Indie Garage: How a fresh look and fresh tech drives business

by | Feb 27, 2026 | 0 comments

The latest Indie Garage print edition is chock full of insightful articles designed to help Canadian automotive service professionals.

Top of the list is a look at how three shops have engaged a fresh look and investments in technology to drive business growth.

We also look at shop that’s leveraging a love of classics to make a name for itself in the enthusiast market.

Plus, we highlight concerns around Ontario’s growing scrap tire problem, what the newly christened Automotive Aftermarket Repairers Organization of Canada (AARO) is looking forward to on the national stage.

Bruce Williams of Rivers Edge Services talks honestly about figuring out what type of owner and manager you are, Murray Voth puts fighing burnout on the board, and we also offer a possible solution to continually telling customers that all-season tires aren’t really all season tires here in Canada.

And this issues’ INFOGRAPHIC reveals the undeniable demise of Canada’s passenger car.

Copies are on the way to Automotive Service Professionals across Canada, but you can read the DIGITAL FLIPBOOK HERE.

INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:

6 COMMENT
THE MOST OVERLOOKED/
ASSET IN YOUR SHOP

7 NEWS
THE COSTS OF DRIVING
WITHOUT “RIGHT TO REPAIR’”

12 OWNER
AARO GOES NATIONAL:
MORE THAN A NAME CHANGE

14 OWNER
SCRAP TIRES PILE UP
IN ONTARIO

16 COVER STORY
HOW NEW TECH
AND NICER SHOPS/
SPELL SUCESSS

20 OWNER
ARE YOU THE ENGINE
OR THE STARTER MOTOR?

22 OWNER
MURRAY VOTH:
FROM BURNOUT
TO BREAKTHROUGH

24 OWNER
PARAGON AUTO
THRIVES IN SASKATOON

26 SERVICE ADVISOR
A BETTER WAY
TO TALK ABOUT TIRES

28 NEW PRODUCTS

30 APPRENTICE
SKILLED TRADES ONTARIO
TAKES EXAMS IN-HOUSE

31 INFOGRAPHIC
THE DEMISE OF
THE PASSENGER CAR

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