Marysville Auto Repair

We all love fairs right!? Well, at Bud’s we do. We also love supporting positive youth! Dakota, who is a family member of one of our suppliers, presented us with the opportunity to help him out as well as reminding us not to miss out on the 2014 fair fun. He is in his fourth year in a 4-H club called “Critters & Company” and will be showing his market pig Patsy at the Lynden Fair that’s coming up in the next couple weeks. He’s raised Patsy since birth this January and has learned so much about business in the process. While learning about expenses he is seeing how all of the necessities add up. We sent off a donation for Dakota today in hopes that it can help him out in his 2014 fair experience and possibly be an overage that he is able to use towards his next year market project or even his college fund. Just as market pigs have expenses such as feed, immunizations, medical equipment and show equipment our vehicles have expenses such as maintenance, fuel and beautification. As Dak ... read more

So here I am (Sarah AKA Non-Mechanic), getting ready to take a camping trip with my family. The first thing I think of is making sure I have a tarp to cover my tent in case it rains when I’m sleeping. My guys here at the shop think about my vehicle and making sure it’s safe to make the 4 hour drive. While I keep up on my maintenance, the last thing they want to do is come save a fellow employee and her family and car full of camping gear from the side of the road. So, I ask a few questions and Dave, our newest mechanic gives me a rundown of some road trip maintenance that I need to do before next weekend. 1. Get your car in 2 weeks before your trip to make sure you have the time needed for any services 2. Bring your car to a reputable shop, not just an “Oil Change Place” so they can check out the whole vehicle and not just the oil 3. Ask the shop for a whole pre-trip inspection, Bud’s will do our b ... read more