Most of us have done it dozens of times—if not more! We make a New Year’s resolution on January 1st to get healthy. We have the best of intentions and usually work really hard for the first few months. Unfortunately, by April we’re right back in the same bad habits.

What if this year was different? As important is it is to keep your body and mind healthy, it’s also critical that you keep your vehicle healthy as well. As the San Pedro car maintenance professionals, we want to help you keep your commitment to your vehicle’s health in 2010.

San Pedro Car Maintenance: The Checklist

Regular car maintenance is the easiest way to save money and time on your vehicle in the long-term. Our San Pedro car maintenance program prevents problems before they happen so you can prolong the life of your car. You spend less money on repairs and make less trips to the shop!

Our San Pedro car maintenance recommendations include the following twenty services and check-ups on a regularly scheduled basis:

Tire rotation Alignment analysis Battery service Air filter Cabin filter Fuel filter Drive belt(s) Radiator hoses Tune-up Oil change Engine cleaner and conditioner Transmission service Cooling system service Power steering service Brake fluid system service Fuel/air service Drive line service Wiper blade service Bi-annual brake system inspection Climate control service and inspection

These twenty critical maintenance services cover every major vehicle system. As your San Pedro car maintenance experts, we ensure that your vehicle is reliable, safe, and performing at its peak condition.

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Making your auto body franchise successful depends on a lot of factors. You have to be willing to work and try new things to make the franchise business a success. Just because the franchise has a great name and does well, doesn’t mean you won’t have to work at making your automotive auto body franchise great! There are many things that you can do to make it successful, but first you need to get customers there! You get the customers there by advertising, so step it up and advertise for your automotive auto body franchise!

Usually your franchise company will provide a few forms of advertising. Usually it will be a mass advertising for the entire franchise, not just your franchise alone. That will still help your franchise, however if you really want to step it up here are a few ways you can try to advertise!

One great way to advertise for your franchise is to contact a local radio station. Usually you can get the local station to allow you some time on air or for a commercial. This does not always cost a lot of money so it is worth a try.

Next contact the local newspaper about getting an advertisement put in the newspaper. Make sure the ad looks great, is catchy, and gets your information out. Most important to a newspaper add is making sure you put it in the correct section. You would not want to put your ad for auto body repairs in the entertainment section.  Read more...

Car maintenance has joined the 21st century.  Now, just like the pros you can access all the up-to-the minute automobile data, technical service bulletins, factory specifications, and OEM part numbers at make those vehicle repairs quicker, in the comfort of your own garage, save money and enjoy a beer in the process!

With an online subscription keyed to your specific car and year, car maintenance online has just made your life easier:

With your purchase of a one-year subscription (oftentimes at HALF the cost of a hard-bound car repair manual that is outdated the moment you walk out of the store) you’ll get immediate access anytime, from anywhere to:

Factory Recall and Technical Service Bulletins (TSB’s) Illustrated Diagnosis and Repair Procedures. Diagnostic Charts and Trouble Codes. Component Location and Diagrams. Factory Maintenance Schedules.

You no longer have to deal with those greasy Chilton pages that have photos of an automobile that you don’t own.  While Chilton’s have been the standard of auto repair manuals, every time I’ve used one in the last 30 years of working on cars (and they usually cover more than one year and type of vehicle) when I went to look at the pictures, it was always for the model I WASN’T WORKING on!

With car maintenance online products like an auto repair manual subscription, you get immediate access that is always updated while you have the subscription.  Any changes, safety bulletins, or TSB information is always available at your fingertips.  You’ll get access to illustrated diagrams and pictures with exploded views for easier viewing.

Automotive Art
More Artists See And Feel The Beauty of Chrome and Metal

Online art marketplace www.DiscoveredArtists.com reports a growing number of artists who are caught up in capturing cars on canvas.  Although these artists can choose from a world of subjects ranging from naked ladies to breathtaking landscapes and crashing waves, they are fascinated by the lovely curves and flashing metal of car bodies.

Automotive art typically falls into three categories.  Beauty shots that usually are very tight, detailed fine art photographs, nostalgia artworks that set a mood or capture a feeling, and realism portraits where the artist creates a photo quality image of a vehicle using brush and paint.

Automotive beauty art typically is the work of fine art photographers who can turn a tight shot of a hood ornament into a masterpiece.  The fascination and the challenge for an artist is to capture the reflection of light and shadow on polished metal.  The artist sees beauty in the interesting lines, curves and intricate details of grills, chrome strips and other ornamentation that distinguishes one make and model from another.

Working with different types of lenses and by using a number of lighting and digital processing techniques, a fine art photographer focuses his lens on an intricate detail of a car’s body.  His challenge is to capture the reflected light and shadow created by the bends and curves of the metal, and to use his artistic eye to effectively frame the image.
 
The successful result produces a balanced image of vibrant color and contrast that at first glance is simply a beautiful artwork.  But, what adds interest to the artwork is that the image invites the viewer to puzzle over and then decipher the make, model and featured body part.  What appears to be a colorful portrait may on further study be a hood vent, the chromed curve of a fender, a door handle, or a tail light shot with a macro lens.

Do it Yourself Auto Maintenance and Repair

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that we are living in a time of financial turmoil. Not only that, we the everyday working Americans are completely out of control of what happens on Wall Street, or what effects the price of gas. Unfortunately in times like these our cars still break down, requiring expensive parts and service. Therefore, we need to educate ourselves on ways to prevent these costly repairs or, if need be, how to fix them our self. Let’s take a quick look at some tips that will help keep our car running for a long time without costing a lot of money.

Every car owner should have a basic concept of maintenance. No matter what the economy is doing you can extend the life of your car greatly by doing some preventative maintenance. You can do this through your mechanic or you can do it yourself, either way here are a few things you should do on a regular basis.

1) Change your oil at the frequency and with the product recommended by the manufacturer. Not all oils are created equal and some of your manufacturer warranties may be void if you use a cheap substitute.

2) Have routine tune ups done on your vehicle. This will include things like changing plugs and wires, air filters, and rotating your tires.  Read more...