Okay so this was genuinely terrifying. I was driving home from work yesterday evening, stopped at a traffic signal near the Dubai-Sharjah border, and when the light turned green I pressed the accelerator and nothing happened. The engine just shut off completely, all the dashboard lights flickered an...

My Ghibli has been sitting in the garage for a few weeks while I was away, and when I went to start it this morning, I just got that sluggish crank that makes your heart sink – it eventually fired up, but I know that's a warning sign I can't ignore. I'm in Motor City and I really don't want to deal ...

We're finally setting up a proper storage system at our facility in Al Quoz and I'm trying to figure out what kind of pallets we actually need. We deal with a mix of stuff – packaged electronics, some automotive parts, boxes of hardware – nothing crazy heavy but definitely not lightweight either. I'...

I'm trying to get my Navigator's gearbox sorted and honestly, I'm having a nightmare finding a workshop in Sharjah that really knows these 10-speed automatics. The car's been hesitating when shifting from 2nd to 3rd, and sometimes it feels like it's slipping under hard acceleration, which is pretty ...

I've got a 2019 Navigator that's started making this awful grinding noise every time I brake, especially when I'm coming to a stop at traffic lights. I'm pretty sure the pads are completely shot and I've probably left them too long. I called the dealer and honestly nearly fell off my chair when they...

I had a bit of a nightmare this morning – my car suddenly started making a horrible noise on the highway and then completely cut out near Khalifa City. I managed to coast to the shoulder, but now I'm sitting here with the hazard lights on, trying to figure out the quickest way to get my car to a gar...

So I brought my sedan over from the UK and honestly the heat here has me paranoid about stuff I never thought about back home like coolant degradation and AC compressor strain. A coworkor told me not to just trust the quick lube places and that I should look for a proper certified full vehicle check...

I was about to give up on my 2015 Audi Q5 after it started slamming into reverse and hesitating on upshifts. Two different transmission shops told me I needed a full rebuild for nearly 10k, but I just had a feeling they were guessing. After digging through some Audi owner groups, someone mentioned l...

After getting quoted nearly 7k for a simple valve cover gasket replacement at the dealer, I decided to try one of those higher-end independent places that advertises as a Premium BMW Workshop Abu Dhabi and honestly I was skeptical at first because I figured "premium" just meant fancier wai...

My car's been cranking slower each morning for the past week and I know the battery is on its last legs. I've called a few shops in Al Quoz and Deira for prices on an Amaron, but the quotes are all over the place with some places asking nearly double what others charge for what looks like the same m...