automatic transmission types have greater relevance. First up, the fully automatic transmission is what most of us are familiar with. For years, the only two choices on the dealership floor were a manual or an automatic transmission. Unlike a manual transmission, an automatic transmission employs a torque converter – a coupler that transfers rotating power from the engine to the transmission using fluid instead of a mechanica...
Tuning may improve your car’s performance - but should you even be considering it? Lou Trottier Published March 6, 2021 Bookmark What does it mean to give your engine a tune? Don’t confuse it with tune-up; it’s not the same thing. Tuning is a broad concept, but given the response to my recent turbocharger and supercharger explanation piece, I thought it would be beneficial to discuss how a tune relates to a turbocharger, as this is also a common query. I’ll use my own personal car, a 2018 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen featuring a 1.8TSI turbocharged engine, as an example. In stock c...