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- Oct. 23: DWI - at the wheel of La-Z-Boy - Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Aftersoft Network N.A., Inc Confirms Deployed VAST Sales - Biloxi Sun Herald
- McKibbon makes repairs just as he'd do his own - NASCAR
- Pep Boys to Present at Gabelli & Company’s 33rd Annual Automotive ... - PR Inside
- Audit Finds C. Ind. Town Defrauded of $250,000 - WIBC.com
| Oct. 23: DWI - at the wheel of La-Z-Boy - Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:43 PM PDT The operator of a La-Z-Boy chair converted into a motorized vehicle -- complete with a stereo and cup holders -- has admitted that he crashed the piece of furniture after leaving a bar in Proctor, Minn., extremely drunk. Dennis LeRoy Anderson, 61, of Proctor, pleaded guilty Monday to hopping on the chair on the night of Aug. 31, 2008, after visiting the Keyboard Lounge, then crashing into a more traditional vehicle in the parking lot. Anderson's blood-alcohol content was 0.29 percent, more than three times the legal limit for driving in Minnesota. Deputy Police Chief Troy Foucault said Thursday that the chair is "quite decked out." Along with the stereo and cup holders, it is driven by a converted gasoline-powered lawnmower, and has a steering wheel, headlights and a power antenna. Foucault estimated that the La-Z-Boy can top out at 15 to 20 miles per hour. A National Hot Rod Association sticker adorns the headrest. The chair was impounded and will be sold at the next police auction. "We have quite a few people calling about buying it," said Foucault, who half-seriously acknowledged that he is tempted to bid on it, except that "I have kids who would take it out and drive it on the street." Anderson admitted to police that he had been drinking at home, was leaving the bar and had drunk eight or nine beers that day before getting on the La-Z-Boy and crashing it into a Dodge Intrepid parked outside, Foucault said. Anderson was treated for minor injuries and given a field sobriety test, even though he pleaded several times with the officer to "give him a break," according to the police report. "He failed everything," Foucault said, which led to Anderson's arrest and seizure of the chair. The officer on the scene checked Anderson's driver's license and determined that it had been revoked because of a previous drunken-driving conviction, according to police. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Aftersoft Network N.A., Inc Confirms Deployed VAST Sales - Biloxi Sun Herald Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:10 PM PDT '+'>'); } --> ALLENTOWN, Pa., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Aftersoft Network N.A., Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aftersoft Group, Inc (OTC Bulletin Board: ASFG.OB), a leading provider of business automation and ecommerce solutions for the automotive aftermarket, is pleased to announce that eleven tire & auto service companies representing thirty-eight store locations have recently deployed its VAST Enterprise tire & auto service point of sale software. These dealers include: Iowa Tire Inc., Indianola, IA Virginia Tire & Auto, Ashburn, VA Arowinds Tire & Auto Center, Charlotte, NC Blue Springs Service Center, Blue Springs, MO KLNM Corp. dba Tuffy Car Care, Pickerington, OH Autocare Service Center, Inc., York, PA Tuffy Car Care of Longwood, FL Brex, Inc, dba CarX Auto Service, St. Louis, MO Lamberts Goodyear, Cuyahoga Falls, OH C & R Auto Service, Inc., dba Car-X Auto Service of Lansing, IL Oldford Enterprises, dba Midas, Watertown, NY VAST Enterprise is a comprehensive point of sale system for retail, commercial and wholesale tire dealers and automotive service centers. Dennis Williams, Operations Manager of Blue Springs Service Center, recently said, "The people at Aftersoft were excellent when we converted to VAST Enterprise. VAST gives us the ability to quote tires as well as complex service jobs, through their integration with the electronics parts catalog." "We are thrilled that the companies listed have chosen us as a technology partner," commented John Fischer, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Aftersoft Network NA, Inc. "We look forward to expanding our business while serving the needs of our current customer base. We pledge to remain on the cutting edge of technology while simultaneously working to keep costs to our customers down. We look forward to the challenges ahead and hope dealers across the nation will take a look at us to meet their technology needs." About Aftersoft Group, Inc Aftersoft Group, Inc is a supplier of business and ERP supply chain management solutions to automotive parts manufacturers, distributors and retailers. Aftersoft Group provides the automotive aftermarket with a combination of business management systems, information products, and online services that together deliver benefits for all parties involved in the timely repair of a vehicle. For further information, please visit www.aftersoftgroup.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of risks and uncertainties impacting the company's business including, increased competition; the ability of the company to expand its operations through either acquisitions or internal growth, to attract and retain qualified professionals, and to expand commercial relationships; technological obsolescence; general economic conditions; and other risks detailed time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). SOURCE Aftersoft Network N.A., Inc Showing:  This content has passed through fivefilters.org.