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    • Engine & Transmission
    • Maintenance & Preventive Care
    • EV & Electric Vehicles
    • Business Fleet Services
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8211 SE 6th Ave
Portland, OR 97202

8am - 6pm Monday - Friday
Office Only: 8am - 11am Saturday

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Tom's Blog

From vehicle maintenance to community issues, Tom covers what matters to drivers in Portland.

Do mechanics do free diagnostics?

The short answer is “no”, but the longer answer is important As we were exploring the world of Quora recently,

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Meet our new Robotic Service Advisors… or else

They’ve never been on commission… now they aren’t even paid at all! “It was hard saying goodbye to all the

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How Fake Is YOUR News? A look at the media credibility spectrum… all of it.

(Originally published May 2018, updated Feb 2021 and Jul 2024) FAKE NEWS!  You’re being hoodwinked by the entrenched Liberal Media! 

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What happens to your vehicle if it’s not driven regularly?

What Happens To Your Vehicle if it’s Not Driven Regularly? If you haven’t been driving because of Covid, then this

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The wait is over! You voted, and our 2020 Referral Reward Yearly Winner is….

The wait is over! You voted, and our 2020 Referral Reward Yearly Winner is…. Here’s a rare commodity in today’s

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Can’t we all just get along? Nope.  But here’s why…

Can’t we all just get along? Nope.  But here’s why… We originally wrote this article way, way back in 2017

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Come Cringe With Us.

We never get tired of saying “the Tom Dwyer Newsletter is unlike any other newsletter you’ve ever read”, but what

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Please VOTE for our Referral Reward Program Yearly Winner

We’ll give $1000 to one of these charities… YOU tell us which one! Even with Yelp and Google around, old-fashioned

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Dwyer Local Business Buying Guide

Please help your friends and neighbors during these Covid Holidays! Facebook friend Mary A. had a good idea… “I’m planning

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What’s Wrong With My Car?

Diagnosing vehicle problems requires more than a code reader or gut feeling The Car Talk guys did the automotive world

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Goodbye Drew!

One of our longest-serving Service Advisors heads into the sunset. There’s pretty high personnel turnover at most repair shops, but

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Business or Politics?  People ask!  Here’s why we loudly say “YES” to both.

It’s common wisdom for a company to stay far away from politics, but we certainly don’t. Three years ago on

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