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...
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...
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...
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...
by Wendy Sloneker | Nov 6, 2018 | Cars & Trucks in Shop
A behind-the-scenes look at what we do & how we do it at Tom’s Automotive, West Seattle. Spotlight on Scuppy! Scuppy the pup stopped by the shop and was all smiles. We love visiting with you and your dogs when you’re bringing your car in or picking up after a...
by Wendy Sloneker | Oct 23, 2018 | Cars & Trucks in Shop
It’s warm and dry under the hood of your car. An ideal place for a rodent to nest. In the spirit of Halloween, I wish I could say this is a trick, but it’s not. And it’s definitely not a treat to find either! Sadly, we end up finding dead critters (mostly...
