CONTENTS 1936 Ford Donated to TX Auto Collision and
Phillips - Mitchell’s Comprehensive Database Provides Precise Dimensions Required
Management Technology Program . . . . . . . . 8
for Proper, Safe Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
ABAT Skeet Tournament is on the Horizon . . . . . 6
Sisk - Get to Know WIN’s 2018 MIW Honorees . 28
Antonelli - Aspiring TX Engineer Discovers
Yoswick - Problems With Non-OEM Radiators
Passion for Auto Body Repair . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Led to CAPA Certification Program . . . . . . . 38
Arizona Suspends Uber’s Driverless Car Tests . . 60 ASA-AZ Members Race Go-Karts . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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ASA-CO Hosts Service-Selling Seminar
2 Great Danes Reign at Top Dog Garage . . . . . 57
Presented by Greg Marchand . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ASA-CO to Host Maylan Newton for Leadership Presentation on May 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Auto Body Shop Keeps Phoenix-Area Man’s Car for 2 Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 CAWA Asks AZ to Educate Public on Vehicle Warranty Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 HABA Collision Industry Appreciation BBQ . . . . 10 Hail Damage Keeps Brazos Valley, TX, Body Shops Busy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Maylan Newton Teaches ASA-CO About
ACA Joins Trade Groups to Address Tariffs. . . . 60 Access Insurance Company Ordered Into Liquidation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Affectiva Launches Emotion Tracking AI for Connected Car Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 ASA ‘Not-Included Operations’ Update . . . . . . 61 ASA Endorsement of OEM Service
Body Shops Anticipate Claims Overflow as Severe Weather Approaches in TX . . . . . . . . 10 D&V Autobody Gets Top Automakers
Financial Freedom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Recognition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
New Mexico Readies for Driverless Vehicles . . 16
Dealer’s Association Concerned About Tariffs . . 3
Phillips - Colorado-Based Business
FedEx Orders 20 Tesla Semi Electric Trucks . . 42
Introduces New Method of Applying PDR to Conventional Repair Process . . . . . . 24 Sherwood, AR, Body Shop Restores Pricey Cars With Wild Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 West-MEC Collision Repair Students at AZ SkillsUSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Wrecked Vehicle Stolen from Dealership Body Shop in Houston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
How Self-Driving Car Policy Will Determine Life, Death and Everything In Between . . . . . 4 James Roach Receives I-CAR Founder’s Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Mopar Masters Guild Annual Meeting Mixes Business With Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 MSO Drops Use of PartsTrader, Remains on State Farm’s 'Select Service' Program . . . . . 1 New Auto Aftermarket Insurance Provider
COLUMNISTS Attanasio - Assured Performance Develops Technology to Provide Shop Accountability. . 46 Attanasio - Fill the Void - How to Find, Retain Good Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Attanasio - Shop Owner Invents Revolutionary Repair Estimating Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Attanasio - The Amazing Art of Chris Harsh . . . 30 Phillips - Award-Winning MSO Experiences Tremendous Financial Growth, Expansion . . 40 Phillips - Dave Kindig Fronts New Custom Paint Line: Modern Classikk Kindig . . . . . . . 52 Phillips - Following OEM Procedures Will Help Avoid Surprises, Injuries, Delays . . . . . . . . . 20
be passed on to the American consumer. Car shoppers looking for a deal will instead find that they are paying a new tax to transport themselves and their families.” Steel and aluminum tariffs could directly counteract any benefits American manufacturers have seen from tax and regulatory reform. An analysis of tariffs on steel imposed in 2002 found that the Bush steel tariffs cost 200,000 jobs, including 30,000 in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania alone. America’s 9,600 international nameplate auto dealers, the majority of which are family-owned businesses, employ more than 577,000 Americans, resulting in a payroll of $32 billion and an additional 527,000 indirect jobs. Last year, they sold 8.4 million vehicles to American consumers, 59 percent of total U.S. retail vehicle sales. Visit AIADA.org/ourimpact.
Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Won’t Ding You On Premiums . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Robot Cars: Safety and Liability. . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Shelly Bickett Receives MIW Award. . . . . . . . . 57 State Farm Responds to Claims of Influencing Non-OEM Auto Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Tesla Says Autopilot Was Engaged During Model X Fatal Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Todd Tracy’s 10 Ways to Avoid a $42 Million Verdict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Toyota Suspends Self-Driving Test Program . . 58 Uber’s Former Self-Driving Chief Still Believes in Dream of Safer Roads . . . . . . . . 59 WAC Signs Association Paperwork, Elects Officers at Recent Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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Dealer’s Association Concerned About Tariffs
The American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) expressed opposition on 3/1/18 to President Trump’s plan to place a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports. Both metals are crucial to the production of cars and trucks sold in America and would raise the sale prices of those vehicles substantially. In addition to paying more for their vehicles, American consumers and workers can also expect to bear the brunt of the retaliatory tariffs other countries will almost certainly place on goods manufactured and exported from the United States. “These proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports couldn’t come at a worse time,” said AIADA President and CEO Cody Lusk. “Auto sales have flattened in recent months, and manufacturers are not prepared to absorb a sharp increase in the cost to build cars and trucks in America. The burden of these tariffs, as always, will
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Ancira Volkswagen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Audi South Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Audi Wholesale Parts Dealers . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 AutoNation Chevrolet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 AutoNation Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram NRH . 12 AutoNation Chrysler-Jeep-DodgeRam of North Phoenix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Axalta Coating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Berge Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Big Mike Naughton Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Bill Luke Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram. . . . . . . 28 BMW Wholesale Parts Dealers . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Bob Howard PDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Chapman Chevrolet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Chevyland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Christopher’s Dodge World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Christopher’s Mitsubishi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Classic BMW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Dallas Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Dent Magic Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Diamond Standard Parts, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Don Carlton Auto Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 ECS Automotive Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Emich Chevrolet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Emich Volkswagen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 EMS Automotive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Equalizer Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Finnegan Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Fisher Acura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Fisher Honda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Flatirons Subaru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 19 Ford Wholesale Parts Dealers . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 GM Wholesale Parts Dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Greeley Subaru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 GYS Welding USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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H.E.W. And Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Honda-Acura Wholesale Parts Dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-33 Hyundai Wholesale Parts Dealers . . . . . . . . . 59 Intrepid Direct Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Ken Garff Mopar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Kia Motors Wholesale Parts Dealers . . . . . . . 49 Launch Tech USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Malco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Mazda Wholesale Parts Dealers . . . . . . . . . . 61 Mercedes-Benz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Mercedes-Benz of Littleton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Mitsubishi Wholesale Parts Dealers . . . . . . . 57 MOPAR Wholesale Parts Dealers. . . . . . . . . . 37 North Freeway Hyundai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Original One Parts™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Part of the Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Peak Kia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 PPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 10 Premier Collision Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Prestige Imports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Ray Huffines Chevrolet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Rickenbaugh Volvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Robaina Industries, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 SATA Dan-Am Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 South Pointe Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge . . . . . . . . 14 Spanesi Americas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Subaru of Little Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Subaru Wholesale Parts Dealers . . . . . . . . . . 47 Symach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Toyota of Laredo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Toyota Wholesale Parts Dealers . . . . . . . . . . 56 Valspar Automotive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Volkswagen Wholesale Parts Dealers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Young Chevrolet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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