A working mechanic explains why he stopped washing his truck with dish soap, what he uses instead, and what actually changed after five months.
A working mechanic puts Chemical Guys Mr. Pink through a year of driveway washes in Tulsa, through red dust, summer heat, and winter salt, and reports what actually holds up.
Two pH balanced car wash soaps go head to head on a 143,000-mile F-150 in Tulsa. Hank Moreland breaks down suds, slickness, and which one belongs in your garage.
A working mechanic explains why he stopped using dish soap on his own truck and what foam wash does that the grocery store bottle cannot.
A working mechanic explains why he stopped washing his truck with dish soap, what he uses instead, and what actually changed after five months.
A working mechanic's five-step driveway wash that keeps swirl marks off your paint. No foam cannon required.
A working mechanic's honest take on Chemical Guys Mr. Pink after months of driveway washes in Tulsa.
Six months and roughly forty washes with the Chemical Guys Gray Matter drying towel on a full-size truck in Tulsa. What works, what does not, and who should buy it.
Nine months of Saturday driveway washes in Tulsa hard water taught me which towel dries a truck fastest. Here is the honest breakdown.
Why the waffle weave pattern dries a vehicle faster, from a working mechanic who has used one every wash day in his Tulsa driveway.
A working mechanic on the drying towel that finally made sense in his driveway.
A working mechanic's five-step driveway routine for drying a full size pickup without leaving a single water spot behind.
An honest, hands-on look at the Chemical Guys Gray Matter waffle weave drying towel, after eight months of driveway washes on a full-size pickup in Tulsa.
A working mechanic's two-year verdict on the BlueDriver OBD2 scanner, after 140,000 miles of daily driving in his own truck.
Comparing a Bluetooth scan tool with full system coverage to a basic code reader, based on months of use in a 2016 F-150 and a drawer full of cheap alternatives.
A check engine light does not have to mean a blind trip to the shop. Here is what a Bluetooth OBD2 scanner tells you, and why the BlueDriver earns its spot in the glovebox.
A working mechanic on the one tool that kept him out of the shop twice in a single month, and why a code is only ever a starting point.
A working mechanic walks through the whole process, from plugging in the adapter to reading the freeze frame data and deciding what the code actually means.
Fourteen months with the BlueDriver in a 2016 F-150: what it catches, what it misses, and the honest limits nobody puts in the listing.
Two years, a hundred top-offs, and one very slow leak. A working mechanic on what the AstroAI AIRUN H is really like to live with.
Hank Moreland, a working mechanic, compares the AstroAI AIRUN H 12V inflator against cordless tire inflators after a year of real driveway use, and tells you which one belongs in your truck.
A working mechanic explains why a 12V tire inflator earns its space behind the seat, with ten reasons that come from real driveways and real breakdowns.
A working mechanic's honest account of the morning a portable inflator saved him from a tow truck, and why he keeps one in his truck ever since.
A working mechanic walks through the right way to set pickup tire pressure, from the door sticker to the gauge, with the AstroAI AIRUN H in hand.
A working mechanic's honest review of the AstroAI AIRUN after months of real driveway use: what it does well, where it is slow, and who should skip it.
Two years, 30,000 miles, two lab reports, and one plain-spoken verdict from a working mechanic who changes his own oil in the driveway.
A working mechanic compares Mobil 1 Advanced Full Synthetic and Valvoline Full Synthetic 5W-30 after 60,000 miles in a turbocharged pickup.
Ten reasons a working mechanic keeps full synthetic oil in his own pickup, from cold-start flow to turbochargers, learned over 140,000 miles in a Tulsa driveway.
A working mechanic on the oil change that changed how he buys oil.
A working mechanic with thirty years in the shop walks through the exact oil change routine he uses on his own F-150, from warming the engine to reading the old oil.
A working mechanic's honest take on Mobil 1 Advanced Full Synthetic 5W-30 after 25,000 miles in a 140,000-mile EcoBoost pickup: what holds up, what the label oversells, and who should buy it.
A working mechanic puts Chemical Guys Mr. Pink through a year of driveway washes in Tulsa, through red dust, summer heat, and winter salt, and reports what actually holds up.
A working mechanic's honest take on Chemical Guys Mr. Pink after months of driveway washes in Tulsa.
Six months and roughly forty washes with the Chemical Guys Gray Matter drying towel on a full-size truck in Tulsa. What works, what does not, and who should buy it.
An honest, hands-on look at the Chemical Guys Gray Matter waffle weave drying towel, after eight months of driveway washes on a full-size pickup in Tulsa.
A working mechanic's two-year verdict on the BlueDriver OBD2 scanner, after 140,000 miles of daily driving in his own truck.
Fourteen months with the BlueDriver in a 2016 F-150: what it catches, what it misses, and the honest limits nobody puts in the listing.
Two years, a hundred top-offs, and one very slow leak. A working mechanic on what the AstroAI AIRUN H is really like to live with.
A working mechanic's honest review of the AstroAI AIRUN after months of real driveway use: what it does well, where it is slow, and who should skip it.
Two years, 30,000 miles, two lab reports, and one plain-spoken verdict from a working mechanic who changes his own oil in the driveway.
A working mechanic's honest take on Mobil 1 Advanced Full Synthetic 5W-30 after 25,000 miles in a 140,000-mile EcoBoost pickup: what holds up, what the label oversells, and who should buy it.
