Can You Believe This: Page 38

Collision Repair

Friday Fun; Alberta police arrest nude kidnappers after collision

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — November 10, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun, Alberta police arrest nude motorists, self-repairing auto bodies, Toronto’s quick clear collision squads and much, much more. An odd accident in Alberta last week is turning into a bit of a mystery. Police in Alberta reported that five people […]

The next generation of Lamborghinis, the carbon-fibre panels that make up the body will also have super capacitors in them. As a result the, “... concept promises a car that will be able to continuously monitor the condition of its own structure, detecting wear and damage.”

Collision Repair

Friday Fun: Windsor’s auto history has a new home and insurers brace for Halloween vandals

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 26, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun, we look at Halloween vandalism, how Canada’s Motor City opened a library branch dedicated to automotive history, why a shop in the US is suing a competitor, a local dealer and Mercedes all at the same time, […]

Auto dealer Bill Chisholm at the grand opening of the William F. Chisholm library branch in Windsor, Ontario. The new branch serves as the home for a truly massive collection of automotive history, including original service manuals for the Ford Model T and other vintage vehicles.

Collision Repair

Friday Fun: Car audio installer isn’t allowed to use his own stereo

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 19, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun, fake cops in Calgary, car audio installer forced to turn down the volume in BC, a leopard on the loose in India’s largest car factory and much, much more! – Calgary police are investigating a bizarre incident in […]

Dustin Hamilton with his girlfriend, Katrina Jourdenais, and their dog, Luna. Hamilton is a professional car audio installer, but it turns out his neighbours think he's too good at his job. The sheet of paper he's holding was put up in his neighbourhood, asking residents to complain to police about his car stereo.

Collision Repair

Friday Fun: FCA CEO says electric vehicles are bad for the environment

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 12, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun, a wave of accidents in the Greater Toronto Area prompt a police warning, a letter in BC sets the record straight on ICBC cost claims, Sergio Marchionne of FCA says electric cars are less of a savior and […]

Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat Chrysler, says electric vehicles are more of a danger to the environment than gas-burning vehicles. He notes that the entire environmental cost must be taken into consideration, including mining for the rare earths needed to make the batteries and the fossil fuels often burned to generate electricity.

Collision Repair

Friday Fun: Shop plays host to archaeological dig

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 5, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun, a brazen theft from an Edmonton autobody shop, an archeological dig at a Windsor repair shop, Ford’s big strategy presentation and much, much more! An autobody shop in Edmonton this past week suffered the theft of a Lexus […]

Shop owner Nick Papadatos inspects possible artifacts with Shelley Birch, a Caldwell First Nation archeology monitor, during a dig next to his shop in Windsor, Ontario.

Can You Believe This

Friday Fun: Uber quits Quebec and Volvo goes online

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — September 28, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun, a former body tech is drafted by Hollywood, Boyd gets back online in the American deep south, an attention getting decal gets attention from the police and much, much more! – Another car has plowed into a bodyshop, […]

Don't worry, it's not real. The blood spatter is just a decal. It turned out to be realistic enough to fool police, though, who understandbly pulled the car over.

Friday Fun: Alberta man receives world’s most pointless speeding ticket

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — September 21, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun, Ontario proposes a $50,000 fine for distracted driving, how an Alberta man got a ticket for driving one kilometre over the posted limit, new fast-response teams for Toronto highway accidents, and much, much more! – Weeks after a […]

An Alberta man was issued this ticket for driving 101 kilometres an hour in a 100 kilometre per hour zone. Let us reassure that there are not typos in that sentence. An officer in Alberta actually thought this was worth writing a ticket over. The police department in question has since apologized.

Friday Fun: Autobody workers step up to feed the hungry fleeing Hurricane Irma

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — September 7, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun, a Georgia autobody team feeds fleeing Floridians, a BC family home hosts a runaway stretch limo, gossip from the world of celebrity collision repair-based reality television, and much, much more! – An employee of a Georgia autobody shop […]

Bodyshop employees in Georgia ended up serving 2,000 meals to hungry Florida motorists fleeing Hurricane Irma and streaming north.

Friday Fun: Autobody shop aids Hurricane Harvey relief from 1,800 miles away

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — September 7, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun, we look at how the auto theft boom in Calgary is finally under control, an opportunity to travel in style on an old Black Sabbath tour bus, how an autobody shop became a centre for Hurricane Harvey relief […]

An autobody shop in New Hampshire became a local centre for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, despite being nearly 1,800 miles away from Houston, Texas.

Friday Fun: Bodyshop owner trades crash for grass

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — August 31, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun we look at one bodyshop owner who got out of the collision business and into the world of legalized pot, the boom in dealer repair work, how Hurricane Harvey left behind a vast number of waterlogged vehicles and […]

Laura Bertolli sold her shop, Bertolli’s Auto Body, and plans to join the marijuana industry.

Friday Fun: More magnesium may be right around the corner

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — August 24, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun we look into why magnesium may be showing up in more cars sooner than previously thought, Calgary’s airport ends its experiment with “Lexus-only” parking spaces, the biggest ticket cars at Pebble Beach and much, much more! […]

The most expensive Porsche ever sold went for $14 million at Pebble Beach. It was driven by Steve McQueen in the movie 'Le Mans.' It may have hit a record for Porsches, but it wasn't the most expensive car sold at Pebble Beach this year. That title goes to a 1956 Aston Martin DBR1 Roadster that sold for $22.55 million.

Friday Fun: Police release details on Car Masters Collision raid

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — August 17, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun, Edmonton police release details on the chop shop raid at Car Masters Collision, a major staged collision ring gets busted, Ontario and Newfoundland review insurance, rumours fly about a Chinese acquisition of Chrysler, and much, much more! – […]

Edmonton police have released this photo, taken during the raid at Car Masters Collision, that recovered more than $7 million in stolen vehicles and parts.

Page 38 of 46