Oak Harbor Automotive

Trusting an auto detailer with your car may be a decision that requires a little research, but what about when Air Force One needs a cleaning? Mike Rafael and Tom Shearer, owners of Mr. Detail Auto Salon, joined a handpicked team of auto professionals chosen to detail the first presidential jet plane, now installed at Seattle’s Museum of Flight.

When they’re not scouring a piece of American history, they work out of the shop they started together, a joint venture based on their mutual love of cars. Their services range from simple hand washes, wheel polishes, and scuff removal to more involved processes such as paint-less dent removal and fuzzy-dice randomization. Mike and Tom lead a team as they work on cars both in the shop and out of their mobile unit, which is equipped with water and electricity so vehicles can be taken care of anywhere.

If your shady parking spot rests beneath bird-filled trees, or someone scrawled carpetbagger into the inch of dirt on your car window, NorthWest Auto Salon can give your vehicle its original off-the-lot shine. With today's Groupon, NorthWest Auto tenderly handwashes your car's exterior for only $17 (a $40 value). If you're a proud owner of an SUV or minivan, there's a $10 extra charge.Who’s The Boss? Foreign Title: The Leadership Situation is Confused

Scott Sherman Auto Care's team of ASE-certified technicians remedies areas of vehicular disrepair, turning downtrodden jalopies into models of power and efficiency. Mechanical masters can provide dealership-caliber service and expertise for most vehicles, regardless of their make, model, or objection to the continuing exploitation of automobiles in The Fast and the Furious franchise. Drivers can rejuvenate fatigued four wheelers with a standard oil change and inspection ($39.99+) or reassert their foot's mysterious ability to halt their sedan with a brake-fluid flush ($64.49). A fuel-injection service ($149.91) bolsters engine performance for upcoming errand-running time trials, and many other Scott Sherman Auto Care services help optimize function or repair brakes and engines.

The experts at Oil Can Henry's wear bow ties and newsboy hats, hinting at pleasant anachronism. Completing the effect of having stepped back in time, however, drivers remain in their cars, flipping open free newspapers as though they were in a mid-century service station. As Henry's knowledgeable technicians whip through oil changes, reviving autos with a lube job, fluid top-off, visual inspection, and other services, patrons look on via a video monitor. The close-up vantage point and tips from the workers help guests learn new things about their autos and not to be too grossed out to touch the headlights anymore.

A range of Castrol motor oils, each designed to meet unique driving conditions and vehicular needs, waits on shelves, and fuel additives give an additional boost. Within the sheltered bays, the crew provides further maintenance services such as cooling-system flushes and constructive criticism of homemade hood ornaments.

Cycle BC Rentals & Tours sends adventurers on two-wheeled explorations of British Columbia. Riders saddle up their preferred bicycle, scooter, or motorcycle before shooting down the open asphalt as they visit mountains, gardens, beaches, and castles. Over the years, Cycle BC has compiled their favourite routes—complete with distances, notable sights, and celebrities most likely to be caught hitchhiking—into one extensive online database. Riders can rent adventure, sport touring, or cruiser motorcycles, two types of scooters, as well as electronic-hybrid bicycles that give an extra umph when pedaling up daunting hills.

Helmed by owner Monte Graham, Great Canadian Oil Change's technicians keep domestic and foreign vehicles purring with a lineup of services that garnered them the "2009 Company of the Year" award fro m the Westshore Chamber of Commerce. Requiring no appointments, Graham's techs take approximately 10 minutes to replace dirty old oil with conventional oil from brands such as Mobil or synthetic blends mixed by the world's most noted bartenders. They also check other necessary fluids and perform minor maintenance such as windshield-wiper replacement. After chariots gallop out of the shop, the staff sends all used oil, filters, and antifreeze off to licensed and bonded recycling companies.