Reality is smacking me upside the head. I am about to start a job of sorts…writing about certain products or businesses on the internet in my blog. Let's see where this new path takes us…that old universal 'us' don't you know…as always feel free to send me your thoughts .
We're traveling and of course being gone this long means that we have to find somewhere to do car maintenance. This is definitely one of those times when having the internet and search engines works to narrow the field down to businesses in your vicinity. We are considering Southern Texas for a winter vacation, and in looking about for the services we will need to live there for 4-6 monthsI wanted to be sure that if using search engines it could help me find a Houston auto repair shop - so I clicked on this link: http://repairpal.com/ and viola` I was able to find http://repairpal.com/houston-auto-repair. The yellow pages of auto repair/maintenance for the entire nation - all in one website: http://repairpal.com/. Now if there was such a website for housepainters and gardeners I'd be in heaven!
Two tabs which I thought would work best for us was the 'Directory' and the 'Estimate' tabs, the first allows one to search for car repair/maintenance shops by zip codes and car make, the other allows you to plug in what service you need and that gives you an estimate range of the repair. I plugged in an oil change http://repairpal.com/engine-oil-filter-changeand brake job (http://repairpal.com/brake-rotor-replacement) for an Acura TL (http://repairpal.com/acura-tl-1999). In addition to the estimate it also includes an Encyclopedia of terms, which is used throughout the website-so when you hover over highlighted words-descriptive text boxes appear with the information. So, if automobile repair and maintenance isn't your passion - as is in my case - both you and I are able to become educated about your particular vehicle.
Additionally there is a tab/page, MY CAR which enables the car owner to keep all repair/maintenance records in one place. This website http://repairpal.com/ is easy, containing drop down lists, thus, allowing the user access across the site quickly and accurately; it's very user friendly.
I really do not like having to shop for car service and I no longer have warranty coverage on my beloved car, thus having a website that consolidates this type of information will certainly come in handy when I need to get some repair done without closing my eyes, flipping open the yellow pages and thrusting my forefinger onto the page - praying that this business isn't the one to take advantage of a woman's ignorance of 'all things mechanical' (aka - male oriented).
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