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Help Us Help You! (4/18/23)

Help Us Help You. We work on a lot of cars – driven cars, pampered cars, hanger queens, projects, dreams on four wheels, and some memory wagons.… all of them arrive at our door step with a story. Many are actually driven in… many are not so lucky and get a...

Land Locked By TxDot (3/28/23)

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We need your help, and ‘Yes!!’ we are still open. As all of our regular customers are aware, Motorcars has spent the past 8 years engaged in one disagreement after another with TxDot. The discussions concern the “TxDot construction project” and any sense...

What is the difference between “Normal Service” and “Severe Service” ? It matters. (11/2/22)

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Background – Vehicle manufacturers produce new cars. Most offer “free warranty service” for oil changes during the warranty period. Most define service intervals in the 10,000 to 15,000 mile range… ie – bring your car in every 10,000 or 15,000 miles and...

It Is Always Something (10/18/22)

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Expectations and Costs New cars The new cars that we work on – Jaguar, Land Rover and MINI – live in a world of scrambled plastic water hoses and tiny wires with secretive computer components, accesses and programs. Classics The classics that we work on –...

Alcohol!!! No, I said, “Gasoline !!! (4/12/22)

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Caught… America is caught between burning oil in the form of real gasoline and burning a mixture of 15% alcohol derived from corn and 85% gasoline in the form of an ethanol laced liquid…. “No one” tells you that the ethanol is corrosive, deteriorates quickly,...

Help Wanted! (3/30/22)

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Unbelievable. In reading the press, one does not have to go too deep to realize that there is a “labor shortage.” The evidence provided is the astonishing “ad hoc minimum wage” offered at the big box stores, the fast food restaurants and distribution companies for...