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Expansion: 12 More Bays to Serve You Better
Dedicated Fleet Service & Repair Shop
Bob Thomas Automotive is expanding its current facilities to include a new 6000 sq. ft. shop at our current location to serve the needs of our customers better. The new shop expansion allows us to focus on expanding our fleet customer base in the new shop, while still giving our current customers the service and attention that they have come to expect at Bob Thomas Automotive.
By Paul Fattig
Thank You
Home on leave, a Guardsman discovers his prized pickup restored by community members showing their appreciation.
When Oregon Army National Guard Spec. Chris Robertson arrived at the Medford airport from Iraq just before midnight Friday night, he was greeted with hugs by his parents and girlfriend. After helping him grab his luggage, Paul Robertson told his citizen-soldier son — who is home on leave — that they had to swing by Bob Thomas Automotive in Medford so they could pick up his four-wheel-drive 1977 Ford F-150 truck.
Reader’s Choice Award 2nd Year in a Row!
Best Auto Service
Bob Thomas Automotive
For everything from oil changes to repair and diagnostic services, readers chose Bob Thomas Automotive as Best Auto Service two years’ running. The company’s motto, “We care about your repair,” has been the focus since it opened 12 years ago in Medford, said manager Tom Whelan. The company’s namesake struck out on his own after years in the automotive industry and opened the Rossanley location in 1997.
First Place in First Year Making Finalists
Best Auto Service
Bob Thomas Automotive
In its first year making the Readers’ Choice finalists, Bob Thomas Automotive headed straight to the top. The Medford shop has been serving customers for 11 years. “We’ve never been on the list and we’ve tried really hard. This is our first time and we got first place, so I’m ecstatic,” said owner Bob Thomas of the recognition.
Car Repair by Computer
Medford Mail Tribune, 1999
by Mark Freeman
Mechanics such as Bob Thomas have toolboxes that resemble something more like you’d see on “The Jetsons” than on “Dukes of Hazzard” reruns. Lab scopes, laser scan tools and other computer diagnostic equipment are used to ferret out engine trouble by comparing mathematical readings with charts of numbers in auto-repair manuals.
“It’s not black tape and bailing wire any more,”