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| McKibbon makes repairs just as he'd do his own - NASCAR Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:10 PM PDT In 21 years of doing business, Doug McKibbon has pretty much seen it all when it comes to working on cars at Doug's Transmission & Auto Repair in Talladega, Ala. Asked about to describe some of his more memorable encounters with customers, McKibbon hesitated, oh, maybe half a second before coming up with one. Seems a guy brought a car in that he'd been working on himself. Things weren't going well, so he finally called in the cavalry. McKibbon couldn't believe what he saw. "Well ... I had a guy bring me a truck one time. He said he'd put heads on it and couldn't get the thing to act right," says McKibbon. "Water kept running out of it, running hot, skipping. Come to find out, after I pulled it [the engine] out, he never even put head gaskets on it. He just took some glue and glued the heads on it." Just for the record, gluing the heads on an engine isn't exactly standard procedure in the automotive repair industry. There have been numerous other instances where McKibbon has seen evidence of people having been sold, for lack of a better term, lemons. "I've been through so many [cars], I've seen just about everything there is to see in one," McKibbon says with a laugh. "People would go to car sales, bring 'em back and then complain about noise in them. They'd have felt hats cut up and banana peels shoved in the rear end. "I've had motors that were running on five cylinders. You can fool with everything ... change plugs, check the thing and then finally get around to compression. You'd figure it'd be a valve or ring or something. They had just took the piston and rod out of it, and [instead] took a four-by-four [piece of wood] and whittled it down, made it round and drove it in the hole to keep it from blowing oil." Uh ... yeah. That's not exactly acceptable, either. Doug's Transmission & Auto Repair specializes, obviously, in transmission work. Still, that's not all McKibbon does. "I do a little bit of all of it," he says. "I do motors, transmissions ... pretty much whatever it takes to make a dollar nowadays. ... I really like the older stuff. This new stuff, I think it's kinda complicated and drug out. They're making a bunch of stuff to sell. They don't really fix nothing to work on no more. They just make disposable stuff. ... It's hard to say. They come in spurts. You're liable to get five of one thing one week and five of something else the next week." Customers won't be taking home heads that have been glued to engines, bananas or felt hats. As much as maybe any other business, trust is a huge factor in a repair shop's success ... or failure. "I fix [a customer's car] just like I'd fix my own," continues McKibbon, a longtime Earnhardt fan who's pulling for Mark Martin to win the championship this season. "I don't send no junk out. I fix anything like I'd fix it for my own car, my son's or my wife's. I've been in this business 21 years, and been fooling with stuff about 35 years. I've been doing it since I was a kid. "I grew up on junkyards and service stations and car lots. That's basically all I've done all my life. You've got to know a little bit about something. It just comes natural to me. I grew up in it. It's all I've ever done." This content has passed through fivefilters.org.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Pep Boys to Present at Gabelli & Company’s 33rd Annual Automotive ... - PR Inside Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:46 PM PDT 2009-10-30 21:38:01 -
The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack (NYSE: PBY), the nation's leading automotive aftermarket service and retail chain, today announced that it will present an overview of the Company's vision – to be the automotive solutions provider of choice for the value-oriented customer – and the strategy for achieving this vision at the upcoming Gabelli & Company Automotive Aftermarket Symposium in Las Vegas on Tuesday, November 3. The slides to be presented at the symposium will be available on the Company's Web site at www.pepboys.com :
About Pep Boys Pep Boys has approximately 6,000 service bays within over 580 locations in 35 states and Puerto Rico. Along with its full-service vehicle maintenance and repair capabilities, the Company also serves the commercial auto parts delivery market and is one of the leading sellers of replacement tires in the United States. Customers can find the nearest location by calling 1-800-PEP-BOYS or by visiting www.pepboys.com : Certain statements contained herein constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The word "guidance," "expect," "anticipate," "estimates," "forecasts" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include management's expectations regarding implementation of its long-term strategic plan, future financial performance, automotive aftermarket trends, levels of competition, business development activities, future capital expenditures, financing sources and availability and the effects of regulation and litigation. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved. The Company's actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements due to factors beyond the control of the Company, including the strength of the national and regional economies, retail and commercial consumers' ability to spend, the health of the various sectors of the automotive aftermarket, the weather in geographical regions with a high concentration of the Company's stores, competitive pricing, the location and number of competitors' stores, product and labor costs and the additional factors described in the Company's filings with the SEC. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.
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| Audit Finds C. Ind. Town Defrauded of $250,000 - WIBC.com Posted: 30 Oct 2009 12:48 PM PDT
Audit Finds C. Ind. Town Defrauded of $250,000
By the Associated Press 10/30/2009
The State Board of Accounts report say the Chesterfield employees collected money from mileage reimbursements for trips never taken and falsified auto repair claims. Chesterfield officials requested the audit after Chris Parrish resigned as the town's elected clerk-treasurer in January. The audit's findings include that Parrish approved questionable claims submitted former Town Marshal James Kimm for $52,553 in mileage reimbursements and $115,391 for car repairs. It also cited improper payments to a former police officer and two former town maintenance workers. Parrish and Kimm could not be located for comment as neither have listed phone numbers in the Chesterfield area. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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