2010 March |

First and foremost, I’d like to apologize if you’ve tried to call me the last few days. We have updated our phone service to T-mobile from Revol. They were supposed to port the number over during the weekend to avoid any communication issues, but unfortunately that didn’t take place until this week, making service sketchy for a few days. I deeply apologize if you’ve had trouble. However, I think (cross your fingers) that all that is over and done with now. Thanks!

CONGRATULATIONS To:

Tom Britt and Robby Slaughter! They correctly answered our Twitter Trivia Question yesterday to win a whopping 50% off service today! If you followed us (@MyCarDoc) you could win too!

HEALTH CARE? No way! It’s CAR CARE!

Health Care reform has been all over the news lately. It’s been the second trending topic on twitter behind the March Madness tournament. However, my fellow Americans, I am here today to stand up for the ones who can’t speak for themselves, the silent majority who stand idly by while we dominate their lives. They wait on us patiently and give us their all, rarely asking for anything in return except to be fed. Most of the time, we don’t even allow them to shower unless it’s summertime. That’s right, I’m talking about your automobile! Many of them may have foreign parents but are born right here in America (Suburu has a plant in Lafayette). But where’s their healthcare reform? Who is going to stand up and speak for these silent servants who judge not, want not, and vote not? I AM! Dunt dun dun! (Insert dramatic music here. Trust me, it sounds great in my head.)

I know what you’re thinking, but John, you’re only one man! I ask you, are we ALL only one man? Well, except you ladies. Then you’re only one lady. Well, not only in the sense of being miniscule or unimportant, but only in the sense of being singular. I mean….nevermind you know what I mean. Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, only one man and all that. So….oh doggonit, now my notes are all mixed up. Okay folks, I’m gonna wing it.

I may be only one man, but I’m a Car Doc, Jim, not a politician! (Star Trek reference for anyone who didn’t get that. Insert picture of Bones McCoy on the screen behind me at this point. Okay, so there’s no screen, but you’re imagining with me, right? Right? Oh boy…).

And what is a Car Doc to do? Well, I’m not just any car doc, I’m YOUR Car Doc. Well, kinda. I mean, the name of the business is MY Car Doc and not Your Car Doc, although if I’d have named it Your Car Doc instead of My Car Doc, maybe most people wouldn’t think my name was Mike Hardock. A LOT of people do call me Mike. So much that I even answer to Mike. But anyway….doggonit, where was I again? Oh yeah, so I’m a Car Doc. No, not Ima Cardock, she’s my cousin! HA! Anyway…..oh yeah, Car Care Reform!

I’m hereby establishing the CAR CARE REFORM MOVEMENT. Trust me, it’s an fun movement, easy to do and even easier to learn and it works like this: Buy 4 oil changes. Save money. Let me repeat that: Buy 4 oil changes, SAVE MONEY. It is that simple. For the remainder of March, I’m offering a special deal where you can buy 4 oil changes, and you will save over $60. But you say, John, why 4? My local gas station makes me buy 10 cups of coffee before I get my freebie? Good question, I’m glad you asked. Most people travel on the average 12,000 miles per year. You should change your oil every 3,000 miles. So you should need 4 oil changes per year. So….you buy 2.5 oil changes and get 1.5 for free! That’s NEARLY HALF OFF!

Summertime IS coming and everyone will be spending more on summer clothes, looking good, fireworks, and getting outta town. So why spend all that cash on your car when you can SAVE OVER $60. So there ya go, 4 oil changes for $99 plus tax.

The Car Care Revolution has begun! Viva la revolucion! (Can ya hear them honking out there in the parking lots? Isn’t it so beautiful? I promised myself I wouldn’t cry…..)

SAVE MORE $$

How else can you save money? Get better gas mileage, clean your injectors. Only $5 with service!

Wet Days!

How have those wipers been holding up? April showers bring May flowers but March was a bit damp, wasn’t it? For about $12 you can get both your wiper blades replaced while we’re there too!

FOOD DRIVE!

We’re sponsoring a food drive at the Indiana Small Business Fair on May 11th!

Come out and help us fill up the truck for the less fortunate here in Indy.

www.IndianaBusinessFair.com

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Didja do it too?

March 15th, 2010 | Author: MyCarDoc

Alright, raise your hands, how many of you were late to work this morning?
C’mon, seriously? That’s all? The rest of you didn’t use that genius excuse? It’s the ONLY day all year you get to use that perfectly good excuse to sleep in an hour and you still made it to work on time? Sigh, I’m disappointed in you. That guy in the back with his hand raised, I tip my hat to you, sir. Good job not passing up a golden opportunity. It’s like a mini-labor day in March, folks!

Here’s something curious about DST: did you know that it was started because a guy in New Zeland over 100 years ago had a hobby. Yep, George Hudson was a backyard entomologist who realized that if he had a couple more hours of daylight, he could collect more bugs. So, in 1895, he presented his idea to the Wellington Philosophical Society. Ten years later in England, William Willett prposed the same thing because he hated cutting his golf game short at dusk.

Early to bed, early to rise:
We all know Ben Franklin was a go get ‘em kinda guy. It was while he was in Paris at the end of the 1700’s that he was disgusted by how many Parisians burned candles throughout the night and slept through the early morning, brightly lit hours. So that’s when he came up with his “Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise” saying. He also wanted to shoot off cannons to wake them up every morning. Now THERE’s an alarm clock you won’t hit the SNOOZE button on!

DST starts because of the war:
It wasn’t until 1916 that Germany and the Axis powers decided to use Willett’s idea as a way of conserving coal during wartime. Britian and Europe followed suit. The next year, Russia started doing it and in 1918 the U.S. adopted DST also.

Makes the trains run on time:
Eighteenth century Europe didn’t keep precise timetables. However, as a rail and communication networks began to crisscross throughout Europe, it became impossible to keep anything straight. So the adoption of the universal DST across the continent not only preserved coal, but it also helps the trains run on time.

How you can save $$:
Okay, most of us made it to work on time, so you probably have heard about DST by now anyway, so let’s talk about how to SAVE YOU SOME MONEY. I thought you’d like that part.

How are those wipers working out for you? It was pretty wet this past week and you got plenty of opportunity to wear them out. How would you like for MyCarDoc to come right to your office and put on a NEW pair of wipers saving you the time and trouble of doing it yourself? We can make that happen.
NEW WIPERS INSTALLED AT YOUR HOME OR OFFICE during service for ONLY $12 (most vehicles).

How is your gas mileage doing lately? Did you see it shoot up over the weekend to nearly $3/gallon? Yowza, it was $2.89/gallon over by my house. We can help you save $$ on gas mileage.
FUEL INJECTORS CLEANED AT YOUR HOME OR OFFICE during service for ONLY $5.

BUY 3 OIL CHANGES, GET ONE FREE! That’s right folks, for a limited time, you can buy THREE oil changes at regular price and I will give you gift certificates for FOUR oil changes!

Check out our new Facebook fan page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Car-Doc/352591561526?v=wall
Feel free to join! If we’ve taken care of your car previously, we’d love to hear your story! Fans that post to the fan page qualify for an automatic 10% discount on ANY mechanical service.

Okay folks, fans and new believers, that’s it for this week. I hope you have a great week. Keep all four tires on the road and in between the lines,

–John Cannon

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