You are not really choosing a shop. You are choosing whoever ends up under your car, and that is a fair thing to ask about before you hand over the keys.
The people who will actually answer the phone, write the estimate and work on your car.

Owner
Certifications: ASE Parts Specialist and Service Consultant, various training certifications
Specialties: Customer service, tires and vehicle modification
Experience: 25 years in auto repair, 19 years with Dakota Ridge Auto
Personal interests and hobbies: TJ is married with one son. He enjoys mountain biking, tattooing, snowboarding and playing golf.

Office Manager
Certifications: Customer service and office clerical work
Specialties: Customer service and office administration
Experience: 16 years in auto repair, 16 years with Dakota Ridge Auto
Personal interests and hobbies: Cheryl is married with three grown children and five grandchildren. She enjoys time with her family, photography, hiking, online games and playing with her grandchildren.

Master Auto Technician
Certifications: ASE Master Auto Technician
Specialties: Computer and electrical diagnostics
Experience: 22 years in auto repair, 10 years with Dakota Ridge Auto
Personal interests and hobbies: Aaron is married with three kids. He enjoys four wheeling, BMX riding, snowboarding and fixing things, and he coaches his kids in sports.

Master Auto Technician
Certifications: ASE Master Auto Technician
Specialties: Computer and electrical diagnostics
Experience: 21 years in auto repair, 7 years with Dakota Ridge Auto
Personal interests and hobbies: Brian is married with one daughter and is a sixth generation Colorado native. He enjoys fishing, concerts and roller skating with the family, and he fosters dogs.

Service Advisor
Certifications: ASE Service Consultant and various training certifications
Specialties: Customer service, diagnostics and repair
Experience: 21 years in auto repair, 5 years with Dakota Ridge Auto
Personal interests and hobbies: Michael is a Colorado native with two kids he loves to be outdoors with, swimming and playing in the parks. He has a couple of classic cars and takes them to car shows every month, and he enjoys golf and building Lego with the kids.

Automotive Technician
Certifications: Various training certifications
Specialties: Tires, brakes, maintenance and general repairs
Experience: 14 years in auto repair, 5 years with Dakota Ridge Auto
Personal interests and hobbies: Ben is married with one son. He loves all outdoor activities, train museums, and riding his bike to work and on the trails.

Service Advisor
Certifications: ASE Service Consultant, Toyo Tire Master and various training certifications
Specialties: Customer service
Experience: 26 years in auto repair, 3 years with Dakota Ridge Auto
Personal interests and hobbies: Jessy has one daughter. She enjoys arts and crafts and reading, and anything outdoors with her daughter: hiking, camping and hunting.

Master Auto Technician
Certifications: ASE Master Auto Technician
Specialties: Computer and electrical diagnostics
Experience: 12 years in auto repair, 1 year with Dakota Ridge Auto
Personal interests and hobbies: Hunter is married with four kids and spends his free time with his wife and kids, often at the park. He also likes fishing and video games.

General Service Technician
Certifications: Various training certifications
Specialties: Tires, brakes, maintenance and general repairs
Experience: 3 years in auto repair, 3 years with Dakota Ridge Auto
Personal interests and hobbies: Riley is a Colorado native. He loves working on cars, especially with his father, and camping and hiking in Colorado.
Every technician here is ASE certified. Several hold Master certification, which means passing the full set of core tests rather than one, and one holds Advanced Master certification on top of that — the specialised diagnostic level you want when a problem is genuinely strange.
The people at the counter are ASE certified too. That is unusual, and it is the reason you can ask "why" at this shop and get an answer rather than a shrug.
Small independent shop, low turnover. The technician who knows your car is generally still here in three years.
Per technician. Direct injection, hybrids, driver assist systems and electronic steering all arrived recently enough that a shop which stopped training is a shop that guesses.
So the explanation you get has actually been understood by the person giving it.
We take high school interns from Dakota Ridge and Chatfield, and several have been hired full time. Some of the people working on your car started here at seventeen.
Yes, all ASE certified. Several are Master Certified and one is Advanced Master Certified. Our service writers are ASE certified as well.
Usually, yes. That is one of the real advantages of a single-location independent shop over a dealership service department.
A minimum of 40 hours a year each. Vehicles change quickly enough that this is not optional.
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Ask when you call. We will tell you which technician and what they are certified in.
Open Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:30pm. Courtesy shuttle within about five miles.