Staying In the Auto Repair Industry From the time he was a young boy, Charles “Chuck” Dilworth was racking up life experiences that would serve him when he became the owner of Cottman of Philadelphia, PA. He grew up around the automotive business: “My father owned a cab company,” says Chuck. [...]
Cottman Man Finds Success in Shawnee the key to any successful center is a great reputation and Jim Lamar, who owns the Cottman of Shawnee, Kansas with his wife, Nancy, is always conscious of maintaining a terrific reputation in his neighborhood. “I get customers calling me all the time,” says Jim. “They [...]
Florida Cottman Man Is Customer Oriented 2010 was a tough time for businesses and even tougher for transmission repair shops. The economy was still at a low point and most auto repair shops were struggling, however, Ricardo “Rick” Wagner, the Cottman Man of Brandon, FL has turned things around. Business [...]
Virginia Owner Has Lifelong Automotive Experience Charn Sethi, owner of the Cottman of Manassas, Virginia, started out as a general automotive technician. He earned an associate degree in automotive technology, and then got a job fixing cars. After working in the industry for about a year, he bought his first shop: [...]
Kevin Kuse, Kansas City’s Cottman Man, says that he still gets a kick out of solving problems to get cars up running again. When someone brings their car to Kevin for repairs, he sees it as a challenging puzzle. Even after 35 years of fixing cars and, especially, complex transmissions, [...]
Transmission Repair Specialist This month marks a year since Scott Stillwell became the area's Cottman Man, as owner of the Lancaster, PA Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care center at 419 East Ross St. But he is hardly a newcomer to transmission repair and the Cottman brand. In the early [...]
High aspirations from Garner Cottman Man Daniel Simon, the owner of Cottman of Garner, North Carolina, had a rather eclectic background before taking the reins of his transmission and auto care center. He was educated in ichthyology (the study of fish), he worked as an operations manager for UPS, and he was [...]
Your local Cottman Man reminds parents with teen drivers that National Teen Driver Safety Week, which begins Oct. 19 and runs through Oct. 25, is a good time for parents to talk with their young drivers and set some “rules of the road” that should accompany teens’ right to drive. [...]
Dedicated Customer Service from Austin Cottman Man Customer service is the top priority for Steve Fulton, owner of three Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care centers in Austin and nearby Cedar Park and Round Rock. But the concept of great service was the basis of his success for nearly 30 [...]
New Experiences For Des Moines Cottman Man Daniel Harrington has been the Cottman of Des Moines, Iowa owner since 2003. He came in with experience in transportation, but that experience was pretty far removed from what he’s doing now. “I was the senior engineer for Bandag; a retread truck tire [...]
