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DOWC Collaborates With RepairPal


DOWC Collaborates With RepairPal

Dealer Owned Warranty Company (DOWC), a major expert in F&I solutions and services, has entered into collaboration with RepairPal (RP), a well-known provider of auto repair and maintenance info. RP-certified workshops will now offer quality repair services to all DOWC service contractees.


According to the head of DOWC, his company is very enthusiastic about collaborating with RP, as it is a great opportunity to offer a wide range of repair services from businesses with RP certification to its contract customers. The mixture of a quality protection plan and professional attitude toward repair services will become crucial for car owners who need their cars to be serviced promptly and efficiently.



Car owners with DOWC service contracts now have a chance to visit any repair shop certified by RP to get quality maintenance or fixes when returning to the dealerships is impossible. Car owners, who require repair services, can find RP-supported businesses by visiting RP’s website or via the sites of numerous DOWC partner dealers. RP also attaches great importance to this partnership, as the network of RP-certified businesses gets a chance to expand customer portfolios. DOWC and RP are united by a common goal to provide clients with quality maintenance and repair services at reasonable prices.



The RP’s network of repair businesses includes more than two and a half thousand members. DOWC gives special importance to prospect of partnership with a huge network of professional workshops on the US territory, as all shops must maintain the high quality of provided services to remain in the network.

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Probably every transmission repair specialist was keen on LEGO constructions or at least enjoyed making some minor things with their hands. Here's the game taken to a new level of creativity!

Modern auto industry is full of sophisticated drivetrain technologies which are supposed to make your driving experience even more pleasant and trouble-free. Despite a great abundance of sophisticated technical solutions, it is highly likely that very few people know a transmission solution operating like a manual CVT.

Over recent years engineers developed a lot of gear shifting solutions for different car brands, which may seem a bit unusual for oldtime drivers. In this article we will review the most peculiar gear stick technologies and provide video materials related to these technologies.

Only few people know about transmission concepts which were popular 70-90 years ago. For men of today, these gearboxes may seem very unusual and weird, but even now some gearboxes that date back to those years are quite competitive in comparison with modern transmissions.

Nowadays Extroid CVTs are commonly known as “toroidal” due to the fact that the working surface of driving and driven discs in this transmission has the form of a torus. Extroid CVT is not a V-belt transmission, but a friction drive CVT.