On President’s Day, Jeremy and Danielle Gottberg, house owners of the newly-opened Christian Brothers Automotive in Ahwatukee, obtained a go to from the president.
Not that president, however for them and their crew, simply as superior.
Christian Brothers Automotive is a nationwide franchise headquartered in Houston that started with an answered prayer 4 a long time in the past.
Now boasting greater than 270 CBA’s nationwide, founder Mark Carr and his son and President/CEO Donnie Carr, stopped in to go to with the couple at their new facility on the Monday vacation.
“Our purpose is to offer company with extra than simply dependable transportation,” mentioned Donnie. “Now we have religion that this new location in Ahwatukee will foster an surroundings the place company really feel comfy and empowered to make knowledgeable selections about their automobiles.”
The Ahwatukee Christian Brothers Automotive opened in Ahwatukee in January.
After the Carrs left with a flurry of handshakes and smiles, Jeremy and Danielle Gottberg took a minute to sit down collectively of their CBA comfy foyer, full with broad plank wooden flooring, stuffed sofa and chairs, complimentary drinks and free Wi-Fi.
“We would like each visitor to really feel welcome and cozy once they come to our store,” the previous Air Power plane upkeep officer mentioned. “This isn’t a couple of transaction; this can be a relationship.”
Jeremy’s eyes crinkle in humor when he says he’s conscious his company, aka clients, aren’t typically in the very best of humor when they should carry a automobile in for engine service or an emergency automotive difficulty.
“At Christian Brothers Automotive, we need to assist them make the very best of what could probably be a nasty day for them anyway,” he smiled. “I’m actually dedicated to our company.”
A credo for Christian Brothers Automotive Company and every of their franchisees is atypical for automotive fix-it retailers.
It’s “Love your neighbor as your self.”
“I’m a Christian, and that being mentioned, I used to be drawn to the model as a result of they imagine in loving your neighbor as your self. I completely love the guts of the corporate,” he mentioned. “We need to be a lightweight in our group.”
Jeremy retired from the Air Power after 24 years in 2021 and began the method of turning into a Christian Brothers Automotive franchise proprietor in 2020, getting the franchise in early 2021.
“That’s about the identical time we determined to maneuver to the Phoenix space for the climate, out of doors alternatives and profession alternatives,” mentioned Jeremy, who together with his spouse has a blended household of 5 teenagers.
Jeremy began as his mechanic father’s helper whereas rising up in Florida.
“I used to be 4 or 5 years previous and I began by serving to my dad, handing him the instruments he wanted. We’d repair automobiles in our yard, or the storage, even within the car parking zone of the church,” he mentioned. “Over time, he taught me lots.”
His father, he defined, “is a lifelong mechanic” who at present works on cranes that load and unload Navy ships at Mayport Naval Station in Jacksonville, Florida.
In 1997, his pure mechanical aptitude led him to enlist in the US Air Power the place he served as an plane engine technician for eight years, then was commissioned to be an plane upkeep officer.
He managed lots of of plane technicians and upkeep operations for 16 years.
He mentioned that though he and his 4 ASE licensed technicians professionally carry out the repairs and companies their company want, it’s all executed with a purposeful distinction to counteract what he mentioned have been the oft-perceived damaging photographs of the auto service business.
He cites Christian Brothers Automotive Company’s ‘Good Distinction Guarantee’ as one stable enchancment.
“We would like our company to belief that we’ll repair their automobiles proper the primary time round. We would like them to be assured in our repairs for a very long time, and regardless that elements often fail, we stand behind our work with our nationwide Good Distinction 3 12 months/36,000 mile (guarantee on each elements and labor,” he mentioned.
“At Christian Brothers Automotive, we attempt to like our neighbors as ourselves, and this implies we deal with our company like household, and regardless that automobile repairs usually imply you’re not having a great day, we’re dedicated to serving you the very best we are able to and hoping you expertise the Christian Brothers Good Distinction,” he concluded.
One other boon, and one appreciated by many since Christian Brothers Automotive opened in Ahwatukee, is their free shuttle service.
“I make money working from home for a nationwide company and I can’t take a whole lot of time away throughout the day,” mentioned buyer Debra Roser of Ahwatukee. “So, it’s actually handy to not have to fret about the best way to get there and again. They usually’re tremendous good.”
The brand new 15,000 square-foot Christian Brothers Automotive constructing at 4075 E. Cottonwood Lane is a brand new building that took greater than a yr to construct and furnish with state-of-the artwork auto restore tools in 9 bays.
The store’s service supervisor is long-time Ahwatukee resident Brett Hewson, who has greater than 30 years expertise within the automotive business as a technician, service advisor and repair supervisor.
“I used to be actually excited to study Christian Brothers Automotive was coming to Ahwatukee,” mentioned Hewson, who has lived within the village for greater than 26 years. “I sit up for serving my present and future neighbors with this firm, with its ‘love your neighbor’ coverage, for a few years to return.”
They restore all makes and fashions and work with most main prolonged guarantee suppliers.
The corporate historical past, which started with an answered prayer for founder Mark Carr in 1981, may also be discovered on their web site.
Christian Brothers Automotive
4075 E. Cottonwood Lane, simply off fortieth St.
7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday.
CBAC.com, Fb and 480-885-5350.
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