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Can You Believe This

Friday Fun: May 11, 2018

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — May 11, 2018 — In today’s Friday Fun: Australia’s king of collision repair, North Americans teach Saudi women to drive, the constriction in the number of vehicle models and much, much more. An Australian newspaper this week ran a profile of Ray Malone, CEO, AMA Group. For […]

Camel crossing signs are as common in the Middle East as deer crossings here.

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Friday Fun: May 4, 2018

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — May 4, 2018 — In today’s Friday Fun: B.C. collision repair centres fixing “drilled gas tanks” in wake of record high gas prices, an Albertan switches genders to save on insurance, and much, much more. Toronto police arrested a driver involved in a pair of collisions recently. […]

Reports of stolen gas on the rise with the increase in gas prices.

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Friday Fun: April 26, 2018

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 26, 2018 — In today’s Friday Fun: A Tesla inspired wedding, food trucks taking lanes, a repair shop for the less fortunate and much, much more! A UK police force recently picked up a clown for driving with no insurance, literally. The Cambridgeshire Constabulary recently tweeted: […]

Alexi Hoeft and Alexander Hart held a Tesla-themed wedding for their nuptials.

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Friday Fun: April 20, 2018

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 20, 2018 — In today’s Friday Fun: GTA shops are flooded with jobs in wake of ice-storm and year-end stats on 2017 collision numbers. This past week central Canada was hit with several days of freezing rain and deluges of ice pellets. Around the greater Toronto […]

Record high collision rates reported in Ontario.

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Friday Fun: April 13, 2018

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario –- April 13, 2018 –- In today’s Friday Fun: The remarkable rise in insurance costs for drivers caught texting, Arctic collision repair and the world’s largest auto insurance scam. The lead of a Long Island newspaper story is amusing; “This car needed a repair so badly it couldn’t wait any […]

A new study reveals a massive spike in premium rates for those who text and drive.

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Friday Fun: April 6, 2018

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 6, 2018 — In today’s Friday Fun: Crazy crashes and wind-damaged cars in Toronto, a Chevy dealership gets sucked into the Trump circus and a shop owner retires to roll meatballs. A collision of six cars north of Toronto last week involved both a Lamborghini and […]

Lamborghini's new SUV.

Friday Fun: March 30, 2018

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — March 30, 2018 — In today’s Friday Fun: Cracking down on distracted driving, the slow pace of recall repairs and much, much more! The latest campaign by Toronto police to crackdown on distracted driving comes with a dramatic headline: “That Text or Call Could End it All.” […]

Bikes may soon be equipped with devices that allow them to “talk” to autonomous vehicles.

Friday Fun: March 23, 2018

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — March 23, 2018 — In today’s Friday Fun: Tesla continues to struggle, the world’s first 3-D printed production vehicle, Ford returns to downtown Detroit, and much, much more! Toronto firefighters were called to a York auto repair facility late Wednesday night. According to local media fire crews […]

Cecile Bukmeier, autobody instructor at NAIT, was recently featured by CBC. Photo courtesy of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.

Friday Fun: March 16, 2018

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — March 16, 2018 — In today’s Friday Fun: the auteurs of the collision repair industry, a Virgin Mary goes missing, customizing car door chimes and much, much more! The principal of David DeFinis Auto Body & Collision in Philadelphia was recently dismayed to find the statue of […]

Barry Crupi Sr. and Barry Crupi Jr. in their new video “The Stain.”

Friday Fun: March 9, 2018

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — March 9, 2018 — In today’s Friday Fun: An auto tech has a grisly surprise, Ford’s aluminum bet, diesels sales plunge in Europe, and much, much more! An auto mechanic at a Maine dealership had a fright last week. The repairer was looking over a vehicle that […]

The RCMP in British Columbia have begun a month-long initiative to dissuade distracted driving.

Friday Fun: March 2, 2018

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — March 2, 2018 — In today’s Friday Fun: a UFO injures a mechanic, 420 – the most dangerous day to drive; a loophole in the laws around auto data; China’s new auto manufacturer takes shape and much, much more! A truly bizarre accident occurred in California last […]

A collision technician was injured by an unidentified flying object after a driver crashed into the elevated vehicle platform he was working near.

Friday Fun: the world’s biggest, fastest selling, and worst vehicles

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — February 23, 2018 — In today’s Friday Fun: Cars are rolling out of Costco at record rates, new orders for the world’s biggest tow vehicle, high noon for the burgeoning Vancouver luxury car market, and much, much more! -Who knew Costco was selling cars? The discount big […]

A Ford Pinto, allegedly the worst car of all time.

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