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Maintaining Your Car on a Budget, Without Sacrificing Performance

For those car enthusiasts on a budget, costly performance parts aren’t always feasible. But if you love your car, you probably also want it performing to its maximum potential. Here are some tips for lower cost maintenance and possible upgrades that you can work on in order to help maximize performance. 1. Replace worn, rubber…

White Volkswagen Beetle with oversized fake eyelashes, a car trend.

Car Trends That Need To End Immediately

Headlight Lashes I don’t know where and when this headlight trend started, but it has taken over. As a female, I’m not sure why my fellow ladies have happily handed over their money to invest in these hideous car lashes. I’ve noticed that there has been a recent outbreak of this epidemic in San Diego –…

Bloodmobile with red awning and people donating blood

BuyAutoParts.com Holds a Blood Drive

Thursday July 25th, BuyAutoParts.com held a blood drive with the American Red Cross. The event was a huge success as we had more than 30 employees donate blood. We originally had set a goal of 25 donors but we went above and beyond! The American Red Cross recently issued an emergency request for blood donations…

Car engulfed in flames, illustrating a car fire emergency.

What to Do if Your Car Catches Fire

You never think it will happen to you. That’s what I thought anyway. Here’s the background story: This was in late January, and my boyfriend and I were on my way home from a snowboarding day trip from Big Bear Mountain. The drive home is definitely not a short one; we were going on our…

Man in gray shirt driving while using a cell phone

Texting And Driving

Texting while driving is not safe. You do not need us to tell you that, we are sure you’ve seen the AT&T ads and heard the PSA’s. The reason why everyone consistently relays this message is because this is a message that constantly needs to be communicated. It only takes one slip up and you…

Batman's Tumbler Batmobile on display, an iconic comic book ride.

Iconic Comic Book Rides

For those of you who don’t know, we’re headquartered in San Diego. So, when Comic Con comes into town, it’s a big deal. So in light of our city’s busiest tourist weekend, we decided to come up with a list of some of the most iconic comic book vehicles. 1.The Batmobile Honestly, this list wouldn’t…

Comic Con 2013

For those of you not from San Diego, or into science fiction, comic books or big budget movies, you may have never heard of Comic Con. But we are a San Diego based company and when Comic Con International comes to town, everyone in San Diego gets excited. Think about it, we have international powerhouse…

Our Performance Pro Takes A Ride Up The Pacific Coast Highway

Jonny, one of our knowledgeable pros recently took some time off to take a scenic summer ride up the Pacific Coast Highway on his stock 2001 Honda RC51 (1000cc V twin superbike). The drive up the pacific coast highway in CA is known to be one of the most beautiful drives in the world. On…

Top 5 AFFORDABLE Classic Cars

Did you know that July 12th was Collector Car Appreciation Day! Some collector cars out there can range in the hundreds of thousands to millions, which is a little outrageous. In light of this automotive holiday, we thought it would be ideal to compile a short list of the top five classic cars that also…

14-Month Girl Buys Car on eBay

Nowadays, seeing kids swiping away at an iPad isn’t too uncommon. Typically you can catch them crushing green little pigs with flying birds or ninja-slicing at array of fruit. You know, the fun apps. Little Sorella Stoute from Portland, Oregon however, was on another mission while tapping away on her dad’s smart phone. Turns out…