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 [...]
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 [...]
After move from longtime Kingston location, Owners put finishing touches on new Cottman of Wilkes-Barre center October 6, 2014 Transmission Service Shop In Wilkes-Barre, PA Neal Kapral and Bill O'Hara recently ordered some new living room furniture and a flat screen TV. They are about to get a new coffee [...]
After years in corporate world, couple wanted to work for themselves September 29, 2014 Cindy and Bob Cowie had each spent nearly 20 years working hard at their jobs. But 18 years ago, they both decided if they were going to work so hard, they may as well do it [...]
Growing up in Maryland, Ron Thayer remembers working on cars at home in the garage with his dad, who was a car enthusiast. He also fondly remembers one of his best birthday presents, the 1969 Mustang his grandmother gave him when he turned 16. The Mustang was 16 years [...]
Husband & wife team makes service and quality work their top priority A little more than ten years ago, after spending much of their careers working for others, Sue and Kent Nicholson realized that together they had an ideal combination of work experience to go into business for themselves in [...]
September 3, 2014 Sal Albanese has had a lifelong love affair with cars. The owner of Cottman Transmission & Total Auto Care at 1 Kintner Alley in Stroudsburg, grew up in the transmission repair business. He worked at his father's transmission shop in Brooklyn, N.Y. as a youngster, before attending [...]
Twelve years ago, Fred Bowen knew very little about auto transmissions. He certainly didn't know anything about fixing them, since he is not a mechanic and didn't tinker with cars as a young man. Despite a decidedly non-automotive background, in twelve years Bowen has built the leading transmission and car care [...]
Jim Harrington builds his business by making noticeable difference locally When Jim Harrington came to this small city in northwestern South Carolina nine years ago, he took over an auto repair shop that had fallen on hard times. Today, the Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care franchise he owns and [...]
