Locate an Auto Repair Shop in Cochise, Arizona

once again I have picked a location to live in where GM and Ford and Chevy pickups pretty much rule the roost. I live in a small town in rural SE Arizona. We are basically out in the middle of nowhere in the desert. Geronimo and Chief Cochise, the Chiricahua Apache's so feared by the white man round about 1865-1886, used to ride their horses all over the land we're living in here. Lots of people live outside of town and they need a pick-em-up truck or a SUV to navigate the ruts in their driveways and biways. Someone like I that buys and drives an import is not the norm around here. Though there are many appliance Honda, Subaru and Toyota's in Cochise County, the majority drive Ford, GM and Dodge pick-em-up trucks and there are a lot of soccer Mom's in their large American SUV's around here, too. But the prevailing attitude it seems at the Big 2 and a half is still a feeling that the American people will bail them out and continue buying their rigs. Ford seems to have the tightest grip of all and is really starting to respond by building buyable vehicles. I am not that far off from one day test-driving one of the 81.5mpg (hyper-miled) Ford Fusion Hybrids. Test-driving, probably not buying. I am not well enough enamored with the Focus(duh) or the new Fiesta, even, to buy one of the new small-ish Ford's. They're gonna have to get a bit more creative. Mitsubishi and Suzuki have them beat still, IMO. The new Kizashi small midsize sedan from Suzuki looks like a great new car and the i-MiEV all-electric from Mitsu as well as their proposed Lancer GTS Hybrid, as well as their concept larger than Outlander SUV they're naming the PX-MiEV(it's a gas-electric hybrid)have my rapt attention and interest for future purchase possibilities. But the American people, especially in these rural areas my wife and I are picking to live in since 2003, seem to still like and want to support the domestic automakers. Big still works in working class America. Still a lot of people living in oakie areas that need big SUV's and pick-em-up trucks to get around in. In other words, there are always so many drivers in this land that buy something to get them from point A to point B. They give up fun and design in order to get practicality. Because they have to have practicality? Or because they want practicality? The decade of the 60's showed that the domestic makers could be creative and design rigs that not only got the transportation thing done but they managed to make them look good as well. The domestics need to design in some enthusiasm. More enthusiasm. The UAW's still think they're needed and still think we'll buy domestic because we think that they deserve market share. Because why? Because here's where it all started. Henry Ford's experiment gone awry. Entitlement personified. They've got to make a profit and they don't have to over-hire to get it done. They should be selective and smart about who they hire. But bring on some creativity. The Asians are beating them at this function and although Fo-Mo-Co is showing the most promise they need even more new design flair. There will always be hayseeds like the ones I live amongst here in rural America. But I think there's still a lot of us who do care about how our cars look. Like those of us who love the American cars of the 60's. What a thrilling automotive decade.

their whole hippopatamus to smithereens, don't it, gagrice? Read gagrice's post in it's entirety above. It will pretty much back up what the majority of the participants on this thread have been saying for months upon months. We knew we couldn't take them serious at all before this, but, doesn't this convert any of y'all over to the correct side after reading this article? They're running scared trying to cover their fannies, boys! They're basically so full of..ummm....crap that their eyes have turned brown many moon ago. AAMOF the Chiricahua Apache that used to roam free on this very County I reside in here in SE Arizona, Cochise County, have so much more common sense than these in the cult of GW that it's really past reasonable sense and sensibility, huh? Yee-haw...gidde-up boys!

as to speed and place they would be legal, indeed. But they still could impose their crashworthiness sanctions on Tato, huh, and the Nano would be hard-pressed to comply. And yes, then the price would go up, speed go down, fun-quotient down, type of roads allowed on, etc. Very annoying but that is how it works. I think these old dudes have special City of Willcox/Cochise County passes, though, here, for their golf carts, and they know where they can and can not ride in them. So I think the idea remains an open one for Nano to shoot for, don't you? The Nano has an ICE and the golf cars are electric, so classifications are different from the get-go.

