CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?!
GOING THE DISTANCE A W123 Mercedes 240D has been operating as a cab on Grand Canary Island, Spain, since 1988 and has racked up 4.35 million miles (7,000,646 kilometres). The 17.6-foot-long vehicle has been operating three-to-eight-hour shifts since it first began its career. with a mileage of 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometres) per week, the 240D […]
SAFEGUARD YOUR CAREER
FUTURE PROOF YOUR SKILLSET BY ALLISON ROGERS The future of collision repair is inexplicably exciting…but I’ll try to frame it out for you in the next 400 words. It wasn’t so long ago that many collision repair shops relied on what we’d now call archaic technologies. Mere years ago, we were using string to complete ADAS […]
COMPARING CARE
THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EVS AND ICE VEHICLES, AS IT RELATES TO COLLISION REPAIR BY MICHAEL VAVAROUTSOS Electric vehicles (EVs) are beginning to dominate the streets around us. As more and more people continue to make the switch from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to fully electric and hybrid vehicles, collision repair shops should start […]
THE CAR CULTURE QUESTION
BY SARAH PERKINS Despite the rumours, car culture is not dead. In fact, according to a survey from Hagerty, Gen Z expresses a greater interest in car culture than the Baby Boomer generation. The “Future of Driving” survey polled more than 2,000 Americans about the role that cars play in their life. Sixty percent of […]
SPF FOR CARS
SELF HEALING COATINGS CAN ALLOW VEHICLES TO HEAL THEIR OWN SCRAPES AND SCRATCHES BY SARAH PERKINS As the summer reaches its peak, the importance of protection from the sun’s sizzle becomes paramount—not just for our skin, but also for automotive coatings. Automotive coating protection acts like sunscreen for vehicles, safeguarding them from the harsh effects of […]
AMBASSADOR ADVICE
FOR TRINITY MEHLHAFF, SKILLED TRADES YOUTH AMBASSADOR FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE REPAI R INDUSTRY, THE TRADES ARE ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNIT Y TO MAKE YOURSELF BIG BY SARAH PERKINS In May, the Alberta government implemented an Advisory Council of Skilled Trades Youth Ambassadors as one strategy to help expose more young people in the province to the […]
WALKING THE WORLDSKILLS STAGE
SATA CHALLENGES ALLOWS WORLDSKILLS COMPETITORS CHANCE TO BRUSH UP SKILLS As a global partner of WorldSkills, SATA routinely provides equipment and expertise as well as hosting SATA Challenge events on-site at both its Canadian headquarters and in Germany. Worldskills is the global hub of skills excellence and promotes vocational education and training for young people […]
CLIMBING THE LEARNING LADDER
FOR SYLVAIN SEGUIN, PRESIDENT OF FIX NETWORK CANADA, WORKING IN THE COLLISION REPAIR INDUSTRY IS ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW BY SARAH PERKINS The world of automotive repair holds an abundance of knowledge waiting to be shared. Every vehicle in need of repair comes with its own story, and collision repair experts are […]
