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The Lowell’s family is growing!
We are thrilled to announce the return of a familiar face to Lowell’s.
Tracy Briggs, a long-time technician for Lowell’s and for Lexus of Lexington, returned to Lowell’s just yesterday!
We think Tracy will make a terrific addition to our already-terrific crew, and will help Lowell’s be even better and faster!
Please join us in welcoming Tracy back to Lowell’s!
While we were closed for the last week of 2011, we began to redecorate our lobby for 2012.
We unintentionally chose a color-shifting paint: it was supposed to be a neutral beige color, but in different lights, it can look gold, greenish, or peach.
In any case, the result – we hope – is a lighter, brighter, and more pleasant place to visit and to wait in.
Please drop in and let us know what you think! (Or make an appointment online!)
We’re always looking for ways to make your Lowell’s experience better.
Now, the next time you are waiting in our lobby, try out our new courtesy iPad 2!
Use our iPad to cruise the internet, to catch up on news, or even to play a few rounds of Angry Birds while we fix your car!
If you’d rather not fight the crowds in search of a good deal on Black Friday, why not get great deals at Lowell’s this year instead?
Here’s what we’re offering:
That’s a potential savings of over $200 on the award-winning service you expect from Lowell’s!
Be sure to reserve your slot for this Friday by calling Lowell’s at 233-1173 or by making your appointment online today. We can’t wait to see you!
UPDATE: Because so many customers are traveling this weekend, we’re extending our Black Friday deals to “Cyber Monday” – Monday, November 28th – as well.
And Shevawn is fighting breast cancer.
She has been sharing her brave, raw, and moving story at Forever Changed ever since her initial diagnosis in June. Over the past four months, she has chronicled the awfulness and initial shocks of that diagnosis, her subsequent biopsy, her recently-completed chemotherapy, and her traumatic hair loss. She is due to begin radiation treatments later this month.
Forever Changed is Shevawn’s very personal account of her cancer experience. It is also inspiring. We encourage you to go read her story and to share your support with her.
Shevawn will turn 38 on October 15th – the same day as the Susan G. Komen “Race for the Cure” in Lexington.
We’re celebrating with Shevawn by supporting her “Shine On” race team to help find a cure for this awful disease. Please join us in supporting the search for a cure. If you’re interested, you can start with the links below:
Since its inception three years ago, the Lowell's blog (blog.lowells.us) has been a strange beast.
It has been an admixture of news about Lowell's, tips for car maintenance, thoughts about business and the economy, and assorted commentary on our community, on downtown, and on the city of Lexington.
While this assortment was in line with our stated intent to offer "our perspectives on cars, business, Lexington, and life," it also resulted in a divided audience: those who care about cars and what is happening at Lowell's (usually customers); and those who care about more civic matters.
As you might imagine, the practical overlap between these groups is quite small. The car folks probably don't care about musings on CentrePointe or Lexington's streets and roads. The civic folks probably don't care about what's happening with the Lowell's website or how a brake flush works.
Still, I could kind of rationalize the Lowell's blog as a local blog by, for, and about a local business and local issues.
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I have been the sole contributor to the Lowell's blog. And over the past year or so, my postings have been far less frequent than I'd like.
Part of that has to do with the busy-ness of our business (I haven't had as much time to devote to writing), but most of it lies in the fact that I've been wanting to write about new and different things.
In particular, I've wanted to shift my focus from predominantly local issues to predominantly national and global ones – to try, for instance, to decode what's happening in Washington or Wall Street from my own distinct perspective. These topics just didn't feel at home among car care tips and shop news.
At the same time, I've wanted to extend the content of the Lowell's blog to include new contributions and new kinds of content from my employees here at Lowell's. As I contemplated such a move, I didn't want them to feel overshadowed by strongly-expressed views which they might not share.
I've also taken the liberty of migrating a few old Lowell's posts to CivilMechanics which capture some of the spirit of this new blog.
Over the coming weeks, we'll introduce new contributors to the Lowell's blog. I'll also continue to post on the Lowell's blog from time to time with items of interest to Lowell's customers and Lexingtonians.
With these changes, I'm hoping to increase our overall frequency of posts, both for customers (through the Lowell's blog) and for civic-minded followers (through CivilMechanics). Please check them out, and be sure to let us know how we're doing.
The Lowell's Blog: blog.lowells.us
CivilMechanics: www.civilmechanics.com
This is the ninth time Ace readers have voted us Lexington’s best mechanic, and we are deeply grateful that you have honored us once again.
And be sure to check out all of this year’s Best of Lex winners.
If you used the application over the past couple of years, you were taken to an older section of our site which looked very different from our main site: different logo, different background, different navigation.
In fact, it looked so different that it confused some customers. Were they even on the same site?
We've tried to update the look and feel of the application to make it clearer and easier to use.
Try it out and let us know how you like it. And, as always, please let us know what we can do better.
Customers often ask us, “Do you always use genuine Toyota parts?”
No, not always.
We choose parts based on part quality, availability, and price. If a Toyota part costs too much or takes too long to get in, and we can offer a high-quality alternative, we will.
On critical categories of parts – such as brake pads, oil filters, antifreeze, and ignition coils – we use only Toyota materials because we think Toyota offers superior quality.
When we do use aftermarket parts, we try to ensure that they are equivalent in quality to Toyota parts – usually by choosing a supplier who also supplies Toyota (such as NGK or Denso).
We know that our parts quality is key to our customers’ satisfaction – and to the future of Lowell’s. Without great parts, we wouldn’t be able to stand behind our exceptional three-year / 36,000-mile warranty on most repairs (where other shops and dealers usually offer 1-year or 90-day warranties).
If you ever have questions about your parts, please feel free to ask. We’re always happy to explain how we work on your car.
For the fifth time, Lexington Herald-Leader readers have voted Lowell’s their “Favorite Auto Repair Place” in the 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards.
We are humbled and honored to have the support of our wonderful, wonderful customers. We are also very grateful to have such thoughtful and skilled employees.
Lowell’s won the category even when matched up against other great finalists who have multiple locations (S&S Tire) or who service multiple vehicle brands (our friends at Auto Tech).
Lowell’s was also the top pick for Herald-Leader readers in 2010, 2009, 2007, and 1994 – to our knowledge, that’s every time the auto repair category has been offered.
Thank you so much,
Rob, Suzanne, and your Friends at Lowell’s
