Three e30 nuts set up a shop one day...

[daytonaviolet]

Kamusta ka Albert,

I'm here in QC. I'd like to come by sometime but Im I'm already headin home on Sunday. Hopefully I'll come back soon so I can check out the shop and cars :)

[thealbert]

Some updated shots of the shop :)

























































That's it for now! No more pictures please! LOL

[thealbert]

We love it when customers leave good feedback, not only cause it makes us look good (sorry, shameless plug), but more importantly, it makes is happy to know that we helped another beautiful car back on the road again!

[airkhin]

beautiful shop. will own one similar to that one day. ;)

[PaladinReed]

This is literally the cleanest place I've seen in whole of the Philippines. Have you considered going international at some point? Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, the options are endless for big metro areas where demand for this type and quality of service is high.

I was just in the country back in July, wish I'd have known this kind of buggery was going on :D

I was at the Hotel Celeste right by the Greenbelt for a few days and very close to where you are, then off the Boracay for diving.

I've got to say I personally would never worry about the members of your service team. There is an awesome culture of service and doing right by people in your country.

[Tanktheory]

Man that's a nice FXT

[thealbert]

A few recent shots of the shop floor. More eye candy cars to come soon! :)

Anyone suddenly have an urge for a banana? hahah

[thealbert]

I will be in Manila October 10-12, I will make a visit will be traveling with a friend of mine that has a BMW Performance shop in NY, PM me contact details, will be staying in Greenbelts hotel area.

We are located at 1159 Chino Roces Ave. Makati. Our location is very near Greenbelt.

Here is a location map:


Our shop telephone number is +632 478 6283. If you ever drop by, just look for Manolet and introduce yourselves. See you guys soon!

[BingM3]

I will be in Manila October 10-12, I will make a visit will be traveling with a friend of mine that has a BMW Performance shop in NY, PM me contact details, will be staying in Greenbelts hotel area.

[thealbert]

Hey Albert! The CCTV system looks great! Really looking forward to getting out to the PI and joining the ARC Automotive Team!



Heh...as long as you have good, honest, guys then it really shouldn't be an issue. Now the real hacks on the other hand...

I think it's brilliant actually. The auto service profession already has a bad rap due to the unscrupulous practices of some shops. Transparency is a must in order to "win back" the trust of the car owners. Forward thinking like that can only result in good things, IMHO.

Good to see you here Alvin! The ARC Automotive team is really looking forward to you joining us soon! Welcome back to the PI!

In the meantime, I'm sure this would be something you would be interested in, this would be ARC's first official sponsored race! We're hoping to make this an annual thing. Hopefully ARC's race car and racing team would be ready for next year's event! We're bringing back that old 80s DTM rivalry!

[Mpowered02]

Hey Albert! The CCTV system looks great! Really looking forward to getting out to the PI and joining the ARC Automotive Team!

i'm interested to hear what the mechanics say about the CCTV..

Heh...as long as you have good, honest, guys then it really shouldn't be an issue. Now the real hacks on the other hand...

I think it's brilliant actually. The auto service profession already has a bad rap due to the unscrupulous practices of some shops. Transparency is a must in order to "win back" the trust of the car owners. Forward thinking like that can only result in good things, IMHO.

[thealbert]

you guys just keep raising the bar. impressive!

i'm interested to hear what the mechanics say about the CCTV..

They knew about the planned CCTV system the day we interview them for the job, so they went in eyes knowing. Also with the currently workshop culture that we've established and the open window concept that we have for the shop, the CCTV system wasn't anything new for them and it's business as usual. ;)

[evandael]

you guys just keep raising the bar. impressive!

i'm interested to hear what the mechanics say about the CCTV..

[Massimo]

Big brother is watching!

A new feature we just added to the shop. CCTV system! Now customers can be rest assured that their cars are being worked on with the utmost care and attention!



The whole system is still in it's testing phase but we're also working on piping the video feeds to our website where customers can go to, log on and watch their car being worked on from the comforts of their own home. We figured this would be a great step for us to offer another level of quality service for our customers.

That is a great step forward and would be good if all mechanics offered this. Adds clarity and reasurance in the customer that you guys are doing your job and not stuffing around. Well done.

[thealbert]

Big brother is watching!

A new feature we just added to the shop. CCTV system! Now customers can be rest assured that their cars are being worked on with the utmost care and attention!



The whole system is still in it's testing phase but we're also working on piping the video feeds to our website where customers can go to, log on and watch their car being worked on from the comforts of their own home. We figured this would be a great step for us to offer another level of quality service for our customers.