ASA Honors Member, Industry Achievements At 2015 ‘Celebration Of Excellence’
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) held its “Celebration of Excellence” July 22 at the GM Heritage Center in Sterling Heights, Mich. – a site near ASA’s NACE | CARS 2015 events in downtown Detroit. This traditional awards dinner honors the achievements of ASA members and its industry partners. Dan Risley, ASA’s president and executive director,
Companies Commit To Support Breast Cancer Fundraising Efforts At NACE | CARS 2015
The NACE | CARS conference and exposition, North America’s largest auto collision and service repair event, announced its involvement in fundraising to support Metro Detroit’s local breast cancer programs and national research last week. Since the release of these fundraising efforts, companies have already committed to support the program. Painters Supply Equipment & Co., a
ASA Honors Member Achievements At 2014 Celebration Of Excellence
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) held its Celebration of Excellence Aug. 1 at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. – a site located close to ASA’s NACE | CARS 2014 events in downtown Detroit. The annual awards dinner honors the achievements of ASA members and its industry partners. Dan Risley, ASA’s president and executive
CRC Introduces GDI IVD Intake Valve Cleaner
CRC Industries, Inc., manufacturer of specialty chemicals for automotive technicians, introduces the GDI IVD Intake Valve Cleaner designed to remove harmful deposits from all types of gasoline powered engines.
Capturing Unperformed Service Work
We’ve all had those preventive maintenance conversations with customers, but has a customer ever asked you to replace something that didn’t test bad? I had a customer tell me to replace a battery that was barely four years old and it was a 75-month battery. I told him that the battery tested fine and the charging system was working well. That’s when he said something that I now say to my customers almost every day. “You don’t wait until you run out of gas before you put gas in, right? Why would you wait until your battery died to put a new one in?”
Meguiar’s Announces ‘Ultimate Sweepstakes’
Meguiar’s announces that the company will kick-off the Meguiar’s “Ultimate Sweepstakes” on March 17, giving entrants the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience the ultimate car guy’s trip to the 2014 SEMA Show. This is an opportunity for a regular car fanatic to gain access into one of the world’s largest automotive aftermarket events that is never open to the public, but is a mecca for any car enthusiast.
CRC 1-TANK Power Renew Cleans A Vehicle’s Entire Fuel System With Just One Use
CRC Industries, Inc. offers CRC 1-TANK Power Renew Complete Fuel System Cleanup, a fuel system additive designed to completely eliminate carbon deposit buildup from all areas of a vehicle’s fuel system with just one use. Available in different formulations for vehicles running on gasoline or diesel fuel, CRC 1-TANK POWER RENEW can restore and significantly improve power and driving performance while increasing miles per gallon of fuel consumed, said the company.
CRC Industries To Showcase K&W FiberLock On Full Car Wrap At NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Events
CRC Industries, Inc. has announced that it will showcase its cooling system additive, K&W FIBERLOCK Head Gasket & Block Repair, on a full car wrap on the #40 Hillman Racing Chevrolet SS at two upcoming NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events.
Routine Maintenance Schedules Help You Capture Unperformed Service Work
The cold snap that hit most of the country in early January was the onset of one of the coldest winters most states have seen in years. And since cold weather can have adverse effects on vehicle systems, you probably experienced an influx of customers whose vehicles were towed in with dead batteries, or ones that were flooded due to ignition systems that could not fire the fuel. Let’s look at some VW and Audi maintenance schedules and see what we may have been missing that could help our customers avoid costly tows and generate some additional revenue for our efforts.
Inaugural FRAM Mobile Tour A Roaring Success: 10,000 Miles And Counting
FRAM Filtration recently announced a successful conclusion to the 2013 cross-country tour that saw a new mobile education unit from FRAM crisscross the nation, traveling more than 10,000 miles to visit popular automotive enthusiast events, training centers and retail locations.