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Cottman Man Of Feasterville Built His Career In Cottman Centers

By | October 5th, 2015|Franchisee's In the News|

John Hilgar started working on cars while he was still in high school: “I always messed around with cars when I was young… like all kids did back then,” he explains. So, when he graduated from high school, he faced a choice: college or cars. He is choice was mostly [...]

Louisville, KY Cottman Man Is The Franchise’s Newest Member

By | October 2nd, 2015|Franchisee's In the News|

Brand New Louisville Cottman Man Don Harris recently became the newest Cottman Man in the nationwide chain of independently-owned Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care centers. Don is a Louisville native and has received his Bachelors and MBA degrees from the University of Louisville. On August 10, 2015, Don assumed [...]

Get To Know Your Neighborhood Cottman Man For Fall Car Care Month

By | October 1st, 2015|Cottman Brand News, Franchisee's In the News|

October is the fall Car Care Month, a terrific time to take your car in for its semiannual service checkup. But where should you take it? Who can you trust to provide honest, quality service at a reasonable price? Cottman Transmission and Total Car Care is here to help. Just [...]

Car Black Box: Car Data Collection Systems Can Lead To Privacy Violations

By | September 8th, 2015|Franchisee's In the News|

Here is the link to the actual video/article: Officials: Car Data Collection Systems Can Lead To Privacy Violations Here is a copy of the article below by Susan Hogan from 12 WPRI Eyewitness News: Car Black Boxes PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — It is pretty common that airplanes come equipped with [...]

From Toddler To Transmissions, Cottman “Man” Made The Change Successfully

By | July 17th, 2015|Franchisee's In the News|

Melinda Kriner was home caring for her young son when her father and husband made the life-changing decision to open their own business —a Cottman Transmission & Total Auto Care center at 3315 N.E. 112th Avenue in Vancouver, WA. Melinda’s father Larry Postlewait had spent most of his career at [...]

Cottman of Spartanburg – Flood Damaged Cars May End Up On Used Car Lots

By | July 12th, 2015|Franchisee's In the News|

Flood Damaged Cars Cottman of Spartanburg was interviewed by Diana Lee from CBS 7 on your side consumer watch regarding flood damaged cars. Mechanic Daniel Stepp with Cottman Transmission in Spartanburg put a Lincoln Navigator on the lift that “at first glance you look at the car and it looks [...]

Cottman Of Charlotte Helps Raise March Forth With Hope Funds

By | June 16th, 2015|Franchisee's In the News|

Celebration of Hope named for local girl who lost battle to cancer 10 years ago at age 12 It wasn't a hard call for Paula Davis, owner of the local Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care franchise located here in Charlotte to take.  Four years ago, she was asked to [...]

Happy Coincidence Leads To 24 Years Of Success As Trenton’s “Cottman Man”

By | June 1st, 2015|Franchisee's In the News|

A happy coincidence years ago led to a long career for Beth Burns, owner of the Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care center at 1816 N. Olden Avenue in Trenton. Beth's husband Robert brought his car in for service at the Cottman center more than 24 years ago.  When he [...]

Cottman Of Richmond – Serving The Customer Is “In The Blood”

By | May 25th, 2015|Franchisee's In the News|

“Serving the customer is in my blood,” says Stan Guardino. The owner of Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care at 8259 Midlothian Turnpike has been serving customers since he was ten, working with his parents in their mom & pop grocery store. Now 50, Stan says he can’t imagine doing [...]

Cottman Man in Raleigh Takes Pride In Quality Customer Service

By | April 19th, 2015|Franchisee's In the News|

Rick White is what some people might call a serial businessman, having run and owned a variety of small businesses from real estate sales to a commodities broker.  For a time, he even had a marina, where he rented dock space and sold fishing supplies.  That job, he recalls, was [...]