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Professional automotive forum for discussion of any automotive industry-related issues, ranging from automotive legislation before the U.S. Congress and other legal bodies around the world, local automotive politics in states, provinces, and cities, as well as broader issues affecting the industry as a whole, including best practices to promote the professional image of the automotive service industry. This forum is for experienced automotive repair professionals only, membership required.

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Mobile Mechanics
07/14/2026 in the Industry Issues Forum
What stories do have about Mobile Mechanics?
The rise of the psychic shop owner/tech
07/12/2026 in the Industry Issues Forum
(A field report from the front lines of diagnostic mysticism). There is a new breed of tech/shop owner sweeping through the bays, "The Psychic Tech". No scan tool, no meter, no scope, no logic, just vibes, moon phases and the sacred chant "probably the gr...
John Deere Settlement
07/08/2026 in the Industry Issues Forum
From the AZ Attorney General's office: "Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced that her office, together with the Federal Trade Commission and the states of Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, has reached a settlement with Deere & Company r...
California labor board
07/07/2026 in the Industry Issues Forum
Have any techs in California filed wage theft claims for not getting double minimum wage pay when using own tools?
GDI engines
07/01/2026 in the Industry Issues Forum
Once an aluminum block has gone through years of thermal cycles, unbolting the heads and mains lets the casting relax into a new shape. The original factory geometry never returns. That means the crank tunnel, cam tunnel, and deck no longer match the ECU'...

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