Month: September 2011

Monday 19 September 2011

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WOOLF MUFFLER INSTALLATION

It was ironic that the muffler snapped and that I returned to a 38 year old custom muffler installation business in Auckland. The original owner, Alan Woolf, established the business and now it’s aptly managed by Jason and the wiz exhaust artist Chris. From the first email on a Sunday evening that was promptly answered, to delivering my car on the AA tow truck, and happily driving out was an enjoyable experience.

Jason and Chris are a team that gives fantastic advice, an excellent install creating a final outstanding product.
WOOLF MUFFLERS
Phone: 09 630 0690 • Fax: 09 638 6106 •
Email: jason@woolfmufflers.co.nz
Cnr Charles St and Dominion Rd,
Mt Eden, Auckland,
New Zealand
PO Box 8738, Symonds St, Auckland, New Zealand

Monday 12 September 2011

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GREAT DRIVES: UNTIL THE MUFFLER SNAPPED!

There is always plenty of advice of what tools you should carry in your car for any emergency repairs. Now, the MACH SR7 does not have a large trunk to carry a comprehensive range of tools and certainly nothing to repair a broken muffler? My best tool, well that the plan, was being an AA Plus Member for those unexpected situations that leaves you stranded…

It is almost an unwritten rule that those difficult break downs happen when it is raining, out of cell phone coverage, on a road with minimal traffic and more than 50 kilometers from a garage. When the muffler snapped, I hit all the above and resorted to standing in the rain and flagging down a large truck. The lady driver was incredible, stopping and offered help! Unfortunately all we could find was a bundle of sad looking string and a beaten up hose clip…she then set off to tell the garage I would try and get back to them or could they send out the AA tow truck. The below string sling looked ugly but enabled me to limp back to make a temporary fix.

String sling
Roadside fix

Friday 9 September 2011

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FINDING A QUALITY SERVICE STATION

This should be a relatively simple task, a garage service station that diagnoses and then upon approval completes repairs in a timely and cost effective procedure. Sadly, this does not happen. We all hear the horror stories of repairs that did not repair, or a simple procedure emptying your wallet. What we do not hear enough is about those service stations that are simply effective, reliable and affordable.

Enter Richardson Motors in Mt Albert, a complete garage service station. Paul, the owner and his team are coincidentally race car enthusiasts with a vast amount of experience from rally cars to track cars as both mechanics and drivers. Their combined experience and expertise meet all my expectations for my MACH SR7. Check the team work through this on the below YouTube for a warrant of fitness and general service of my MACH SR7 by the team, Paul, Neesha and Kevin.
RICHARDSON MOTORS
60 Richardson Road
Mt Albert
09 846 5899
richardsonmotors@xtra.co.nz