January 1, 2012 This one is the most eco-frienldy car engine you will ever see!  An Australian wood sculptor has created an amazing wooden replica of the Ferrari 365GTB V12 engine and is now selling it on eBay for $6,000.  

December 1, 2011 This kids has some awesome skillz!

November 1, 2011 A North County auto salvage company was heavily damaged by fire late Wednesday night. Firefighters were called to San Luis Rey Auto Salvage & Towing on North El Camino Real near Douglas Drive about 11:40 p.m., Oceanside Fire Department Battalion Chief Joe Ward said. Read the full article here.

October 3, 2011 Go Texas!  While just a bit tardy to give the American economy of 2009 a jolt, a $10.4 million stimulus grant is just now being put to work getting Austin residents into electric cars at a steal. Pecan Street, an environmental nonprofit based on the University of Texas campus, is…

September 1, 2011 With fleets of electric cars starting to hit the roads, the next big mother lode for salvage companies is expected to be the expensive, newfangled batteries powering them. Yet even as automakers vaunt the ways these cars can benefit the environment, they are divided over how best to handle the…

August 8, 2011 DEALERS in scrap metal have challenged steel and iron manufacturers to create their own reserves by bidding for raw materials from the mines’ salvage yards rather than influencing the government to impose the export ban of scrap metal. The government has imposed various measures aimed at developing the steel industry…

July 29, 2011 Michael Wilson of the Federal Trade Commission confirmed in a letter to the ARA the use of recycled automotive parts is OK for warranties! In the letter, the FTC says: “Warrantors may not claim that a warranty is void simply because a consumer has used an authorized or recycled part.”…

July 1, 2011 I had quite a few of these myself a couple of years back with my new Dodge Caravan.  As the level of technology in today’s new cars and trucks increases, so too does the challenge for automakers to design and build vehicles with the high levels of initial quality that…

June 1, 2011 Toyota this past week revealed more details of its new 2012 Prius V hybrid wagon – and reaffirmed plans to begin selling the car in the United States this fall, even though it has been delayed in Japan and other markets because of the March earthquake and tsunami. The first…