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Hey,

Just letting you guys know we are opening up a new performance workshop. We will be specialising in performance modifications and fabrications, engine rebuilds, supply and fitting of body kits and general mechanical work.

We will be located at Stanbel Road Salisbury Plain.

For those of you that work long hours we are willing to work after hours to fit into your schedule. In order to get your cars back on the road and back to you as soon as possible to mimise any inconvenience.

We will be there setting up workshop as of Tuesday morning ready for business trade as Monday 11th May, 2009. We are looking at having a meet and greet/opening bbq soon. Dates to be confirmed.

For more details please contact Simon on 0413 595 838 or Ben on 0403 493 311. Landline to be notified shortly.

We look forward to dealing with you soon.

Cheers,

Ben and Simon

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well that sounds super

before we go any further i highly suggest you read the >>SAU guidelines<< and contact the Trader Admin to find out what you need to do to keep your signature advertising your business

i wish you all the best in your endeavors in a very competitive trade but with the premise of opening at weird hours to suit your customer that will appeal to quiet a few i imagine

that's not Ben from Smooth Garage or Simon Michealmore ??

thats wicked...good to hear a garage being open at all sorts of wierd hours to cater for people that work the normal 9-5 hours...goodluck to all involved and hopefully see you guys soon....considering your up north

Any opening discounts? Say... a certain high percentage off the receipt? :P

Yeah we will be giving discount to random people at our meet and greet day.

thats wicked...good to hear a garage being open at all sorts of wierd hours to cater for people that work the normal 9-5 hours...goodluck to all involved and hopefully see you guys soon....considering your up north

Yeah Ben and i know how hard it is to get stuff done to your cars when your working long hours. We are also thinking about getting a car trailer so if your cruising around and brake down you can call us and we can come out and bring your car back to our workshop repair it and get it back on the road asap.

now that car trailer idea is a winner works on so many levels and im sure not just import drivers would use a service like that

yes been in the positon of having an unroadworthy car and just getting it to place's for tunes is hard so its also good for those of you with track only cars, and need work done, we can collect and drop the car off to you. Also we are working on all types of cars and not just imports :P

then it should be like $70 round trip i know flat top's to charge about that much

and remember its an inconvenience service

But they aren't a towing company, if they charge you a small fee for towing as long as its going to their workshop, then the cash is made in parts and labour, not dollars per k's.

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