Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

We get notes from customers telling us they appreciate the service we provide.  Here is one that, when we opened the email, made our week! Thanks Randy!   Robert of Automotive Autobahn: You left me a message on my cell phone about 2 weeks ago following up on a brief visit I made to your [...]

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Batteries are such an important part of your car, that it really does pay to buy a good one. Also in this case, size does matter! We find that most people don’t understand the role a battery takes in the vehicle.  The size of the battery, it’s cold cranking amp (CCA) capacity number and, more [...]

Last year, we had a customer come to us with a very severe coolant leak in his BMW 545i with 73K miles on it.   As it turns out, BMW’s V-8 motor design has a flaw that should ultimately cause all of the V-8 motors to need this same repair. Our customer described the symptoms [...]

We had a new customer with an A/C problem.  It wasn’t blowing cold air into the vehicle.  As it turned out, the compressor to the air conditioning system had broken.  As most of us would want to know, she asked how it happened and what if anything she could have done to prevent it. The [...]

We have had customers ask us “What is a throttle body cleaning, and why do I need one?”  As you can see here in this picture there is the ugliest gunk you have ever seen, and unfortunately, your car does not like this gunk!  Cleaning it can provide uninterrupted service and offer you the driver [...]

What is Clean Diesel and why is it good? Americans may remember the diesel technology we saw on the road in the 1970’s.  Black exhaust, loud engines, slow performance. They did get nearly 50 mpg.  During the energy crises of the Carter years that was worth it for many people who bought them. However,  Americans [...]

Yes, the official favorite show of Autobahn Automotive is Top Gear.  The British television show with 14 “seasons” boasts being  the most watched television program in the world (you must say world like Jeremy Clarkson, one of the three hosts of the show,  more on him later)  Unfortunately America is the only nation in which [...]

Autoblog — We Obsessively Cover The Auto Industry.

This is a great way to keep from using your phone while driving.  We signed up for it on Robert’s Blackberry and tried it out. Zoomsafer installs an application on your phone, which you activate when driving, that inhibits calls or texts from coming through.  The cool thing about it, is the caller immediately gets [...]