the garage guy

Coming Soon

2005-12-29T04:40:00.000-08:00

Look Out! The Garage Guy is working on a killer new product line called The Garage Guy Speed Gear! Speed Gear is our answer to motorsports safety. Our first offerings will be safety apparel for kart racers, including driving suits, gloves, neck collars and rib protectors. These high quality products will be offered at the MOST competive prices on the market, making it easier for the new competitor to get into the sport.

Everybody loves to help!

2005-10-29T05:04:00.000-07:00

Even the little guy wants to clean up with our super soft micro fibre towels!

The wonder of Micro fiber!

2005-10-09T04:56:00.000-07:00

I can't tell you how many times I've watched a supposed Pro Detailer struggle to get some sort of film off a car's windows with regular paper towel, or worse yet the dreaded newsprint. Let's face it folks these old methods just take too much effort and don't really get the best finish ayway.
The smart guys have discovered Micro Fiber. These incredible towels will do anything from removing wax quickly & easily to cleaning glass with a quick wipe.
How do they work? It's simple really. Just like your high tech outdoor clothing, micro fibre uses thousands of tiny fibers that are much smaller than those found in the cottons used to make traditional terry towels. These tiny fibers pick up much more stuff off the surface you are cleaning. Also, they don't pill like cotton does so they don't create swirl marks like a terry towel.

One thing that prevents many Pros from using these towels is their cost. A 12" square towel is often as much as $10 each. The Garage Guy has latched onto a bulk source & we can sell them for only $3.25 each! These are so good that you will want to buy enough to have a bunch for glass and another bunch for wax & interior duties. Don't forget the windows in the house & all that stainless in the kitchen.

Professional detailer products now online

2005-08-25T12:32:00.000-07:00

After receiving requests from several detailers regarding pricing and product availability, we have decided to begin listing all of the Meguiar's Professional Detailer line on our web site.

Just a reminder that these products are offered in the quantities you pro guys need, like 5 gallon pails, that aren't really suitable for the home enthusiast. Unless of course you are like me & wash all your friends & family's cars!

Stars Of Karting

2005-08-21T06:48:00.000-07:00

In the absence of any karting in our household this summer, we decided to visit the Stars of Karting Canadian round at Woodbine racetrack. This semi pro series promised to offer some great racing action for a Friday afternoon. Unfortunately we arrived just in time for the rather pathetic media race. Legendary Canadian horse jockey Sandy Hawley was running away with the race until the second last lap, when his engine started sputtering & he ended up finishing third to some radio guys I had never heard of.
We caught a bit of Junior Inter Continental qualifying & then the rapidly approaching lightning storm sent us scurrying back to the car. Who would have know that we were about to experience the worst storm the Toronto area has seen in years.

The MINIs are coming!

2005-07-27T09:37:00.000-07:00

On Satuday August 6th, The Garage Guy's driveway will be invaded by a group of Mini's for yet another detail clinic. Watch back here soon for pics of our day with the Southern Ontario Mini Club! To learn more about this club, visit their site at www.somc.on.ca

The Garage Guy's first ever Car Club Detailing Clinic!

2005-07-11T11:57:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday, a small crowd of folks from the GTAsentra.net club invaded The Garage and were treated to a casual evening of car care. All the basics of detailing were covered, with emphasis on what tools to have & how to use them to their best advantage. I think the highlight of the evening was the realization that a clay bar not only works wonders, but is easy to boot! That, and seeing how incredible micro fibre towels really are.

You can find out more about GTA Sentra at www.gtasentra.net

For any other car clubs out there, The Garage Guy's Detailing Clinics are a great way to spend a few hours hanging out & talking cars, while actually learning stuff about how to care for your car!

2005-07-06T05:28:00.000-07:00

The Mother's wash brush

Product Review - Mother's Wash Brush

2005-07-06T05:04:00.000-07:00

Mother's car care products has come out with a somewhat confusing wash brush. Don't get me wrong, it's a really nice tool and it gets the job done. It's just that one of it's main marketing features makes no sense!
They have taken a traditional, pro style wash brush & attached it to a nice quality aluminum extension handle with soft foamy grips. To this, they have added a hose attachment to the end of the handle, which allows fresh water to flow through the handle & out the center of the brush. So what is the problem with that you ask? Simple. It washes the suds right out of your brush!
Used normally, without a hose, it is actually a really nice brush. The soft tips of the bristles are gentle on the paint and the brush holds the suds really well. The extendible handle will be a great help to SUV and minivan owners.

Even though the brush features a soft rubber edge around the hard center piece, you still hear the occasional thud as your brush bumps into the body wherever there are sharp angles, like at the base of the windshield. This nice brush just shows that if you are in a hurry, the brush always wins. If you love your paint though, you will use a good quality fuzzy wash mitt!

2005 VARAC Vintage Festival

2005-06-30T11:47:00.000-07:00

A whole crowd of us attended the 26th annual vintage festival at Mosport last weekend and were happy to see some great racing with some of the coolest cars in Ontario!

