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Stinky Filters, Surprise Visits, and Summer Fun at Tom’s Automotive, West Seattle

Stinky Filters, Surprise Visits, and Summer Fun at Tom’s Automotive, West Seattle

by Wendy Sloneker | Jul 27, 2019 | Cars & Trucks in Shop, Inside Tom's Automotive Service

Sweet surprises We had a surprise visitor on a client’s vehicle—a June bug. But it was July!  This little critter must have been pretty happy on that car and made a home for himself that carried him right through his prime month! We also had a visit from Daisy, a...
An Actual Nest Found in the Air Filter

An Actual Nest Found in the Air Filter

by Wendy Sloneker | May 8, 2019 | Cars & Trucks in Shop, Uncategorized

Surprise, surprise! The things we find under the hood! Have the words “spring cleaning” come to your mind with this beautiful weather back out? It has for us! And not just in the traditional “purge things you’ve been hiding in your house throughout the dark and cold...
Behind the Scenes at Tom’s: What We’ve Found Under the Hoods of Cars, Trucks, SUVs, and Hybrids

Behind the Scenes at Tom’s: What We’ve Found Under the Hoods of Cars, Trucks, SUVs, and Hybrids

by Wendy Sloneker | Apr 11, 2019 | Cars & Trucks in Shop, Uncategorized

Sometimes we find more than the usual suspects of engine, oil, coolant, and battery. We’ve got all kinds of jobs going on at the shop as we work our way deeper into the Spring season.  You’d be surprised what we find under the hood and sometimes behind the panels. We...
Bring the Heat(er), West Seattle!

Bring the Heat(er), West Seattle!

by Wendy Sloneker | Feb 26, 2019 | Inside Tom's Automotive Service, Cars & Trucks in Shop

Car repairs, heat & air conditioning systems, and friends in West Seattle. Snow stompers came by It was fun to see that a little (or lot) of snow didn’t stop our clients from popping in to say Hi and get their cars serviced. Shannon and her sweet pup Nahvi stopped...
Fixing Cars with Weird Waterworks & Damage

Fixing Cars with Weird Waterworks & Damage

by Wendy Sloneker | Dec 8, 2018 | Cars & Trucks in Shop, Uncategorized

There have been a couple of notably weird fixes we got to sleuth & solve for the cars that came in this week. Water leaking inside their car First, we had a customer come in complaining about having water leaking inside their car and hearing a sloshing sound...
They Backed Their Car Over a Guard Rail… Ooops

They Backed Their Car Over a Guard Rail… Ooops

by Wendy Sloneker | Nov 18, 2018 | Cars & Trucks in Shop

This week we had a client who had an accident… they backed into a guard rail. Oops! You might think that this would just cause some rear end damage, but that wasn’t the case here. Even a minor accident that bumps something on the undercarriage can cause a chain...
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