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Oakland’s oldest auto repair shop sells to Crash Champions
For decades, Ron Arth’s days began and ended at George V. Arth & Son, his family’s 145-year-old auto repair shop on 10th Street in downtown Oakland. As owner, Arth worked alongside a faithful crew and his trusty assistant of 43 years, Renee Camp. “I have customers who come in and say, ‘I used to come in with my grandpa,’ and I’d say, ‘yeah unfortunately I remember your grandpa,’” Arth joked in a recent interview. But the end of an era—a long era—has come for the family-owned auto shop. On Nov. 29, the national auto repair company Crash Champions announced their acquisition of Oakland’s oldest—and perhaps the nation’s oldest—mechanic’s garage. Heidi…
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Delium MTB Tires Are Cheap, But How do they Perform? Testing the Rugged and Versatile
The Delium brand is a new player in the tire business, sort of. The company is based in Indonesia, and they say that they’ve been producing bicycle tires and tubes since way back in 1970, under the name Deli Tire, and for other tire brands that they don’t mention. The in-house Delium brand is focused on producing high performance bike tires for an affordable price. You’d think that since they’ve been in business for so long they’d know a thing or two about tires, so we decided to give their Rugged and Versatile Adventure tires a try. I first spotted these tires at Crankworx earlier this year, and after learning…
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The Auto Parts Dilemma: How a New World Will Lead to The Critical Need for Packaging Versatility
Like the relaxation of the world’s industries, the automotive landscape is shifting. Thanks to source chain problems, new autos are tougher to get, and labor problems are compounding the difficulty. Customers are retaining their vehicles for a longer time and there is a soaring demand for automobile parts — regardless of whether new or refurbished. Added to that are the influences of escalating developments such as electric powered cars, automation, and the demand for sustainability. All of this has put the great importance of the source chain in the spotlight, and produced a require and an prospect for businesses to reassess their supply chain management techniques to produce bigger efficiencies. Let’s…
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Hensley maintains decades of customer service at long-time Emporia business | Gaz
Justin Hensley is trying to crack the stereotypes close to mechanics — assisting to get the persons of Emporia going down the road as cheaply as attainable. Hensley is the new proprietor of Gene’s Quik Lube, positioned at 301 W 6th Ave. He acquired the automotive maintenance store from previous proprietor Steve Eckman in September of this calendar year. A few months into his new role, Hensley stated small business is heading perfectly. “The parking good deal is usually a regular rotation of motor vehicles and additional individuals coming in every single working day,” Hensley explained. The Emporia native has worked with autos his entire existence, first becoming released to…
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Jeep Cherokee Could End With Stellantis Belvidere Plant Closure
Photo: Jeep Through the third quarter of this year, Jeep Cherokee sales are down a whopping 61 percent year-to-date compared to last year, with just 30,852 sold in the first nine months of 2022, according to Stellantis. Which is the context for an announcement on Friday that Stellantis will be idling the plant that makes Cherokees, in Belvidere, Illinois. Could it be the end of the road for Cherokee, too? For now, Stellantis isn’t saying. Via WIFR, Stellantis has released the following statement: Our industry has been adversely affected by a multitude of factors like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the global microchip shortage, but the most impactful challenge is…
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Honda 2023 Motorsports Program Overview
■Summary of speech by Shinji Aoyama, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. In 1959, Honda competed in the Isle of Man TT Race for the first time, in our company founder Mr. Soichiro Honda’s quest to become the world’s number one in technology. Since then, Honda has been competing in various motorcycle and automobile races around the world. Many generations of Honda engineers and motorsports team members who came before us faced difficulties over and over again while competing on the world stage, but they overcame such difficulties and accumulated victories by taking on challenges without giving up. In motorsports, this attitude is indispensable for…
