Saturday, June 11, 2011
Maaco's Spectacular Summer Sale
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Prizes for Maaco on Twitter
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Boat Trailer? Sure, What Else You Got?
Today's Car of the Day isn't a car at all. The boat trailer was chipped-up, rust was taking root and purple just didn't seem as cool as it once did. So the owner had Maaco repaint it black.
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Friday, March 4, 2011
"A" in Customer Satisfaction. . . Hoorah!
Maaco-Fremont just got our Customer Satisfaction results for the last quarter and once again, we earned an A. Customers gave us an average score of 9.1 out of a possible 10 and 96% said they would refer us to their friends and family. Thanks!
The survey is conducted by CSi Complete, an independent provider of customer satisfaction indexing and call center services to business.
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Ford & Ferrari at it Yet Again!
From our buddies at Axis of Oversteer we find an amusing and, apparently, true legal tidbit. Ford sued Ferrari this week over Ferrari's announcement that their new Formula 1 racer would be designated F150 (for Ferrari-150th Anniversary of the unification of Italy.) Ford contends that it would dilute the brand of their iconic and best-selling pick-up truck, the F-150. Ferrari quickly agreed to change the name, saying that they had not intended anyone to think that their race car was related to a Ford truck. The proposed new name is the F150th Italia. We say, "Ford, drop the suit and settle this like gentlemen. . . just like you did in 1963." The remake of the Ford GT40 just whet our appetites for a new Ferrari-Ford duel. You have Maaco-Fremont's blessing to do it in either F1 or LeMans-style racing.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Ford F150 vs Ferrari--Truck Wins
Driver of the Ferrari 458 Italia says the truck didn't see him and accelerated over the top of his car. Photos, video & witnesses say the Ferrari was on the wrong side of the road trying to illegally get around a line of stopped traffic. The Ferrari had less than 500 miles on the odometer. Preliminary estimate of damage is $25K to the Ferrari. The truck appeared to have minimal damage. Thanks to James Worley for the photos & video and WreckedExotics.com for bringing it to our attention.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Photos from Houston's Famous (Infamous?) Art Car Parade
Okay now here's a car show not to be missed.
This set of photos is the best we've seen. Check out NashNut.com for even more of the Houston event plus great photos of hundreds of other antique and classic cars.
2011 Art Car Weekend runs Friday, May 20 - Sunday, May 22
Disclaimer: Maaco-Fremont did not work on any of the cars seen in these pictures. Your car will NOT look like this when we finish with it. . . unless you want it to.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Wreck Defies Laws of Physics
How was this even possible? Car balanced on nose in snow:
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| See Small World News Service for the rest of the story |
Thursday, February 3, 2011
New Driver Catches Air--Lands on Neighbor's Ferrari. . . In the Garage
Thanks again to our buddies at WreckedExotics.com for this little nugget. The car on the bottom was a 2003 Ferrari 360 Modena. The truck appears to be a Ford F150 Stepside. We'd hate to see this kid's insurance bill. The good news is the garage door & the Ferrari seem to have provided a soft landing. The story goes that a young man got the truck up to a good speed as he was coming over a hill. The truck flew off the hill and into this garage.Feel free to send us your car wreck cringe inducing stories & please vote for us for Best Autobody in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Wrecked Lamborghini Murcielago
From our friends at WreckedExotics.com comes this picture of what was a Lamborghini Murcielago that was crashed into a tree. Rescuers cut off the roof to extract the driver.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
GM No Longer Needs $14.4B Government Loan
Happy days are here again. Jalopnik is reporting that General Motors has withdrawn its request for $14.4 Billion from the U.S. government.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Virgin Galactic Commercial Space Flight Ad
Richard Branson videos of his Virgin Galactic Commercial Spaceflight Service. Sign us up! Thanks for naming the first Virgin Star Ship the "Enterprise." And thanks for visionary hero Dick Rutan & his team for being our non-fictional Zefram Cochrane. Maybe the ship I ride in can be the "Space Clipper."
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| Fictional Pan Am Orion III Space Clipper from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey Image from GoCosmonaut.com |
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Smithsonian Museum Hidden Car Collection
Supercharger, front wheel drive, all-aluminum body, 1929?!! Miller race car was just 6 to 8 decades ahead of its time. Thanks to Jalopnik for bringing this video to our attention. We are amazed to learn that the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. has an extensive and very historic car collection that is virtually impossible to see!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Cadillac CTS-V 9.85 Sec. 1/4 Mile @ 140 MPH (225 kph)
From our friends at Jalopnik comes this video of a 4-door Cadillac CTS-V absolutely blowing the doors off a Camaro at a drag strip. The Cadillac runs the quarter mile (0.4 km) at 9.855 seconds at a speed of 139.70 mph (224.83 kph)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Why Texting While Driving Remains a Bad Idea
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| BMW 850i Collision from WreckedExotics.com |
Here's another amazing set of photos from WreckedExotics.com. In this case, a kid was texting while driving and plowed into this BMW 850i hard enough to knock it up a utility pole.
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| BMW 850i Collision from WreckedExotics.com |
Monday, January 17, 2011
Fender Bender Fix for 2002 VW Jetta
Today's Car of the Day is a nice little Jetta that tangled with a not-so-nice solid object. The fender was destroyed and the mirror left dangling. Maaco replaced the fender and the mirror. While the customer was here, he decided that it would cost him just a little more to fix some other dents & scrapes and paint his entire car.
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
Axis of Oversteer
Great name. Great blog. Go visit! Here's a sample titled "Racing on the Moon, Chased by Helicopters." They are describing the latest Dakar Rally that ended today. Maaco's just become a regular follower and we're adding a link on our site. Absolutely brilliant collection of photos, car & race stats. Our kind of folks.
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| Racing on the Moon Chased by Helicopters from Axis of Oversteer |
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| ProTo built Glickenhaus-Ferrari P4/5 Competizione from Axis of Oversteer |
Thursday, January 13, 2011
X-Raid Mini All4 Racing Wrecked in 2011 Dakar Rally
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| Monster Energy/X-Raid Team Mini after Crash, from MotoringFile |
Dakar Rally—for decades the most punishing race in the world.
The Monster Energy/X-Raid Team Mini All4 Racing apparently hit an edge & then flipped 3 times before coming to a rest. Pilot Guerlain Chicherit suffered a head injury but is expected to recover.
Sadly, the accident happened on a test run during the rest day between stages 7 & 8 near Arica, Argentina.
For more information on the crash visit MotoringFile and to learn more about the legendary Paris-to-Dakar Rally, visit Dakar.com
2003 Dodge Neon with Auto Paint Service
Today's Car of the Day is a 2003 Dodge Neon that came in with three different colors. The customer was in a collision and the front end was damaged. The customer bought used parts and fixed the bodywork themselves, then they brought the car for paint to Maaco. Maaco-Fremont repaired dents on the right fender and the right front door. Maaco-Fremont painted the entire car with the Presidential Paint Service.
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