Screenwriters would have you believe that New York is synonymous with crime. When it comes to insurance fraud it seems that they are not very far off the mark. The Insurance Information Institute (III) reported that the premiums of honest drivers in the Empire State went up $204 million due to fraud and abuse of the s...Read more

The de-regulation movement in Florida may have succumbed to cooler heads, and the state's car-repair shops could stay under regulatory control as a result. What started out as a review of 60 professions and trades and had singled out 30 for deregulation, was whittled down to a mere 10 when negotiators from both of the...Read more

The most important step you can take when getting your car repaired is the first one – dropping the car off. It is often the most rushed part of the process, since it is likely to take place on your way to work, but it is essential to get it right. You may be tempted to drop the keys off and run. Instead of rush...Read more

Why would any driver delay in the extreme before filling his gas tank? Probably, in an endless search for a lower price per gallon. But could it go deeper than that, like a repressed death wish or the need to flirt with the dangerous. Or, it could be the sluggish economy. AAA Mid-Atlantic says it's receiving more and ...Read more

Prosecutors in Philadelphia announced that 11 individuals had been charged in an insurance fraud scheme that transpired over four years in Philadelphia. In a twist on the usual crash scams, personnel at the body shop in question retrofitted a forklift with car bumpers, and crashed it with vehicles to enhance and creat...Read more

In every industry there are jobs that you have to do and others that you love to do. The auto repair business is not any different.  The motivation for the enthusiasm can be as simple as profit or an anticipated benefit down the road. So here are four jobs that mechanics love to see drive through the overhead ...Read more

  If your driver's license has come up for renewal, you may have been blindsided by the new ID requirements being requested by states. Adding to the confusion are the terms 'Real ID' and 'Enhanced Driver's License (EDL).' The EDL is a driver's license that conforms to the ID requirements of the Real ID legislatio...Read more

No one wants to hear that their catalytic converter needs to be replaced, since it is common for the job to cost over $1000. But this is a case in which a little bit of research can result in the car manufacturer picking up the tab. First, some background. Your car does not burn fuel completely during the combustion p...Read more

The operation might need a name change, but the signal is clear: Chrysler is getting serious about the aftermarket auto-parts business. Through a new agreement, dealers will have access to over 3,000 part numbers that will fix 85 percent of the cars now on the road, not just those made by Chrysler. According to The Wa...Read more

If you own an auto repair facility in Canada, a visit from the Automobile Protection Association's (APA) mystery shopper can make for a very bad day. The APA has been teaming up with CTV and visiting repair shops recently to "test the integrity of the repair system." The APA checked out a 2006 Chevy Malibu from stem t...Read more