Back to School, Back to Busy: We Take Care of Your European Car Because We Care About the People Inside It

Backpacks are packed. School zones are busy again. College students are heading back to campus. Parents are juggling work, school drop-offs, practices, appointments, and what feels like a hundred places everyone needs to be.

Back-to-school season has arrived in Northern Colorado.

And suddenly, that car sitting in your driveway becomes a pretty important part of the family.

At European Motor Cars in Fort Collins, we spend our days taking care of BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volvo, Volkswagen, MINI, Jaguar, Land Rover and Range Rover vehicles.

But here's something we've learned after more than 30 years in the European auto repair business:

We aren't really just taking care of cars. We're taking care of the people who depend on them.

Your Car Does a Lot More Than Get You From A to B

Think about everything your vehicle may do in a normal week.

It takes someone to school.

It gets you to work.

It picks up groceries.

It carries kids to soccer practice.

It takes your family into the mountains for the weekend.

It gets a college student home for dinner.

And sometimes, it's the vehicle you hand the keys to when a new driver in your family pulls out of the driveway by themselves.

That's why reliability matters.

When you turn the key or push that start button, you shouldn't have to wonder:

“Is the car going to get them there safely?”

Proper maintenance helps answer that question.

Back-to-School Season Is a Great Time for a Car Checkup

Cars don't know you're busy.

Unfortunately, batteries, brakes, tires, cooling systems and oil don't care that you have three places to be before 9:00 a.m.

Small problems have an irritating habit of becoming big problems at exactly the wrong time.

That's why preventative maintenance matters.

Before fall schedules become even busier, consider checking:

• Tires and tire pressure
• Brakes
• Battery condition
• Coolant and cooling system
• Wipers and washer fluid
• Lights
• Suspension and alignment
• Oil and other important fluids

And if there's a warning light you've been ignoring or a noise you've been meaning to have checked?

Now is a pretty good time.

And Yes... We're Going to Talk About Oil Again

If you've been around European Motor Cars for very long, you probably know what we're about to say.

Oil is the lifeblood of your car. Keep it clean.

For European vehicles using quality synthetic oil, we recommend an oil service every 5,000 miles.

Not 10,000.

Not 15,000.

Not “whenever I remember.”

5,000 miles.

Modern European engines are sophisticated. Turbochargers, timing components and internal engine systems depend on clean, properly specified oil.

Regular oil service is one of the simplest and most important things you can do to help prevent extremely expensive repairs later.

We would much rather see you regularly for an oil service than see you once for an engine.

Colorado Is About to Change the Rules Again

Right now, we're still enjoying warm days—but anyone who has lived in Colorado knows what's coming.

Cool mornings aren't far away.

Then one morning you'll walk outside and suddenly realize:

Fall is here.

Temperature changes affect your vehicle, too.

Tire pressures drop. Marginal batteries begin showing their age. Wiper blades suddenly matter again. Cooling systems that worked hard all summer still need to be healthy when temperatures fall.

This transition between summer and fall is a perfect time to get ahead of those problems.

Preventative maintenance isn't about looking for things to repair.

It's about preventing the things that can interrupt your life.

European Cars Need European Expertise

Today's European vehicles are incredibly sophisticated machines.

BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volvo, Volkswagen, MINI, Jaguar, Land Rover and Range Rover vehicles require specialized diagnostic equipment, tools, information and—most importantly—technicians who understand how these cars are engineered.

A scan tool can tell you that a fault exists.

Experience helps determine why.

At European Motor Cars, European vehicles aren't something we occasionally work on.

They're what we do.

Our technicians work with these vehicles every day, using specialized equipment and decades of European automotive experience to diagnose, maintain and repair them properly.

Because taking care of your European vehicle isn't simply about fixing what's broken today.

It's about understanding what it needs to stay reliable tomorrow.

Take Care of the Car. Take Care of the Person.

There are a lot of things competing for your attention this time of year.

We'd like your car to be one less thing you have to worry about.

If your son or daughter is driving themselves to school...

If you're commuting between Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor or another Northern Colorado community...

If you're heading north toward Cheyenne or Laramie...

Or if you're simply trying to get everyone where they need to be every day...

We want your vehicle to be ready when you need it.

That's why we inspect.

That's why we maintain.

That's why we educate our customers instead of simply handing them a repair bill.

And that's why we remind you about the little things before they become big things.

At European Motor Cars in Fort Collins, we care about European cars.

More importantly, we care about the people driving them.

Is Your European Car Ready for Fall?

Schedule your back-to-school and early-fall inspection with European Motor Cars.

We proudly provide European auto repair and maintenance for BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volvo, Volkswagen, MINI, Jaguar, Land Rover and Range Rover owners throughout Fort Collins, Northern Colorado, Laramie and Cheyenne.

You drive the best cars in the world. We service them—and we take care of the people who drive them.