Whenever someone asks about having their car’s transmission serviced, some know-it-all always feels the need to put in his two cents: “You don’t want to service your transmission; that’ll ruin it!” Let’s get one thing out of the way up front: A transmission service, performed properly by a qualified transmission [...]
According to most automotive experts, the best way to make sure which types of maintenance your car needs is to check the owners manual. But almost no owners manuals say anything about a transmission fluid exchange, so it must be a bogus service, right? It’s just the shop’s way of [...]
December 17, 2014 Brad Bergeson has owned several businesses in a wide variety of industries, ranging from vending machines to transmission repair. The "serial entrepreneur" has spent the last eight years building a solid customer base for his Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care shop at 1200 Noland Rd. Bergeson, [...]
Nationwide "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign Dec. 12 through Jan. 2 Police nationwide will be out in force to stop and arrest drunk drivers during the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" holiday enforcement campaign, which begins December 12 and runs through Jan. 2, 2015. It is part [...]
December 9, 2014 Every year as the holidays approach, Ted Boyer, who owns and runs the Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care center in St. Peters/St. Charles, gets a call from the local radio station. Together, they offer a free transmission repair or other car repair service for a needy [...]
December 2, 2014 When Becky Beacham and her husband Chandler opened a Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care center here 16 years ago, they were looking for a business where they could call the shots and reap the rewards of hard work and solid customer service. Prior to opening the [...]
Long holiday weekend is among most dangerous times on nation's roads November 25, 2014 Thanksgiving weekend, best known for family gatherings over turkey, along with football and shopping, is reputed among police and traffic safety officials as one of the most dangerous driving times of the year. Holiday Driving Safety [...]
November 11, 2014 Veterans Day is an annual reminder to give thanks to the men and women who have protected the American way of life through their service in our Armed Forces. For Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care, a nationwide auto repair and transmission company for almost any make [...]
October 28, 2014 Rob Kress learned the secret of customer service at his first job out of high school, working as a porter at an auto repair shop. In addition to cleaning, he drove customers back home or to work while their cars were being serviced, and he saw firsthand [...]
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