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Cottman of Lansdale Embraces New Technology Providing Expert Repairs on Today’s CVTs

By | October 31st, 2016|Franchisee's In the News, Transmission Articles|

Automotive technology is constantly changing, and that can put a strain on the auto repair shops and technicians who repair them. One of today’s more familiar changes is the transmission: Many of today’s vehicles are coming with a continuously variable transmission, or CVT. What is a CVT? It’s an automatic [...]

Creature Comforts: A Visually Pleasing and Inviting Shop Design

By | October 26th, 2016|Franchisee's In the News|

As seen in the October 2016's Oil & Lube News. By: Peter Suciu To many consumers, the image of an auto service center is likely just another repair shop that has pools of oil on the floor, pin ups of scantily clad women on the walls and a waiting area that [...]

Laying  It on the Line : How the Right Layout Can Benefit Shop Efficiency

By | October 26th, 2016|Franchisee's In the News, Maintenance|

As seen in the October 2016 issue of Oil & Lube News, by Peter Suciu With worries about salary  compensation, the increasing costs  of health benefits and  a general sense of uncertainty, many  shops  have experienced the all-too-common approach of needing to do more with less. While nothing can truly  make up [...]

Cottman of Charlotte, NC, Moves Across Town So They Get a Chance to “See the Sun Again”

By | October 25th, 2016|Franchisee's In the News|

There are a lot of good reasons to move a business — more space, better location, lower costs — but few have as much reason to move as the Charlotte, NC, Cottman Transmission and Total Car Care center. “The city of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, and the DOT closed our street [...]

Poor Night Vision? It Might Just Be Cloudy Headlights

By | September 28th, 2016|Auto Repair Articles, General Repair, Maintenance|

There’s a wonderful scene in the movie Doc Hollywood, where Michael J. Fox listens as an older woman explains the floaters she’s seeing. As she’s talking, he carefully removes her glasses, cleans them, and slides them back in place. After a stunned second she sighs and says, “I’m cured!” If [...]

Cincinnati Center Celebrates 12 Years with Cottman

By | September 27th, 2016|Auto Repair Articles, Franchisee's In the News|

CINCINNATI, OH – September 27, 2016 - Just over a dozen years ago, when Nick Carpinello, owner of the Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care center in Cincinnati, Ohio, began looking for an auto repair business, he had four concepts in mind: 1. With auto repair there is a reasonable [...]

Filters: More than Just Oil and Air

By | September 14th, 2016|Auto Repair Articles, General Repair, Maintenance|

Once upon a time, it was normal to take your car in once a year for a complete tuneup. Part of that tuneup involved checking all the filters, and cleaning or replacing them as needed. Today, tuneups may not get done for years. The spark plugs on most cars tend [...]

Introducing The Cottman Man Coloring and Activities Book, for Children of All Ages!

By | September 7th, 2016|Cottman Brand News, Cottman Franchise Development, Cottman Man Educational Video Series|

Well known as the face of Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care, the Cottman Man has starred in TV commercials, hosted his own blog, and taken on a fresh look in a series of animated online shorts. But now, the Cottman Man has leapt into a completely different medium as [...]

Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care Relocates from Cornelius to New South Charlotte Location

By | September 6th, 2016|Cottman Franchise Development, Franchisee's In the News|

The Trusted Auto Repair Brand Increases Service Availability in the Charlotte Area Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care today announced that its Cornelius, N.C. location is moving to South Charlotte. Relocating to 6729 E. Independence Blvd., the center will increase accessibility to auto services in the South Charlotte area. Fred [...]

Used Cars: Buying Someone Else’s Problems?

By | August 31st, 2016|Auto Repair Articles, General Repair, Transmission Articles|

It’s time: The car that took you from place to place for so many years, the one that’s been part of your life for as long as you can remember, just collapsed into a pile of rust and dirt in your driveway. Okay, maybe that’s overstating things, but it’s time [...]