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AutoMD Auto Repair: Get Car Repair Guides & Quotations

Umar — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:01:30 +0000

A lot of car owners probably do not know much about car maintenance and repair. Mechanics often exploit this and overcharge customers. Here to you help solve the issue of car repairs is a web service called AutoMD Auto Repair.

AutoMD Auto Repair is a website that lists numerous DIY car repair guides. These guides come in the form of step-by-step articles and videos and cover all aspects of car repair. The site even helps you estimate repair costs.

The most useful feature of the site however is that it lets you get car repair quotations from various mechanics to compare deals and settle for the best one.

AutoMD also offers an iOS application with all the site’s features. The app is available for free from iTunes and compatible with iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad running iOS 3.0 or later.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Offers DIY car repair guides.
Provides guides as text and as videos.
Provides a car repair cost estimator.
Lets you get repair quotations from various mechanics.
Lets you find mechanics according to region.
Offers an iOS application.
Similar tools: RepairPal and VehicleFixer.

Check out AutoMD Auto Repair www.automd.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

GadgetTeardowns: How To Disassemble Popular Gadgets

azim — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:45:48 +0000

iFixit is a do-it-yourself repair guide for Apple products. While site is mostly Apple-centric, it has a “Gadget Teardowns” section, which shows you how to disassemble popular tech gadgets. Here you can find, how to disassemble an iPhone, how to disassemble PSP and many other popular gadgets including iPods, smartphones (Blackberries etc), notebooks and gaming consoles through step-by-step instructions with photos.

Browse popular gadget teardowns and follow the detailed instructions on how to correctly disassemble your gadget. You can also submit a gadget teardown of your own and get it published online for all the others to see and use.

Features:

How To disassemble iPhones, PSP consoles and other popular electronic gadgets.
Disassemble gudeis include step-by-step instructions with photos.
Browse popular teardowns or submit your own gadget teardown online.

Checkout GadgetTeardowns @ www.ifixit.com/Teardown

Easy2DIY: Home Repair Tutorials & Tips

azim — Mon, 11 May 2009 02:13:56 +0000

During hard economic times, you can save money by doing most of the home repair tasks yourself instead of paying someone else. To get help with all the home repair and improvement projects, check out Easy2DIY, which offers practical home repair tutorials and tips. Most of the tutorials are well explained with step-by-step illustrations.

You can browse site by category (windows, plumbing, furniture, electrical ), by place in your house (attic, basement, yard, kitchen) or by a specific task (cleaning, painting, wiring, mowing etc.)

Once you have selected the task you need to do, say “Insulating an Attic”, you will get an overview of the task and the list of materials and tools needed for it. Read common mistakes, cautions and follow the illustrated step-by-step instructions.

Features:

Home improvement and renovation tips and advice.
Learn how to perform specific tasks (wiring, insulating, painting, remodeling and more) with step-by-step illustrated tutorials.
Find out materials and tools needed for each task.
Free, no registration neede.

Check out Easy2DIY @ www.easy2diy.com

ThisToThat: Tells You How To Glue Anything To Anything

Kaly — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:54:54 +0000

Need to glue one thing to another but not sure what is the best way to do it? Head to ThisToThat.com. It is a very simple and useful glue advice site that lets you find out how to properly glue one type of surface to another. All you have to do is select two different surface types and get the directions on how to properly do it and what type of glue to use.

Features:

Find out how to glue anything to anything
Get directions on how to properly do it and what type of glue to use.
Free and no registration.

Check out ThisToThat @ www.thistothat.com

VehicleFixer: Car Repair Videos for Beginners

Kaly — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:57:17 +0000

If you want to save money on your car maintenance and do basic car repairing yourself then VehicleFixer.com might be what you need. On this website you can find and watch guided car repair videos such as how to change brakes, check fluids and tire pressure, change battery, improve gas mileage… etc. You can browse videos by vehicle type or search by job that needs to be done.

The site is completely free and no registration required for watching videos. Registering on the site will let you keep track of your gas mileage, keep track of maintenance schedule and get alerts.

Features:

Collection of free guided auto repair videos.
Browse videos by vehicle name or job type.
Register to keep track keep track of your gas mileage, maintenance schedule and get alerts.

Check out VehicleFixer @ www.vehiclefixer.com