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Friday Fun: Motorcycle mob causes traffic chaos

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — August 10, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun: Flaming cars in the UAE, another mass motorcycle run in Ontario, the real take on electric vehicles and much, much more! – Ontario Provincial Police have launched an investigation after more than 100 motorcyclists cruised highways in the […]

A crowd of over 100 motorcycle enthusiasts caused havoc on Toronto-area highways on Sunday when they stopped in the middle of the road to watch each other pull stunts.

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Friday Fun: A highway of rising dough; an industry meltdown in Germany

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — August 4, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun we have a highway of rising dough, an industry meltdown in Germany, Apple’s solution to distracted driving and much, much more. – “A comedy of errors” led to a freeway being covered in rising bread dough […]

“A comedy of errors' led to a freeway being covered in rising bread dough earlier this week.

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Friday Fun: BC brokers in hot water for improperly accessing AutoPlan

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — July 27, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun we look into how brokers in BC are under investigation as a result of allegations that they improperly accessed the province’s Autoplan system, a court action in the US that alleges a shop didn’t follow OEM procedures, how […]

John Eagle Collision Center has been accused of using glue to repair the roof of the Honda Fit shown here, as opposed to welds, as called for by Honda’s repair procedures. Both of the vehicle occupants sustained injuries in the crash.

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Friday Fun: Hagfish on the highway lead to disgusting accident

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — July 20, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun we look into what is possibly the most disgusting car accident ever recorded, road rage on the streets of Toronto, the case of a burglar who broke into a bodyshop before breaking out again and much, much more! […]

A truck carrying thousands of pounds of hagfish stopped short in Oregon, spilling 13 containers of live, very slimy fish. Autobody staff working on the car show here found a live hagfish still swimming around in some water trapped in the bumper.

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Friday Fun: A ‘wild ride’ to escape BC’s forest fires; bodyshop employee embezzles half a million

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — July 13, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun we look into one couple’s wild ride to escape the BC forest fires, a collision shop employee convicted of embezzling more than $500,000 from the business, a dispute between collision repairers and insurers in New Zealand and much, […]

A road into Cache Creek, BC. A number of BC communities have been placed under evacuation orders due to the fires raging in the province. Photo by twitchlouise of Instagram.

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Friday Fun: Claims in Newfoundland go ‘through the roof’; Canada and US auto sales show stark contrast

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — July 6, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun: Auto insurance angst in Newfoundland and Labrador, a Ferrari doing 200 kilometres per hour on BC’s Lions Gate bridge Volvo plans to phase out internal combustion and much, much more! – West Vancouver police impounded a Ferrari from […]

West Vancouver police impounded this Ferrari after catching the driver going more than three times the speed limit on Vancouver’s Lions Gate Bridge. According to a statement from police, the same driver was ticketed for speeding in April, after being pulled over by the same officer … on the same bridge.

Friday Fun: Legal weed blamed for uptick in collisions; trailer stolen with $200,000 worth of tools inside

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — June 29, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun we look into a study out of the US that seems to link legalized marijuana with an increase in crashes, a stolen mobile hail repair unit that held $200,000 worth of tools, new luxury auto brands and the […]

Have you seen this trailer? If so, Jim Starling and his crew would like to know. Thieves made off with the trailer and its contents, including $200,000 worth of tools and computerized car keys.

Friday Fun: Watch out for deer; the dirty secret behind EV batteries

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — June 22, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun, we look at a warning on deer, BASF’s prediction on the most popular vehicle colours of the coming years, a whitepaper on new car materials, the truth about electric cars and much, much more! – The Wisconsin Department of Transportation […]

It's always deer season somewhere. A shop in Wisconsin has noticed an increase in deer collisions lately, but the owner notes they usually don't see these until the fall.

Craftsman Collision looks back on 40 years of repairs, fires and the occasional cheetah

Vancouver, British Columbia — June 15, 2017 — Every repairer has strange stories to tell. After 40 years in business, Craftsman Collision has some doozies. Since founder Bill Hatswell opened the first location on Vancouver’s Cambie Street in 1977, the company has grown to 40 locations and served literally millions of customers. Staff have dealt […]

The original Craftsman Collision location on Vancouver's Cambie St. in 1977. Today the chain operates 40 locations in three countries.

Friday Fun: Edmonton’s big chop shop and a car for the very jaded

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — June 15, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun we look at a chop shop uncovered by Edmonton police that was the biggest they had ever seen, a car for the jaded people who have grown weary of Ferraris and Bugattis, why Toyota is still pushing […]

This 2016 Pagani Huayra could be yours … if you’ve got $3,999,995 burning a hole in your pocket.

Friday Fun: Saskatchewan gets a hail/heatwave combo; magnesium use may be set to rise

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — June 8, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun, we look at Saskatchewan’s crazy weather, the rise of magnesium in auto bodies, the coming introduction of a Chinese car unfortunately named the “Trumpchi” to the US market and much, much more! – Saskatchewan is experiencing some seriously […]

Chinese carmaker Guangzhou Automobile Group plans to begin selling cars in North American soon, but they might want to rename one of their more popular models first. The 'Trumpchi,' shown here was actually named in 2010, long before the current US Presidential administration.

Friday Fun: Rolls-Royce gets personal; cars may be ransomware targets

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — June 1, 2017 — This week’s Friday Fun takes a look at the worst roads in Ontario and across the country, how Rolls-Royce’s “Sweptail” is the automotive version of haute couture, why cars may be the next big ransomware target and much, much more! – Pictures ran in the […]

A crashed Lambo on the streets of Vancouver caught some attention this week. As a story in the National Post notes, 'the detailer on this neon green Lambhorgini did a bang-up job. But so did the driver.'

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