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8211 SE 6th Ave
Portland, OR 97202

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

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

Maintain Your Advantage- Keeping your vehicle saves thousands over buying new

The Green Living Journal “offers solutions to the serious energy, health, and environmental problems facing all of us.”  (If you

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“What NOW?!! Toon” for August

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Tom’s Tidbits- Truth, Justice, or the American Way

Greetings! While we’re all waiting for the sentence in the Bradley Manning trial, I’d like to tell you a story. 

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Car Of The Future- Kids designs for future transportation

We hope you got a chance to go to one of the free Sellwood Park Concerts this year.  We certainly

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Tom’s Tidbits- Snowden and the NSA… keep your eye on the ball

Greetings! Did Edward Snowden watch and learn from the lessons of Bradley Manning?  More importantly, have we? Manning leaked information

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Keith Tucker’s “What NOW?!! Toon” for July

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Orwell Was An Optimist

The best articles on the evolving NSA scandal Edward Snowden’s allegations about the NSA are so serious and pervasive that

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”Idiot lights”? Only if you don’t understand them!

What do your dashboard warning lights mean? Some people call them “idiot lights” but they’re more properly called “dashboard warning

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“1998 and Newer” isn’t for everyone

If you’re an existing client, we’ll gladly work on your older cars! While most shops will work on anything that

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Drew’s Kitchen- Kelley’s Creamed Potatoes & Peas

Celebrity watchers at the first Sellwood Park Summer Concert may have caught a glimpse of Drew enjoying a picnic with

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Shop Talk- Calendar nominations, road trip tips, and an indestructible kitten

Call for Nominations- 2014 Tom Dwyer Charitable Giving Calendar! We always feel a little silly this time of year because,

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Health Notes- The sweetener that gives monkeys tumors

Here’s a situation we’ve all been in… you’re working in a lab on an anti-ulcer drug, but you create a

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