dude, you are going to do what you are going to do, come hell or high water, aren't ya, man? That's the way I roll!!! ;) For all of the high prices, road rage, heavy traffic, 90's Supersonic's victories under George Karl coaching Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton, that job making and revising Tubing, Attach Point and Electrical Production Illustrations on 747, 767 and 777 Boeing widebody jetliners was a great job. You will read me whine about it on here, but, I was prepared to work there for 20 more years and then retire fat, happy and although not rich, well-paid. Didn't happen. rockford...was I to give up and cry in to my Dr.Pepper? I thought you moved to Arizona, because my Utah Jazz, with Stockton and Malone were kicking your Supersonic AZZ :P Seriously uncle sam has sold Boeing down the river on more than one occassion by farming out work to oversea's. I still think it is treason. Anything made for the government should be american made. Guess what two jobs made my new Job's Finals? Respiratory Therapist and Hotel Management. Both were growing fields in 2003. Nursing at that time was growing 50% and Respiratory Therapy was growing at a 45% clip. So off we went, enjoying the beauty of Whatcom County and then heading south to our home County of Skagit County, enjoying viewing the huge fields of tulips and daffodils starting to pop up. I knew that I needed to get this hammered out ASAP, lingering was not a viable option for my wife and I and our Norwegian Forest cat, Tabitha, and our two Poms, Abby and Rocky. You love me so much that you named your dog after me??? :P Was it easy? No way! rocky, I am telling you it can be done. I no longer live in Washington state, I'm in Cochise County, Arizona, where Geronimo used to roam. There are illegals all over this County, so far they appear to leave us alone. Our hospital is moving up, buying new equipment and installing new signage, I may even get a pay increase this year. Our benefits are already the best in any hospital in southern Arizona. It can be done, rocky, even someone like you, can do it. I came from a manufacturing job at Boeing. People can change workframes. You didn't do it all by yourself. You had your loving wife. I as I said did it and was miserable. I am going to stay put for now. -Rocky

dude, you are going to do what you are going to do, come hell or high water, aren't ya, man? I remember when I was working at Boeing and we always talked about education, hell, Boeing was always ready to chop our heads off at any whim and desire of any gloppy-raspberry donut eating, Starbuck's slurping grey suited know-it-all. Honestly, I worked for Boeing for 20 years and some change. It is a fantastic job, full of challenge and very stressful at times. The stress at Boeing can be enormous when they want you to get a new customer's orders out pronto. The Starbuck's flowed like milk and honey, occasionally someone would lose it and yell at someone else. Occasionally a female employee would have to run to the restroom in tears. No kidding, the place was bathed in stress. For all of the high prices, road rage, heavy traffic, 90's Supersonic's victories under George Karl coaching Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton, that job making and revising Tubing, Attach Point and Electrical Production Illustrations on 747, 767 and 777 Boeing widebody jetliners was a great job. You will read me whine about it on here, but, I was prepared to work there for 20 more years and then retire fat, happy and although not rich, well-paid. Didn't happen. rockford...was I to give up and cry in to my Dr.Pepper? The fact that we could get Trade Act re-training in 2003 after our Boeing jobs, and get weekly State of Washington Unemployment checks for the entire time we attended college(good for an Associate's Degree) was too good to be true. I remember saying "Really?" to one of my Boeing buddies after he told me that. Uncle Sam paid for the books and tuition in full as well. Wow. That following weekend my wife and I drove north 25 miles to what I was thinking would be a more substantial library than that of the Skagit Valley town we lived in's, Burlington, WA. We headed up to the Bellingham, WA, library. rock, ya know how long it took me to decide I wanted to be trained to be a Respiratory Therapist? About an hour and a half. I scoured all of the job books, all of the what-d-ya wanna be when ya grow up books of any variety available to me. Guess what two jobs made my new Job's Finals? Respiratory Therapist and Hotel Management. Both were growing fields in 2003. Nursing at that time was growing 50% and Respiratory Therapy was growing at a 45% clip. So off we went, enjoying the beauty of Whatcom County and then heading south to our home County of Skagit County, enjoying viewing the huge fields of tulips and daffodils starting to pop up. I knew that I needed to get this hammered out ASAP, lingering was not a viable option for my wife and I and our Norwegian Forest cat, Tabitha, and our two Poms, Abby and Rocky. No time to blame others, although Boeing was not my favorite Company on the planet at that time. I decided that Saturday evening that I would take Uncle Sam, Boeing, and the state of Washington up on their offer to all laid-off employees. There were get aquainted workshops to attend. I checked out a book or two on Respiratory Therapy to get acquainted with what was to become my new work-life companion. Like my Boeing job, it looked challenging and potentially rewarding at the same time. Done. Deal is done. Was it easy? No way! rocky, I am telling you it can be done. I no longer live in Washington state, I'm in Cochise County, Arizona, where Geronimo used to roam. There are illegals all over this County, so far they appear to leave us alone. Our hospital is moving up, buying new equipment and installing new signage, I may even get a pay increase this year. Our benefits are already the best in any hospital in southern Arizona. It can be done, rocky, even someone like you, can do it. I came from a manufacturing job at Boeing. People can change workframes.