An electrical fault is the one problem where the workshop cannot quote you before they start. A worn clutch or a blown shock has a known price. An intermittent electrical gremlin does not. You pay for...
A single highveld hailstorm can dent a few thousand cars in one afternoon. If yours is one of them, you have probably already had the same realisation most owners do: the car drives perfectly, but it...
Most car fires in South Africa start with the wiring, not a crash. An old harness, a dodgy aftermarket accessory, perished insulation, and a car that was fine yesterday is a blackened shell today...
Flood damage rarely shows itself all at once. The car starts, you drive it home, and then it fails by instalments over the following months as corrosion works through systems you cannot see. That slow...
A damaged car parked in a Pretoria driveway doesn’t get cheaper to keep. It just sits there losing value while the licence renewal date creeps closer. Lou Appels Auto Spares buys those cars, and...
Gauteng is small on the map and packed with cars, which means it is also packed with damaged ones. A smash on the R21, hail on the highveld in summer, an engine that gives up in Vereeniging traffic:...
Selby is where this business has stood since 1939. Lou Appel’s Auto Spares works out of a real yard at 233 Booysens Road, just south of the Joburg CBD, and that single fact changes everything...
Selling a damaged car in Gauteng is mostly straightforward, but a handful of avoidable mistakes cost sellers real money every week. Most of them come from the same place: not understanding that a...
Selling a car that is wrecked, broken, or will not start feels harder than it is, mostly because the usual routes do not fit. Private buyers want something that drives. Franchise dealers do not want a...
