Inver Grove Heights Automotive

Since 1988, Auto Care Super Saver has been helping car owners save cash with maintenance punch cards redeemable at local auto shops throughout the course of a full year. These cards come loaded with all kinds of prepaid services, including at least three full-service oil changes with up to 5 quarts of oil, lube, and a new filter. Depending on the location, punch cards may also feature tire rotations, brake inspections, engine-light readings, air-conditioning performance tests, and other repairs and inspections essential to a car's well-being. Customers can transfer the punch card's benefits to any ride, ranging from station wagons to sports cars to feral merry-go-round mounts.

Ready your ride for the pending holiday road trips and holiday demolition derbies with today’s Groupon: $25 for an oil change and a 47-point inspection at Uptown Imports—that's a $72 value for the combined services. Citysearchers vote Uptown Imports 2006's and 2007’s best auto repair and auto mechanic, respectively. If your car wants a synthetic oil change or exotic filters, you'll need to pay an additional fee.Mile 3,001: You car will instantly explode or may just feel neglected, but either way is never going to trust you like it once did.Mile 4,000: With less oil powering your car’s Temporal Stasis Module, you may accidentally drive into the past or into a TGI Friday’s.Mile 5,000: Your car is 400% more likely to turn into a bicycle and 36% more likely to sign up for a painting class.Mile 6,000: The “Check Oil” light goes off, but the “Read Up On the Hundred Years’ War” light comes on.Mile 7,000: Emilio Estevez gets in the car without permission and asks for a ride.

Dave Juntunen made his foray into the automotive industry in 1996 by working as a restoration technician for Kirk's Volkswagen—one of the largest facilities of its kind in the United States at the time. He started out with washing and waxing, but his detail-oriented personality prevented him from cutting any corners. Eventually, he progressed to exacting tasks such as paint correction, clear-coat restoration, and wet sanding. He also studied stain, scratch, dent, and paint technology.

With this knowledge, Dave started his own auto garage for exotic and European vehicles, which he dubbed Top Gear Autoworks. He later founded Twin Cities Detailing, where he and two other technicians primp elite chariots such as Lamborghinis, Mercedes, and ancient Roman quadrigas. They offer everything from basic details to in-depth sessions featuring clay-bar treatments, Menzerna products, and a three-step polishing process. When they aren't washing roadsters, Dave and his team repair upholstery, apply tinted window films, and decorate façades with pin striping to make autos look slim.

The automotive professionals at Honest-1 Auto Care repair vehicles with a commitment to eco-friendly standards and practices. Technicians Dave and Shawn tackle every square foot of vehicles with an extensive battery of services while educating owners on the unique needs of their roadsters. Customers can lounge in a thoughtfully tiled waiting room equipped with TVs, an Internet café, free drinks, and free oxygen. There’s a free shuttle available as well, and the shop also offers a complimentary pickup and drop off service.

Bobby & Steve's Auto World repairs, maintains, and spruces up autos across eight Twin Cities locations, each decked out in vintage Coca Cola and Chevy memorabilia. On-site mechanics tackle all kinds of transportation-related jobs, from oil changes and flat tires to broken glass and sputtering exhaust pipes. The specialists can also tow your car, replace feeble batteries, and calmly persuade doors to open after extended lock-outs. At the detail shop, a team of highly trained reconditioning techs uses specialized tools to gussy up your car. They'll remove oxidation with orbital polishers or deep-clean carpets with hot water extractors. The shop also has an arsenal of more than 20 chemicals to treat all types of surfaces; enlist their help for vinyl and leather conditioners or Rain-X solution, which fends off stains due to precipitation or truck beds full of sports mascots with super soakers.

For more than 35 years, the highly trained technicians at Precision Tune Auto Care have been the sworn enemy of check-engine lights around the globe, battling auto troubles with a full array of maintenance and repair services. They tackle problems both cosmetic and mechanical on sedans, SUVs, minivans, and even hybrids, which require special care since they’re half car and half human. From 350 locations in six countries, these car clinicians hone their expertise by servicing 2.5 million vehicles each year.