For those of you who don’t know, Colchin Automotive offers a great oil service program! This program gives you more options on maintaining your car, and gives you your fourth oil change (up to $50) for FREE! Here’s how it works:  -Stop by and pick up your Punch-A-Deal™ Key Tag. It’s free!  -Choose from these 3 value packages:     Basic-High performance oil and standard oil filter.     Silver- High performance oil and standard oil filter plus an oil additive package from BG Products, Inc., the world leader in              chemical additives.     Gold-High performance oil, oil…

We just sent our 1st box of Cell phones to "Cell Phones for Soldiers." They will recycle the phones and use the proceeds to purchase 1-hour calling cards for our troops overseas! Thanks to all of you who helped us send 32 phones for this great endeavor. We are now a drop off center -so feel free to drop off your old phones anytime to recycle for such a beneficial cause! Check out www.cellphones forsoldiers.com                            

We are anxious for you to come in and see our facilities! We offer friendly service, a comfortable waiting area,  and state of the art equipment to provide the best possible car care experience. Until you can come in to see for yourself, click here to take a virtual shop tour!     SHop Tour 4

ATTN: Cummins Diesel Owners “Killer Dowel Pin Syndrome” Monday morning at the shop was busy with customers, phone calls and started like any normal day.  Then everything changed and I got a call from a new customer named Jim Hoy.  At Colchin’s, we have been repairing daily driven vehicles for the better part of a quarter century and one of the coolest parts of our job is learning to perform a new preventive repair.  That day Jim’s 1994 Dodge R3500 opened our eyes to a repair that this shop had not previously performed and it even has a grizzly name; “The Killer…

Text, Twitter, Facebook, email, snail mail, voice mail, photos, Skype, face-to-face, or phone these are just some of the mechanisms available to us for the purpose of communicating with people. Communication is easier and faster today than at any time in the history of the human race but it continues to be a problem – especially when it doesn’t happen. I suspect you all know where I am going with this article by now. We are aware of the fact that we will experience automotive failures sooner or later, be they parts failures or a human error; there is no way…

New building, new tooling, updated website, more training, new and exciting marketing, and best of all, same reliable faces and personalities. These are only a few of the changes that we have made at Colchin Automotive Inc. in the last year.  Josh Ingram being promoted to General Manager and Jason Segars being promoted to Service Director are all new and very welcome changes. The most obvious change when you call Colchin Automotive is that you’ll talk with Jason, and less often, Josh. Not to worry though because he is still very involved in our service advising and these guys like what…

We are proud to announce that Colchin Automotive & Diesel has received a 2010 Outstanding Arvada Business Award from the Arvada Economic Development Association (AEDA). Todd Colchin accepted the award at Arvada’s Annual Business Appreciation Event in September. Our 26 years in the community was sighted as one of the reasons for our selection. We owe that success to you, our loyal customers. We appreciate your support!

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