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Bob Thomas Automotive Service & Repair Shop Expansion 2010

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.

Best Auto Shop, in Medford Mail Tribune

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.

Best Auto Shop, in Medford Mail Tribune

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 in Medford Mail Tribune, 1999

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,”