Category Archives: Feature Articles

CYCLOCROSS is coming to Sellwood- Join the adventure THIS WEEKEND!

We thought Erik Tonkin of Sellwood Cycle Repair was just in the shop to pick up his car, but he had big news to share as well.  Erik is involved in just about every aspect of bicycling but he particularly … Continue reading

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Meet Hygiene 4 All- A look at one of our past Referral Reward recipients

We hope you’ll take the time to vote for our $1000 Referral Reward Yearly Award winner this year.  $1000 is a big boost to any charity and we donate to groups large and small throughout the year, but we restrict … Continue reading

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Help us give $1000 to charity… It’s time for our Referral Reward yearly award!

When our clients refer their friends, family, and co-workers to our shop, we definitely want to say thank you.  Our Referral Reward program does that without offering self-serving oil changes or shop discounts; instead we make a donation in your … Continue reading

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Glorious, Glorious Sellwood

Join us on a walk through our neighborhood “Glorious.”  “Stunning.”  “Incredible.”  Our driver has heard these and many more adjectives as our Courtesy Shuttle wends its way through Sellwood, but none of them even begin to describe the breathtaking beauty … Continue reading

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100% Carbon-Neutral Vehicle Fleet by 2025

Join our CNP now at an amazing special rate In 2007 we decided to help our clients drive carbon-neutral, so if they bought carbon offsets for their vehicles we offered a 10% discount on shop Labor charges and a really … Continue reading

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YOU! Yes, YOU! You’re wrong. Here’s why.

Fascinating ways we’re wrong in almost everything we think Every day proves beyond reasonable doubt that almost everyone ‘out there’ is an idiot.  But those people are looking at you too, and THEY know YOU’RE an idiot!  Who’s right? Who’s … Continue reading

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Buy a trip to Egypt… get your root canal for free!

Medical Tourism is a fun alternative to rational, reliable health care Single Payer.  Single Payer.  Single Payer healthcare (of one flavor or another) is the only rational, equitable, sensible way to manage health care in the US.  We’ve been loud … Continue reading

Posted in 2019 Sep, Feature Articles, Newsletters | Comments Off on Buy a trip to Egypt… get your root canal for free!

Tulsa’s Quiet Riot

An internet meme shows a sepia photo of the KKK lining a dirt road.  Above it is written “The Tulsa Riot of 1921… This is the worst riot in American history.  15,000 Blacks were left homeless, between 300 and 3000 … Continue reading

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We Don’t Do Oil Changes at Tom Dwyer. (Actually, we never have!)

We know how it is.  You’re driving when you notice the crusty old window sticker says you’re 2000 miles overdue for an oil change.  You look around and see a Quick-Lube on the corner.  It’s right there, calling to you, … Continue reading

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We’re committed to the environment. So what?

It affects every part of our business! What’s the biggest contributor to atmospheric carbon dioxide?  It’s not belching smokestacks or farting cows, it’s your car.  Well, probably not your car individually, but in 2010 NASA announced that road transportation had … Continue reading

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