My fave had to be the unbelievably loud & fast BMW M1 endurance racer that came out of long storage last summer. the last time I saw this car was at the Group C endurance race at Mosport in 1984! It is even more outrageous now that it isn't surrounded by all the factory Porsche 956's and the like. Maybe next year the organizers can convince some of the endurance car owners to come out to show off some really heavy metal!

It was also a treat to see some of the old standbys of racing in Ontario. Minis, Porsches, Volvos and all sorts of sports racers took to the track for a weekend of fun. Fun is the key word to vintage racing, as the competitors are more interested in having a good time & excercising their old race cars than they are at beating the next guy. It is always my favourite event of the summer!

2005-06-30T11:44:00.000-07:00

This one is a first for me, I've never seen a Ferrari Dino race car!
Photo by Rob Treml.

2005-06-30T11:43:00.000-07:00

Ian Lok coming down the hill into Mosport's infamous corner 2 in his spectacular Volvo 122.
Watch out for an full feature on this special car in an upcoming issue of Grassroots Motorsports.
Photo by Rob Treml.

2005-06-30T11:41:00.000-07:00

Canadian built Kiki driven by it's builder & original owner. Photo by Rob Treml

2005-06-30T11:39:00.000-07:00

Vintage sports car race at the 2005 VARAC Vintage Festival. Photo by Rob Tremml

Announcing!

2005-06-16T13:37:00.000-07:00

As you may guess, I have a shop full of all sorts of detailing products. Also, over the years I have trained literally dozens of detailers. So what you ask? Well, it seems natural to me that The Garage Guy should start offering a car detailing service! We are about to transform our garage into a smokin' detail bay, complete with all the toys. Once we get rolling, we will be able to test out all sorts of products before we release them to you.

For more information on what we will be offering, don't hesitate to call Gary at 905-706-1257 or to e-mail me.

2005-06-02T12:06:00.000-07:00

Happy Father's Day!
We have put together a great deal on a bunch of Meguiar's products just for you to give Dad this year. No stinky ties, just great quality car care products from The Garage Guy & Meguiar's. We've included all the products Dad will need from start to finish and put them in a great Rubbermaid bucket with a really cool measuring window. The regular price for all this stuff would be over 90 bucks and we've tossed it all in a bucket for only $69.99!!!

For more details, visit our site at www.thegarageguy.ca

We need help!

2005-05-31T13:14:00.000-07:00

It's time for The Garage Guy to seek help! We are desperately in need of a roaming sales person to represent the Meguiar's line to car dealerships & detail shops in the Toronto area. If you love cars and have a way with people, you might make a great addition to our team! Of course, we would love for you to have some experience in the car industry, a great personality & enthusiasm might be even more important!

Please e-mail me at sales@thegarageguy.ca

2005-05-29T11:51:00.000-07:00

This P5 gets The Garage Guy's vote for sweetest ride at the show.

2005-05-29T11:40:00.000-07:00

The Garage Guy has been involved with a wide range of car clubs since it's inception. Since we now have a Mazda Protege5 in the fleet, we decided to poke our heads in at our first toprotege.com event. Actually, this was a joint Show & Shine with the toprotege.com crew and thegang from torontomazda3.com and was billed as a show.

My first impression is... WOW did I feel old! I think the average age was probably around 22 and a great big old guy who showed up with a kid in tow almost seemed out of place. That said, it was nice to put a few faces to some names & as always, see some great cars. I came away with a few ideas that we will try on our car & a few that we will stay away from! For my own projects, I still lean towards funtional mods rather than strictly visual ones.

Things are heating up around here!

2005-05-23T15:53:00.000-07:00

Well, spring is here & The Garage Guy has been so busy out visiting shows, race tracks and other cool stuff that I haven't been able to update the Blog! Over the last 3 weeks, we have been to so many events it's hard to keep track. I just spent 3 days at ECP in Chicago learning about some incredible new professional car care products. ECP is the company that makes all of our detailing aids & The Protector line of products. I had heard that they were large, but I really had no idea. There are 23,000 new car dealers in the USA, and ECP provides all the car clean up products for 11,000 of them! Their training center is every detailer's dream, from the incredible Hydro Foam machine to the cabinets to the new products in development. I want to duplicate this place here in Ontario. Sorry I didn't get any pictures, but my camera doesn't take great indoors shots. Watch our main web site for some new products from ECP soon!

2005-05-10T05:16:00.000-07:00

The Garage Guy got out last night to visit the new north Whitby weekly cruise night, hosted by the Road Legends Cruisers and East Side Mario's.

After missing the first cruise last week due to our own automotive calamity, I decided to take the boys up & have a walk around. I was very impressed that such a new cruise had so many cars. I would guess at about 40, but I didn't really count. I was too busy chasing the boys. Just a note for all you parents.... just because your boys might be used to going to car stuff with you doesn't mean that you should take 2 of them by yourself! Don't Touch!!

I'm looking forward to watching the cruise grow every Monday, and I'm hoping to sponsor a night later this summer! Hopefully next week I'll remember to charge the camera batteries & get some pictures instead of borrowing one from the Road Legends!

