Gold Winner Apex Tire Services Ltd. Silver Winner Cheapy Tire Bronze Winner Todd’s South End Car Care “You can kind of judge by talking to us that we’re not trying to gouge you or anything,” says Paul Tordon, one of the owners of Apex Tire in Dartmouth. “I try to make it as easy on […]
Todd’s Southend Car Care
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Gold Winner Todd’s Southend Car Care Silver Winner Tom McDonnell’s Service Centre Bronze Winner Revolution Automotive There are few feelings more soul crushing than hearing your car make a strange sound. Whether you bring your whip to a shop right away or ignore the problem for months, it eventually comes down to seeking professional help. […]
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Gold Winner Todd’s South End Car Care Silver Winner Speedy Auto Repair Bronze Winner Mighty Auto, Burnside A rattling noise under the your car’s hood need not always be a grey-hair-giving experience. You just have to get the car into the shop. Simple, right? And as Derrick Munro, manager at Todd’s South End Car Care, […]
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Gold Winner Todd’s South End Car Care Silver Winner Revolution Automotive Solutions Bronze Winner Harrington’s VW Parts and Service Todd’s has been in business for quite some time—it will be 50 years come 2017. According to manager Derrick Munro, a good mechanic is someone who can figure out what’s wrong with a car, and then […]
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Gold Winner Todd’s Car Care Silver Winner Tom McDonnell Service Centre Bronze Winner Revolution Automotive It’s hard to find a good mechanic, which is probably why people keep going back—and voting for—Todd’s. “Every time it’s fantastic,” says Todd’s Chris Cobbs about the shop’s multiple Best Of gold wins. “It’s just proof the people love […]
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Gold Winner Todd’s South End Car Care Silver Winner Hydrostone Auto Repair Bronze Winner Tom McDonnell Service Centre Todd’s South End Care Car is a repeat winner as your Best Mechanic Shop, and that’s been pretty good for business. Twenty-year Todd’s veteran Derrick Munro says it’s amazing how many first-time customers arrive having heard of […]
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Gold Winner Todd’s Southend Car Care Silver Winner Tom McDonnell’s Service Centre Bronze Winner Hydrostone Auto Repair Rumour has it that after he exposed the corruption of local military officials and brought freedom of the press to Nova Scotia, Joseph Howe, ever the innovator, opened the Texaco station on Inglis Street. Well, maybe not, but […]
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Gold Winner Todd’s Southend Car Care Silver Winner Tom McDonnell’s Service Centre Bronze Winner Yuille Auto Works People love Todd’s. No one’s quite sure how long the place has been around—it’s a former Texaco station that current owner Derrick Munro bought about a decade and a half ago. But Todd’s isn’t about history. The shop […]
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Gold Winner Todd’s Southend Car Care Silver Winner Harrington’s VW Parts & Service Bronze Winner Craig Pickrem’s Garage Readers give different reasons for voting Todd’s Southend Car Care the best. “Friendly, fast, efficient,” is one comment. “Always great service,” is another. “I have taken my car there for years,” writes a third, “Chris is so […]
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Todd’s rep precedes it, like the shine off a chrome bumper. The times we’ve been in there, they’re always busy—a good sign at an auto shop—but still friendly and eager to answer questions, with a multi-mechanic operation up on new tech and automotive advances. And they’ll always call the owner to report on the work […]
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Paper pleasures Before there was the internet, there was Atlantic News (5560 Morris Street, 429-5468), full of newspapers and magazines from around the world. The legendary newsstand remains a destination for your periodical needs—often going directly to the publisher to get titles you’re looking for—and more besides. Co-owner Michele Gerard shows us the new stationery […]
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Derrick Munroe has been a mechanic for a quarter century, over 20 years of that spent at Todds South End Car Care. “So long I can’t remember when,” he says, laughing. Munroe is the manager of a four-mechanic operation that has seen the south end neighbourhood change over the years, and the automobiles change with […]