Limp home mode (more commonly known as just limp mode) is a really strange thing and is something that more and more modern car manufacturers have started including in cars. You may have experienced it before yourself. …

While you may not have experienced it yourself, we’ve all heard stories of cars that go into a workshop for a repair that don’t come out until months later. But, why does this happen? Well, there’s actually a couple of potential reasons but it usually comes down to either overbooking…

Fuel. It’s what actually moves the world. From power plants and giant ships to trucks, buses, cars and motorcycles, without fuel almost everything that moves would become a lawn ornament overnight. So if it’s the thing that keeps the world moving, why is fuel so expensive? …

We’ve done a bit of thinking over the last few weeks here at Kashy and we think we’ve almost come to the answer for an unpopular question that nobody was asking. See, in the old days certain things were just a given. Heinz made 57 types of sauce, summer would…

Sparks — they’re what starts a romance, light up the night sky and set a fire. Setting fire (or igniting fuel) is exactly what we’re talking about today and is one of the (very few) ways to get an engine running. In any modern petrol engine, you only really need…

Timing, it’s what makes all the difference in comedy and it’s also one of the most important things in keeping a motor running. From the timing of the spark through to the timing of the camshaft and crankshaft; even a punchline relies on good timing.

You might have noticed that our Kashy mechanics have really hunkered down on our blog posts lately with topics covering individual cars and even history. Some say it’s because we ran out of interesting things to write and some conspiracy theorists believe it’s all about algorithmic ranking on search engines.

Hyundai’s. If you’ve read title (and last weeks blog post), you might think that we’ve got a bone to pick with everyone’s favourite Korean manufacturer. However, as always, our Kashy mechanics actually have a deep love for this manufacturer and the cars they make. So, with the apologies out of…

Hyundai’s. While they used to be the disposable joke of the automotive industry, we don’t think that we could name a faster growing car company of the last 30 years (besides maybe Tesla). But, if Hyundai’s are so great, why do so many 15 year old Hyundai’s rattle, knock and…