Thursday, July 16, 2020, 4:25 p.m.Press release: My car shop In early January, a new service called the ‘UberEats for auto repairs‘ launched quietly in Auckland. As they gained momentum, things quickly hit a wall when COVID-19 arrived on our shores. Since the lockdown they have quickly grown into a network of over 100 workshops […]
Joe Boydston, the man who ran Joe’s Auto until his death in a motorcycle accident in 2018, was a man of the people. Like most mechanics, he worked hard for his money. His store on Big Horn Avenue not only had other people’s cars that his mechanics worked on, but his own car was there […]
You can read all the manuals and watch hours of video, but nothing beats the hands-on experience of key turning if you want to better understand how your car works. But cars, tools and workspaces are expensive. This Wrench video game, however, could make hands-on mechanical training much more accessible. The concept seems quite simple: […]
You can read all the manuals and watch hours of video, but nothing beats hands-on key-turning experience if you want to better understand how your car works. But cars, tools and workspaces are expensive. This video game key, however, could make hands-on mechanics training much more accessible. The concept seems quite simple: you assemble and […]