We now offer rock chip repairs at both Smart Service locations for your convenience. We can perform repairs on all makes and models (not just Subarus) Price ranges from FREE depending on your insurance policy up to $44.95 It takes about 30 minutes or less.
We would like to thank our customers for their valuable and candid input over the years. Your input and the surveys you’ve filled out for AAA have once again allowed us to be recognized by AAA with their “Top Shop Award” This is our 6th consecutive year winning the award. All of us at Smart Service [...]
Is your Subaru ready for Summer vacation? We’re ready whenever you are! Summer is a busy time around the Northwest. Our calendars are full with student graduations, weddings, sports and of course the much anticipated Summer vacation! With all this going on it can be a major inconvenience to be without your Subaru so we’re [...]
If you’re finally going to have your head gaskets done on your Subaru it’s only smart to choose the best possible gasket available at that time . For a while the only option was a genuine Subaru gasket. Now we offer a solution that is arguably better than anything Subaru currently has to offer for the phase 2 2.5 engine. Plus you’ll [...]
How Flat Rate works and why I don’t believe it’s good for the Subaru owner or any car owner for that matter. In today’s auto repair industry there is a pay system that has been around since the dealers broke the Auto Mechanics Union in the late 1970′s. It’s called the “Flat Rate pay system”. Pay [...]
Here’s what we do when there’s some spare time at the shop! We wish all of you and your families a very Merry Christmas and any other sacred holiday you may choose to celebrate with your loved ones.
Many of us can remember our first car. Mine wasn’t a Subaru. As a matter of fact, when I bought my first car in highschool in 1981 I didn’t even know what a Subaru was.(1967 Mustang coupe with 35k original miles). I still had no clue what a Subaru was until I was hired as an [...]
I was approached by our booster club president at our local elementary school about a program called WatchD.O.G.S. It stands for “Dads Of Great Students” and is a simple program to get dads involved in their childrens school. Most of us Dads spend our day at work while our kids are in school. Our kids [...]
Each 9/11 brings me back vividly to the morning of the 11th. On the evening of the 10th we had just returned home in the fameous Smart Service 350,000 mile Subaru Legacy with our new baby boy-Matthew. Just figuring out what to do once you get the newborn home was exciting and overwhelming for my [...]
The Shoreline Community College automotive program was very enlightening to me. I was surprised that after going through the first year of classroom/hands on training how many student’s just weren’t going to make it. Out of about 20 students I’ll bet only 3 or 4 made successful careers in the automotive industry. After completing the [...]