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. For a while, the only option was a genuine Subaru head gasket. Now we offer a solution that is arguably better than anything Subaru currently has to offer for the Phase 2 […]
I just wanted to pass along some information about a recent recall that Subaru put out for Subaru 2002 and 2003 WRX vehicles with possible fuel leakage issues and fuel smell on cold days. Below is a link to the letter that Subaru has been sending out to WRX owners. Please take the time to read it. […]
Many Subaru owners have been faced with the dreaded head gasket failure on their Subaru. There has been much discussion about what the problem is, why it happened etc. I would like to discuss another subject that doesn’t come up often. Is there any way Subaru will pay for my head gasket repair and how […]
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 […]
Subaru head gaskets are about as hot of a topic as national health care lately. If you own a Subaru you know what I mean. Our first goal is making your head gaskets last as long as possible. We’ve got a few maintenance tips below to help put off head gasket failure as long as […]
