Carco Transmissions of Laredo

How Much Does an Oil Change Cost?

How much does an oil change cost? Read on to learn about factors that may influence oil change cost and frequency.

5 Ways to Extend the Life of your Transmission

Anything you can do to keep your transmission working properly and working for longer will save you money and headaches. Here are five ways to extend the life of your transmission.

How Much Does a Wheel Alignment Cost?

If your car is drifting or rattling, it might be time for an alignment.

Is a Special Service Required for Dodge Transmissions?

If you drive a Dodge, what do you need to know about your transmission? Do Dodge transmissions require a special service?

How Can Drivers Avoid Costly Automotive Repair?

What is the key to avoiding costly automotive repair? The answer is fairly obvious—keep up with basic automotive service at the appropriate mileage and time intervals. You will be helping your vehicle keep operating efficiently for as long as possible.How do you do this, you ask? First of all, reg...

What a Mechanic Wishes You Would Stop Doing

With Car Care Month coming to a close, we spoke with an automotive technician to get answers to some of your biggest mechanic/car concerns for the upcoming summer driving season, as well as some do's and don'ts for your car!

Why is it so hard to find an auto mechanic these days?

Don't ignore that 'check engine' light much longer—it could take a while to find someone to fix your car. Here's why.

10 questions people ask when you say you're from Laredo

Living or growing up in Laredo means clearing up several commonly skewed assumptions.

33 vintage photos of Laredo show what the city used to look like

Have you ever wanted to see what Laredo looked like 100 years ago? Now you can.

Will drivers come around on automatic transmissions?

Manufacturers say enhanced data sharing between engines and transmissions is boosting the efficiency of automatic transmissions over manual. Will they ever gain acceptance among drivers?

Transmissions: Creating a problem

Where to find last remaining manual transmission cars

The manual transmission is becoming the choice of fewer and fewer car buyers as time goes on.

Joe's Slinger Service Tech Question On Your Transmission

QuestionMy name is Suzanne.  We were taking a camping trip over a three-day weekend.  Abo...

Does the Brand Make a Difference? Discussing Ford Transmissions

What is Ford transmission? Read to learn about the more about Ford transmissions, or about the transmissions in vehicles from any other brand of automaker.

Go Faster Without Destroying Transmissions

Powershifting, no-lift shifting, or flat foot shifting is a method of changing gears in a manual transmission where you do not take your f...

These Are The Worst Manual Transmissions You’ve Driven

You don't always need a manual, in fact here are some of the cars where you'd have done anything for an automatic.

..And three problems with a manual transmission

Our last blog post looked at 3 problems with an automatic transmission, so we thought we’d provide the same advice if your vehicle transmission is manual. Here are signs to watch out for… Noise: if you hear a scraping or a grinding sound, either when cruising or shifting gear, it could be a transmission problem....