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

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.

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 […]

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

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.

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 […]

Friday Fun: Shop plays host to archaeological dig

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.

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 […]

Friday Fun: Uber quits Quebec and Volvo goes online

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.

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, […]

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

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.

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 […]

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

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

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 […]

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

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.

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 […]

Friday Fun: Bodyshop owner trades crash for grass

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

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 […]

Friday Fun: More magnesium may be right around the corner

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.

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!    […]

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