February 4, 2011 OK, when your car is repaired like this it is time to send it to the junk yard!

February 1, 2011 You have to wonder if they could have done this a lot sooner or if the bean counter figured it was time to cut the potential lawsuit losses?  Toyota Motor Corp. took almost two years to submit Wednesday’s U.S. recall of Lexus models after the automaker’s initial investigation of a…

January 1, 2011 That is right, this baby was worth a lot!! A Mexican man was released without charges after a traffic stop for speeding in Texas Wednesday morning led police to discover more than $180,000 of suspected drug money hidden in the car. Police stopped the car for speeding on Interstate 35…

December 1, 2010 Great article over at www.ctv.ca explaining the green car era that we are embarking on, the more solid green choices consumers have the quicker we can start getting pollution under control!! The first mass-market electric vehicles are about to go on sale in selected cities, kicking off the beginning of…

November 16, 2010 I was visiting Standard Auto Wreckers down here in Toronto, Ontario and the place was buzzing with activity!  I saw a film production crew grabbing some coffee near a wrecked Mercedes and tried to squeeze some information out of them, but to no avail.  Later on I caught up with…

November 1, 2010 I know I personally have not gotten a traffic ticket in more than eight years!  What are your chances of getting one? Vehicle with highest percentage of violations Make Model Body Style Violations* Average Age % Male Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Convertible 404% 53 41% Toyota Camry-Solara Coupe 349% 50 39% Scion…

October 8, 2010 After last weeks reports that many cities that have banned texting and approved hands-free only use of cell phones have seen an increases in accidents, this was partially expected but likely will never pass. That’s what U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is weighing, Bloomberg reports. LaHood thinks motorists are so…

September 21, 2010 What can be more fun that watching stuff get crushed!!  Nothing!!! With Halloween just around the corner, YTV stopped by one of Ontario’s largest auto wrecking yards to film some smashing pumpkins, not the music band but actual pumpkins!!

September 7, 2010 Great green news out of CA, California’s two biggest investor-owned utilities have been given the green light to buy 616 megawatts of renewable energy. Southern California Edison will buy 20 years worth of output from two giant solar photovoltaic plants being developed by First Solar, Inc. Pacific Gas and Electric…