Auto Club: Best of the Best Auto Club Approved Auto Repair Facilities Receive Quality Awards.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Twenty-one Southland vehicle repair shops have earned the Automobile Club of Southern California's Approved Auto Repair coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. Quality Service Award for customer satisfaction and service quality. The Quality Award honorees were selected from approximately 600 Approved Auto Repair facilities, which are independent businesses regularly inspected by the Auto Club. To receive an award, a repair shop has to meet extremely stringent Auto Club standards for a consecutive two-year period: no more than one complaint from an Auto Club member, a minimum 99 percent customer satisfaction rating during two consecutive surveys and no facility deficiencies during either of the Auto Club's detailed annual shop inspections or the bimonthly bi·month·ly adj. 1. Happening every two months. 2. Happening twice a month; semimonthly. adv. 1. Once every two months. 2. Twice a month; semimonthly. n. pl. shop reviews. "Automobiles have become very technologically sophisticated and challenging to repair and maintain," said Richard Kretsch of the Auto Club's approved auto repair program. "These shops are the creme de la creme crème de la crème n. 1. Something superlative. 2. People of the highest social level. [French : crème, cream + de, of + la, the + and exceeded our program's strict requirements. The recipients demonstrate that they possess advanced skill and knowledge and understand how to provide top value and customer service to motorists." About one-third of the Quality Award winners (seven) are located in Orange County, four shops are in the San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. area. Anaheim boasts two Quality Award facilities and one is located in San Clemente San Clemente (săn klĭmĕn`tē), city (1990 pop. 41,100), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; inc. 1928. Camp Pendleton, a large U.S. marine base, adjoins the city, which is chiefly residential. . The others are spread across many Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, communities, including one in San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. and two in Glendale.Several facilities have received Quality Awards for numerous years. Good Guys Automotive in Yorba Linda Yorba Linda (yôr`bə lĭn`də), city (1990 pop. 52,422), Orange co., S Calif., in a region of citrus fruit; inc. 1967. The city has grown tremendously along with the southern California area; its population increased fivefold between and Seaside Buick in San Diego are five-time recipients. For a free copy of the Directory of Approved Auto Repair Facilities, stop by the nearest Auto Club office, call 800-713-0003, or click on www.aaa.com.
2005 Auto Club AAR Quality Service Award Winners
Facility Name City Award Years
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Accurate Auto Repair Mission Viejo 2
Anaheim Hills Shell Anaheim Hills 2
Certified Automotive Specialists Glendora 4
Dyrness Automotive Glendale 1
Foothill Foreign Automotive Upland 2
Ford West Bellflower 1
Good Guys Automotive Yorba Linda 5
Hontech Automotive San Diego 3
Karco Specialists Orange 4
Ken Daniels Automotive Glendale 1
Metro Acura Montclair 1
O'Donnell Chev/Geo/Buick San Gabriel 2
Okimoto's Auto Center Norwalk 3
Perfect Timing Auto Service & Repair Vista 2
Rizzoli's Automotive Santa Maria 1
Robert's Auto Service San Diego 1
S & S Auto Service Lake Forest 2
Seaside Buick San Diego 5
Shadetree Automotive San Clemente 1
Swedish Car Clinic Harbor City 2
Weir Canyon Honda Anaheim 1
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