Autos For Us

Although there is no shortage of automotive-themed watch designs in the current market, for the most part the luxury watch industry tends to cater to a single facet of the automotive community with its releases. The overwhelming majority of car-inspired watch designs are at capturing the look and feel of either top-tier motorsports or classic European sports cars, with little heed paid to the vast diversity of the automotive hobby. Detroit-based Shinola has carried an automotive bent throughout its history, especially in the broader sense of celebrating its home city as the heart of the American auto industry, but as the brand continues its focused campaign to win over traditional watch enthusiasts in 2022 its latest release looks to capture the spirit of a very different sort of car enthusiast – the hot rodder. The brand itself claims the all-new Shinola Mechanic series is named after a traditional moniker for

A viral TikTok showing a “final boss Karen” verbally rating a car mechanic has garnered over 124,000 likes and over 3,000 comments on the popular social media platform.

In the clip, a woman can be seen yelling at a young man as he attempts to put the lug nuts back on her car. The woman repeatedly tells him to leave her property, oscillating between commanding him to leave the car where it is and putting the lugnuts back on.

She accuses the mechanic of disrespecting her and “putting words in [her] mouth” in the clip, but it’s unclear what transpired between the two prior to her decision to hurl diabetes at the man.

@peterbuilthooker #precisiontowing #karensgoingwild #towdad #firstresponders #moveoverslowdown #towlivesmatter #towlivesmatter #blowthisuptiktok❤️ ♬ original sound – Austin Miller

The seven-minute-long video, shared by Austin Miller (@peterbuilthooker) begins with the woman speaking. “Well I don’t care,” she says. “I’m the customer.

A mechanic with 54 years of experience at the Red River Army Depot was recently announced as the first industrial artisan to be inducted into the Army Materiel Command’s Hall of Fame.

James Carpenter has rebuilt, repaired and overhauled combat systems and tactical vehicles for the US Army since 1967.

While he’s always taken pride in his work ethic throughout his long career, he never thought an honor like this would come his way.

“I was really humbled by it and very honored,” he said. “It was quite a shock because I didn’t see it coming. I’m still in awe of it.”

Adrienne Brown, RRAD public information officer, said Carpenter is the first artisan or mechanic to be inducted into the AMC Hall of Fame.

“There hasn’t been anybody else like Mr. Carpenter to be inducted,” she said. “It speaks a lot about the type of work he’s doing there.”

The aircraft mechanics represent a relatively small portion of the company’s workforce of more than 500,000. Of the roughly 1,700 maintenance technicians and related employees who work on the company’s jets, hundreds work at the company’s air hub in Louisville, and about 40 work in Atlanta.

It’s separate from the massive Teamsters contract covering about 350,000 drivers, package handlers and other workers. The Teamsters have threatened the possibility of a strike by those UPS package division workers, even though negotiations aren’t set to start until next year.

The aircraft mechanics are under a separate contract and, as part of the airline industry, are governed by a different labor law than the rest of the UPS workers.

Labor relations for airline workers including the UPS aircraft mechanics are governed by the Railway Labor Act — which covers both airlines and railroads that are crucial to the nation’s transportation infrastructure and is

TikToker @dirty2dreamyllc posted a response to a q&a prompt on the platform that asked: “People who quit their jobs on the first day, what was your ‘I’m outta here’ moment?”

The creator, who runs Dirty2Dreamy Detail Services in Auburn, Washington, says that his decision to not lie to a customer on his first day at an auto repair shop ultimately led to his future success.

@dirty2dreamyllc #answer to @tiktok_qna I couldn’t believe what this owner actually asked me to do. It was a no from me and I left 4 hours after I started #smallbusiness #autodetailing #cardetailing #detailers ♬ original sound – Dirty2DreamyLLC

“Y’all are gonna love this story of how I quit a job four hours after starting,” he says at the beginning of the clip.

The TikToker explains that he left his old job at Firestone to work at a new repair shop. His new role was assistant