For more info on cruising in Durham and the Road Legends Cruisers, visit http://www.roadlegendscruisers.com/main.html

The Garage Guy visits Racing Against Drugs

2005-05-09T14:26:00.000-07:00

Last week, Miss Shelby & I had the chance to spend a day speaking to kids about kart racing at the annual Racing Against Drugs event at Iroquois Park in Whitby. RAD is a community based drug and alcohol awareness program that has been run in Durham by the RCMP since 1998. Grade 5 students from across Durham Region are brought in to learn about a healthy lifestyle, showing racing as a great alternative.

The Mosport Kart Club hosts a booth each year & every day, a different young kart racer attends to tell the visitors about their experiences with racing as a fun family sport. Shelby had a great time & I think that she learned some great confidence lessons by speaking to groups of kids her own age.

You can learn more about RAD at http://autonet.ca/rad/Home.cfm and more about the Mosport Kart Club at http://www.mosportkartclub.com/index.htm

2005-05-06T13:53:00.000-07:00

The Meguiar's Water Magnet drying towel soaks up 3 times the water of traditional terry cloth. This super soft towel has a nice black finished edge & really reduces your drying time & leaves a spot free finish. Best of all, it's value priced at only $16.99

2005-05-06T13:47:00.000-07:00

The Garage Guy is proud to offer the complete line of Meguiar's car care products. "Full line" means that we've got all the cool stuff that your local super huge tire store chain doesn't carry!!

2005-05-02T12:27:00.000-07:00

Perry Ianuzzi in his weekend office

2005-05-02T12:15:00.000-07:00

The Garage Guy goes back to the racing world with Bouran Data Services & Team Mad Macs

After 14 years away from road racing, I have returned!! Joining Bouran Data Services in their quest to expand from karts to cars, I spent the last weekend in the paddock with Team Mad Macs and their fleet of race cars. I have to say that the return was nothing less than incredible. I met and worked with the most wonder bunch of people, that made me remember why I continue to be interested in this crazy hobby. I am amazed at how easily we fit into this team of pros. When the weather threw a few curve balls, I had the opportunity to swing into action with these guys while helping with several tire changes & with the reconstructive surgery on a Civic following a heavy off track excursion. The team works well with each other & I was impressed as a newcomer that I fit into the flow of work right away while pulling apart the bent racer. It felt like I had been working with this team for years. I'm looking forward to the rest of the summer!

The Garage Guy is going racing once again!

The Garage Guy Homepage is LIVE!!

2005-03-22T10:41:00.000-08:00

The Garage Guy is proud to announce that our official homepage is now live!

You can now visit us at

www.thegarageguy.ca

2005-03-18T06:13:00.000-08:00

Check out these cool air freshener helmets from JV! They are available in Apple, Sport or Breeze fragrance and retail for only $11.99

2005-03-18T06:09:00.000-08:00

The Garage Guy is excited to offer the Jacques Villeneuve line of car care products by SONAX

The Garage Guy needs YOU!

2005-03-02T11:11:00.000-08:00

The Garage Guy needs new field sales reps to represent our lines to new car dealers and independant repair shops. This is a perfect opportunity for a technician or parts/service advisor who need a new challenge but still want to use their automotive skills. We offer an outstanding support system and four great product lines.

Contact Gary by e-mail or by phone at (905)666-1149

2005-03-01T10:33:00.000-08:00

Porsche 917 Lemans car from the Steve Mcqueen Collection

2005-03-01T10:30:00.000-08:00

AutoArt Intercooler business card holder

2005-03-01T10:16:00.000-08:00

No Hay Dos!

2005-03-01T09:58:00.000-08:00

Our Mission Statement is simple: No Hay Dos! It means Second To None.

In the mid 1950’s, Ferrari built a handful of cars called the 340 Mexico specifically for the Carerra Panamerica road race in Mexico. One of these very special cars wore the words No Hay Dos! A very special moniker for a very special car. The Garage Guy is proud to honor this tradition of excellence.

The Garage Guy is committed to being second to none in customer service and product quality. We are dedicated to improving your automotive lifestyle!

Be sure to visit The Garage Guy's other home on the web

2005-03-01T09:38:00.000-08:00

metalmovers.ca has become home to the Canadian Kart Racers Forum. At this site, you can connect with other kart racers or read about some of the fun events The Garage Guy has visited!

http://www.metalmovers.ca

Bardahl added to The Garage Guy

2005-02-25T12:08:00.000-08:00

We are happy to announce that The Garage Guy will be carrying the complete line of Bardahl Automotive & Powersports products

for more info on the product line, visit http://www.bardahl.ca

2005-02-07T13:44:00.000-08:00

Watch soon for www.thegarageguy.ca

Welcome to The Garage Guy

2005-02-07T13:20:00.000-08:00

The Garage Guy is a new concept in Canadian online retail. We are starting out with car care products like the pros use, but in sizes the home enthusiast can use. As we grow, we will offer Car Club Gear, Diecast models and other cool car stuff.