This is my final From the CEO for 2015; the next time you’ll get a chance to argue with one of my published rants, another year will have past into...
December - 2015
We’ve been talking a lot lately about the new, 9-speed offering from Chrysler: the 948TE. Back in the May, 2015 issue of GEARS Magazine, Mike Souza explained...
With the holidays just around the corner, it’d be nice to have all the tools you want. But it’s more cost effective and efficient to make sure you have the...
Toyota and Lexus 8-speed transmissions are on the road and are already showing up in shops.
The first to be introduced was the AA80E, which appeared in the...
In part 1 of this series, we explored how to use fuel trim to help determine whether a problem is in the engine or transmission. In part 2 we focused on engine...
Up Your Business is an exclusive GEARS Magazine feature in which I share stories, insights, and reflections about real business and life challenges. The names...
“What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas!”
That’s the slogan that the city of Las Vegas, Nevada embraced as a brand message. It seems that they...
There are two basic ways to grow your company: expanding business with existing customers, or bringing on brand new customers.
This piece focuses on bringing...
When dealing with electrical problems, it’s always important to remember that a single fault can create multiple problems in seemingly unrelated systems. But...
Just before this year’s Expo kicked off, ATRA President Jim Rodd predicted that the 2015 Expo would be the best one ever.
Was he right? Was Powertrain 2015...
If you ask Chuck Miller, owner of Hixson Transmission and Total Car Care, in Hixson, Tennessee, to explain the secret of his success, he’s quick to credit...