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One of the few fringe benefits of being a guest blogger on the Alternate Route (besides those rare occasions - and believe me they are rare -  where PF Flyer buys the next round) has been the chance to rub elbows with some bona fide automotive celebrites! I recently got to sit down (OK, so I caught him in a corner) with Edmunds' editor-in-chief, author of the blog Karl on Cars, the man himself, Karl Brauer to ask a few questions of the man who a couple of the guys in my shop think looks like a combo of Jack Nicholson and Kevin Spacey. Dub: My family has always been involved with cars so I didn't have much of a choice...

We only have one Friday the 13th this year and today's the day!  So print out this image of the four leafed clover if you need help to get through the day. There are all sorts of phobias that people have, like amaxophobia, the fear of riding in cars. There's even the fear of phobias, phobophobia...

Dear Dub, What's the most unusual thing you've ever had happen in your shop? Vicky Does being offered chickens in exchange for an alignment count? We get all sorts of strange things thaty come in now and then like the van that was towed here because it had been disabled by a chipmunk...

Dear Dub, I know you're not crazy about the smart, but the crash test results are out and it scored very well. I know that you think because it's so small that it's automatically unsafe and you'd be the loser in an encounter with an 18 wheeler. But in the event of an accident, it’s also important to consider the effects of weight, design, and the effects of kinetic energy...

So the phone rings in the shop and it's a customer who I had just sold a set of tires to and he has a problem. His wife insists that everything they buy be American made and she wants to make sure that the tires they purchased fit the bill. So I tell him to bring the car in and we'll make sure and if we need to we can switch the tires out since it's only been one day...

Dear Dub, I've always wanted a classic sports car and now a friend of mine is offering me an MG at a great price. Am I lucky or what? Douglas Corrigan At times like this I'm reminded of one of the sonnets from the Bard of Bay Two...

Dear Dub, Don't you think we should just stop importing oil now that we have ethanol? Isn't it great that we found something to replace oil that's good for the environment? Joe Green Time to put down the KoolAid Joe...

Prices at the pump have been rising. It's a Presidential election year. So you'd expect to hear the candidates position on an energy policy, right?..

The other day I had a customer drive in looking to get a wheel alignment done. They hadn't made an appointment. When I explained that my alignment guys were booked for most of the day and that they should call ahead to schedule the service, they got a little miffed so I decided to try and fit them in...