We’ve spent 50 years serving the military in San Diego. This means we deeply understand what we can do to make military members’ lives easier while on deployment- Flexible payments, towing services, prompt email communication. These things seem simple but few businesses get it right.
Read MoreSince we store cars, it’s only natural that we interface quite often with transport companies. Sometimes customers self select transporters to have their car retrieved and sometimes we receive them for short or long holds. We also do business with a fantastic transport company out of Connecticut called A-AAA Auto Transport. Send Ian a message for a transport quote if you need a solid broker! Auto Transport can be a nasty business. Lots of brokers and truckers and only a…
Read MoreMany of our customers will want to bring in their own trickle chargers so that we can actively charge their car’s battery rather than disconnecting them. This is important for higher-end cars as they have more computers. Those computers need constant flow of the proper voltage. Choking that voltage by battery disconnect COULD cause warning lights and the car to misbehave in minor ways the next time you drive it. However, you don’t need to break the bank to ensure…
Read MoreWe’ve stored a few Chevrolet Volts in the past. This is our first one of the new generation though…a very nice improvement over the outgoing first gen. You can watch all sorts of reviews here. But I wanted to make light of some of the storage modes on the car…yes it actually has modes for storage… The volt is a great in-between solution for the aspiring electric car owner with a bit of range anxiety: the car is driven by…
Read MoreWe’ve had quite a few electric cars come through our doors now. One volt had even been stored with us for two years with no fuss. We’d like to think we have these electrics figured out but we had a surprise with two Teslsas (oddly at the same time) while in our care. The Key fob had gone completely dead. These keys are expensive so you could imagine our panic, thinking we were going to have to buy two new…
Read MoreI decided to wake up at the buttcrack of dawn, clean my car and park it at the Outlets in San Clemente this past weekend. I am really glad I did. This is the cars and coffee for people who love everything. New Ferraris, Armored Cars, Off Roaders, Imports…everything. Best of all the owners are all super approachable and love their vehicles…no pretense, no snobbery. This is a weekly show on Saturdays from 7-9.
Read MoreI know its been a while since we’d last updated our blog. We undertook an extensive project to re-purpose some of our warehouse space for more cars! Over the past 2 months we demo’d a food processing plant at our Otay location. We now have an extra 10,000 square feet in which to house more civilian and military member’s cars and trucks. Heres a short video of us dropping the final vent ducts for clearance. A post shared by AAAA…
Read MoreWe have been gearing up for this day for the last several months…the USS Makin Island Battle group has returned from deployment. We took in over 80 cars from Marines and Sailors about 6 mos ago. After their tour of duty they arrived back on US shores today. Thank you for allowing us to take care of your cars, trucks, motorcycles. It was a privilege to do so!
Read MoreOne of the most important things to do on your car is to check your fluids. This is especially important for cars that we store! However with the mix of old and new cars out there, even something as simple as checking your oil can be annoying and confusing.
Read MoreWe MOSTLY store normal pedestrian cars. Some classics…and fewer exotics. However this one is rarefied air. The Ford GT is a throwback car. Its done in the spirit of the Ford GT40: The famous car that Carroll Shelby drove in the 1966 LeMans race. The 3 GT40s fielded beat all three of the comparable Ferrari’s. This was sweet revenge for Ford as Ferraris owners had backed out of an acquisition deal a few years earlier. As a matter of fact…
Read MoreAbout a month ago, our friends at JBA brought to us a really nice Sunbeam Alpine Tiger. A German collector recent purchased this car from them and both parties needed a place to keep the car until he arrived in the states.
Read MoreWe were so busy celebrating the 4th, we forgot to post!
Read MoreAbout 6 months ago, SDGE replaced all of our warehouse lights with brand new LED versions. This has been a substantial cost savings for us.
Read MoreI know I teased it in the last post…but our customer finally put this car up on Ebay!
Read MoreWe’ve mentioned before how important it is to cover your car…we’ve also talked about why keeping your car clean, especially before storing, is paramount.
Read MoreRemember that 57 Caddy that the the Mayor rode in? We posted about it about a week ago. Well now the owner is gearing up to sell!
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