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Jim & Deans can help you finance your car repairs with “Title Bucks”

August 8, 2012 1 comment

Financing Car Repair in Rowlett

To be exact, a company called Title Bucks, who works with various mechanic shops nationwide are able to generate a loan for your car so you can pay for the repairs.

How?

You bring your can into the shop and it needs costly repairs, you can’t afford to pay for it all at once. We have access to a company that will come out, inspect your car, appraise the car value, write up a contract for a title loan, and cut they you a check so you can pay for the repairs. Simple huh?

Many times the appraisal is far more than the repairs so you can opt for taking more money for the loan and pocket the difference, or just get an exact dollar amount, the choice is yours.

This is very helpful when you have a problem car that is breaking you but the cost of repair is far less than buying a new car.

I have spoken with Ray who is the owner of Jim & Deans Garage, and he said he wished this option had been around long ago. He could have saved many cars from having to be claimed by his shop for non-payment. This option would have been very helpful to people in stressed times to get them over the hump so they could get back on their feet.

In fact I was talking to Ray today when he said a person finally bought this old pink Cadillac that was a collector edition. I asked didn’t you get that car by default; he said “yes, the person couldn’t pay the bill so I can to get a mechanics lien and claim title”. He sold the car for $9000.00 to a lawyer who is going to fix it up.

Jim & Deans Garage does not like doing this practice at all, they would much rather get paid for the work done and have a satisfied client any day over mechanics liens.

Volkswagen Jetta owners don’t change your battery before reading this first

August 6, 2012 2 comments

Before you change your battery read this first

Volkswagen Jetta owners from 1996 and up are in danger of extra costs just for changing the battery.

That’s right if you change your battery you will lose the following codes and you will have to take it to the dealer so they can reprogram them at an average cost of $150.00 more or less, depending on how many codes are disrupted.

Radio – Needs to be reprogrammed, will not play or turn on.

Note: you can get the code before hand so you can manually reset it you just need to know how to get the code before hand.

ECM – Will make the car not idle properly, run rough, or act like it’s missing.

Note: You need a professional to get this code out and to reprogramming the computer, you must find a person with a machine that can reads car codes and be able to do this for you. Jim & Deans can do this for a small fee and not at dealer cost.

Water pump – This is something you can’t get around, they make it out of plastic and will come apart under heat or heavy stress.

Note: You can replace this yourself or take it to your trusted mechanic like Jim & Deans Garage.

This is your tip of the day…