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Dovetailing with the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s Fraud Prevention Month, the province of Ontario has unveiled some drastically needed and long overdue proposed changes to safety and enforcement within the towing industry, meant to ...

“The social ballet of driving.” That’s what Dr. Ryan Eustice, senior vice-president of automated driving at Toyota’s Ann Arbor-based Research Institute, calls one of the biggest problems for the self-driving cars of ...

In the late-60s, Bob Merchant was a young architect who’d just helped design Chicago’s O’Hare airport. Looking for a new job, Merchant and his wife Carol packed up their Fiat 124 and drove west, headed towards Portland and ...

Everyone’s trying to make things last, and wring every last thin dime of value out of their holdings. But when it comes to patching various types of vehicle glitches, be aware that some cures are worse than the ailment. Whether ...

The year was 2005. YouTube was founded, Dubya was elected to four more years in the White House, and I got my first cell phone — for emergencies only! Oh, and after 30 years of GM, my dad ditched domestic for a then-brand-new, ...

March is Fraud Prevention Month, per the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), which says fraud adds an estimated $1.6 billion to our annual insurance tab. The country has a problem. Staged collisions, a huge source of fraudulent claims, set ...

Neville Britto is a Volvo guy and, to be fair, he never had a chance. While thumbing through some old family photos at his Scarborough home he showed me one of his mother standing in front of a maroon 1975 244 DL. “This was taken ...

We started this conversation a column or two ago. It’s about how to deal with a concern that may or may not be related to a recent auto repair or maintenance job, and covers how to tactfully work with your shop to reach a resolution ...

A year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic had everyone questioning their buying habits and decisions. Toilet paper stock disappeared at the local shops, and items essential for working at home like desks and chairs have been hard to find at the local ...

Scott and David say “yes.” Dennis says “absolutely” with an enthusiasm that borders on the infectious. And Jerry, the only (mildly) pessimistic one in the bunch, still manages to chime in with a strong ...