Flip-keys certainly are fun - a neat little package with the key and the remote control all in one. A compact package when all you need is the remote to unlock the doors, and with the press of a...
Ever hear a high pitched squealing sound from underneath your vehicle? Have any of you AWD owners out there ever experienced a condition when driving through water, slush, or snow you start to hear a high pitched squealing sound coming from underneath your vehicle? This could be caused by...
It often starts the same way. You leave a friends house and they point to a fluid patch on their driveway. You stop the car and inspect closely and wipe your finger over the substance. First you smell the fluid, then rub it lightly between your fingers. Many car enthusiasts know this feeling...
When an aging Volvo starts to have odd front end clunking noises, lazy steering response, and excessive bounciness, your strut tops may have aged and be in need of replacement. The strut top has a rubber isolator bushing that sits below the bearing plate. The rubber used in the strut top isolator...
We're here again with Gareth Foley to show you all the simple steps involved in replacing the rear shocks on a 2010 328i xDrive. BMW Shock Absorber Rear (E90 E92) - Sachs 311-409 Subscribe to us on YouTube About the Author Gareth runs the BMW catalog at FCP Euro, he can be reached...
So you're in your ride cruising down the streets when all of a sudden you hear a knocking noise coming from the front suspension. Now, most of us love our Volvos and have come to know that there are several things that could cause knocking or clunking in our front ends. But, one of the weakest...
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Last month the annual international auto show invaded the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, displaying the worlds newest vehicles and concept cars. The Big Apple doesn’t get quite the cool debuts that Detroit or Geneva does, (No Volvo Concept Estate for this station wagon...
As we mature and grow older we come to realize and accept that not all things are meant to be. Those things could be anything, be it that dream you always had, that goal you hoped to accomplish, that obstacle you wished to triumph. Sometimes life just does not work out in a way that we ever get...
I suspect our Christmas parties may have been a little unconventional. We had the usual nibbles and drinks at the end of the day, combined with plenty of laughs about what had transpired through the year. But, I believe what made our workshop's Christmas parties very different was one of the...
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