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Green Tire options!
(Cars/Hybrids)
... ac
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eration habits, and accessory usage all contribute to your actual MPG rating. ...
Wednesday, 06 January 2010
2.
our Hybrid Take
(Cars/Hybrids)
... an ’87, one a ’91) that get in excess of 40 mpg. This shows that you can get ex
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lent fuel economy by buying a smaller vehicle with an efficient engine, without spending the extra money to buy and maintain ...
Monday, 17 November 2008
3.
Leaky water pump causes low power on a 1995 Toyota corolla
(Cars/Japanese non-Hybrid)
This is a story about a Corolla that would not rev over 3500 RPM. Once it hit 3500, it would cut out rhythmically -- guh, guh, guh, guh it would say as the throttle was held to the floor. Sort of like ...
Saturday, 27 September 2008
4.
Useful Links
(FAQs/General FAQ)
... question answered. Voluntary vehicle retirement program Here is information on getting paid to junk your clunker. The National Institute for Automotive Service Ex
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lence The NIASE, more commonly known ...
Thursday, 11 September 2008
5.
You've got Questions, we've got Answers!
(FAQs/General FAQ)
... A: We are very very busy receiving cars from customers at that time. If you are calling to can
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, that's fine; we appreciate the heads up, but it's easier to drop us an email letting us know. If it's ...
Monday, 08 September 2008
6.
Art's Parts Room
(About Arts/Behind the Scenes)
... OE for Toyota and an option for Honda. The other OE plug for Japanese cars is NGK. Both are ex
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lent. We can't afford to stock both, so we flipped a coin and went with Denso. We also stock some fuel injection ...
Thursday, 04 September 2008
7.
Tell us what's wrong in your own words
(FAQs/New Customers)
... could cause the car to stop running at idle, or run rough when cold, or idle too fast when cold, or stall on a rapid ac
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eration, and the list goes on. So the Service Writer might say, "OK, but how does ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
8.
Welcome, New Customer!
(FAQs/New Customers)
... curious about bringing your car in. That's ex
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lent! We hope to convince you that there's no better place to have your car serviced -- not even the dealer! We take great pride in being an independent ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
9.
We can Flash Toyota ECUs
(Cars/Japanese non-Hybrid)
... and the tool to do the reprogramming, an independent, no matter how well trained, can not do an ECU update. Thanks to Toyota's ex
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lent new attitude, we've been able to buy the factory scan tool and software ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
10.
Buying New Tires
(FAQs/General FAQ)
... you drive. The harder you ac
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erate, brake, and corner, the quicker the tires will wear. You also control maintenance. Maintenance of tires includes rotation and balance every 5,000 miles to 7,500 miles, ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
11.
Prius: 1st gen - P3101 & P3191 part 3
(Cars/Hybrids)
... gas engine ac
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erated and de
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erated normally. M+ is still the blue trace, and M- the red trace. The volts per divisions are mismatched from channel A to B. If they were set evenly, both square waves ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
12.
Insight: Removing Engine to repair Oil Leak
(Cars/Hybrids)
... use a counterweight on a shaft connected to the timing belt to can
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out the vibration. The Insight uses the IMA motor to can
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out the vibration by pulsing the IMA motor opposite the inertia of the ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
13.
Prius: 1st gen - Replacing an MG2 (electric motor)
(Cars/Hybrids)
... temp, the assumption was that the MG2 motor was not really overheating, but rather the sensor was simply not accurately reporting the MG2 motor temperature to the HV control computer. It's a truly ex
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lent ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
14.
Buying a Used Car
(FAQs/General FAQ)
... at a car, and can
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it if it doesn't pan out. Please call to let us know though. You can also call in on the day you are looking at cars and see if we've had any can
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lations (10:00 AM is a good time ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
15.
Comparing Shop Estimates
(FAQs/New Customers)
... the very bad among us. Check for ASE certification. ASE stands for Automotive Service Ex
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lence and is a voluntary competency testing program. An ASE certification does not guaranty a good mechanic, ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
16.
History of Art's Automotive
(About Arts/Green Business)
... (currently three), hiring ASE certified technicians (currently seven) and a ex
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lent bookkeeper (Ann) has brought Art's Automotive into a position that draws envy from many of our competitors. ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
17.
Battery Recycling
(About Arts/Green Business)
Art's Automotive will accept alkaline batteries, NiMH batteries, NiCAD batteries, old
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l phones, PDAs, and any other small form factor electronic device. Obviously, we don't charge for typical house-hold ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
18.
Shop Software
(About Arts/Behind the Scenes)
... phone numbers? Can you put custom labels on them like "Mary's
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l phone" or "Bill's work number" so you don't have to guess at who you are calling or hand write it on the printout. Can you enter all of ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
19.
OE Scanners
(Cars/Technophilia)
... in this category. We own the ATS Escan, and it's a truly ex
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lent generic scanner. In many ways it's better than the OE scanners! It just lacks the bi-directional control and access to non-OBDII systems ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
20.
How to find a good mechanic
(FAQs/General FAQ)
... many body shops running) and they can customize your repair to make it work with your budget. They also do ex
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lent scratch repair. La Loma 7 has many fleet accounts, so you'll often see the ...
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
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