Sunday, August 16, 2020

August Newsletter

August is Here

Heading into our last month of summer, let us find joy in the small things. Our ability to experience warm sunshine and fresh air, to return to some of our hobbies and activities, and to see our friends and family again. Let us also find appreciation for the stillness, self-discovery, and closeness this pandemic has brought to our community. I like to find small things to be grateful for, even when the circumstances are grim. We hope that everyone enjoys our newfound freedoms, and also continues to follow CDC guidelines to keep our vulnerable populations safe and healthy.

Events

With events finally opening back up, we have quite a few fun activities available within the next few weeks.

  • Laurita Winery: 
    • Friday August 21st and 28th
    • Sounds of Summer Music Series
    • Food, Wine and Entertainment

  • Stafford Township Summer Concerts 7:00 to 8:30pm
    • Manahawkin Lake Park Link to Details
    • August 17th - Sarah Moon - Singer and Songwriter
    • August 24th - Brian Massa - Acoustic Singer Songwriter
    • August 31st - The Impulsives - Rock Cover Band



Keeping You Safe

Things are tough right now for everyone. Not only are we dealing with the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic but we are all worried about the future of our economy. Petty Motorworks is here to help everyone through this difficult time. We have taken every measure possible to ensure the safe handling of you and your car. 
Check out what we can do for you: 
  • No-Contact service 
  • Night drop and outside Key Locker for after hours service 
  • Email, text, and phone contacts 
  • Pick-up and Delivery service (within our service area) 
  • WE will disinfect your car on drop-off and then again before you pick-up 
  • 6-12 month No Interest (if paid in full) financing is available for most repairs. 
  • CLICK HERE TO APPLY
  • Free Digital Vehicle Health Report (VHR). We have been using a digital vehicle inspection system for over four years now and our customers love it. Your VHR will be emailed and texted to you for review once completed. This is a great way for us to explain to you about your vehicles service needs 
  • Our VHR include photographs and videos to help demonstrate issues without you ever coming in the shop 

Napa Easy Pay Financing


Napa Easy Pay is offering a 5% rebate for the month of July and August.  This also include a 6 month no interest if paid in full offer.  What a better way to break up the cost of your new tires into six payment without interest. 

August Tire Sale

  • Petty Motorworks has an extensive line of tires to choose from and we will gladly help you with choosing the correct tire for you.
  • We have the best tire equipment available including a Hunter Road Force Tire Balancer, Hunter Tire Changer, and a brand new Hunter Hawk-eye Elite Wheel Alignment system.
  • Ask about our Lifetime Wheel Alignment program to keep your tires healthy and happy.
  • Buy 4 Continental Suv or Light truck tires and get up to a $100 gift card rebate
  • Buy any FOUR tires and get $50 off an alignment


Take Out / Outside Dining 

Right now is a good time to give support to your local family-owned restaurants. Here is a list of local restaurants that offer takeout or delivery. 

Learn About Your Car



Napa Gold Certified Auto Care Center

I am proud to say that we were the first Napa Gold Certified Auto Care Center in New Jersey and that our work carries a 3 year 36,000 mile Nation Wide Warranty.


Fun Facts 

Fact: The Pope can’t be an organ donor

Pope Benedict XVI was issued an organ donor card in 1970. Once he ascended to the papacy in 2005, the card was invalid, reports the Telegraph. According to the Vatican, the Pope’s entire body must be buried intact because his body belongs to the universal Catholic Church.

Fact: Albert Einstein’s eyeballs are in New York City

They were given to Henry Abrams and preserved in a safety deposit box. Abrams was Einstein’s eye doctor. He received the eyeballs from Thomas Harvey, the man who performed theautopsy on Einstein and illegally took the scientist’s brain for himself.

Fact: Wimbledon tennis balls are kept at 68 degrees Fahrenheit

The temperature of tennis balls affects how the ball bounces. At warmer temperatures, the gas molecules inside the ball expand making the ball bounce higher. A tennis ball at lower temperatures causes the molecules to shrink and the ball bounces lower. To make sure the best tennis balls are used, Wimbledon goes through over 50,000 tennis balls. 

Fact: Bees can make colored honey

In France, there’s a biogas plant that manages waste from a Mars chocolate factory, where M&Ms are made. Beekeepers nearby noticed that their bees were making “unnatural shades of green and blue” honey, reported BBC. 

Fact: Bananas glow blue under black lights

To the everyday eye under normal conditions, ripe bananas appear yellow due to organic pigments called carotenoids. When bananas ripen, chlorophyll begins to break down. This pigment is the element that makes bananas glow, or “fluoresce,” under UV lights and appear blue.


Fact: Johnny Appleseed’s fruits weren’t for eating

Yes, there was a real John Chapman who planted thousands of apple trees on U.S. soil. But the apples on those trees were much more bitter than the ones you’d find in the supermarket today. “Johnny Appleseed” didn’t expect his fruits to be eaten whole, but rather made into hard apple cider.

Fact: Peanuts aren’t technically nuts

They’re legumes. According to Merriam-Webster, a nut is only a nut if it’s “a hard-shelled dry fruit or seed with a separable rind or shell and interior kernel.” That means walnuts, almonds, cashews, and pistachios aren’t nuts either. They’re seeds.


Read more interesting facts here.


Thursday, August 6, 2020

Monday, August 3, 2020

STOP! Don't drive through flood water!



As tropical storm Isaias approaches, it is sure to dump huge amounts of rain water, and of course there will be flooding!  We need to protect ourselves and our vehicles.  The best advice I can give is to STOP!  Don't drive through the water!  Wait until the water recedes, find an alternate route, or avoid areas that you know flood, like most of the streets along the Barnegat Bay and Long Beach Island.  At Petty Motorworks we routinely deal with issues related to driving through flood water, and last year we had three vehicles totaled, and had to replace two engines; not to mention the minor repairs caused by water intrusion. The worst case scenario is that you get trapped in your car by rising flood water and put yourself in danger. The most common problem we see is damage to the engine when it ingests water and hydro-statically locks.  In less severe cases the onset of problems won't be seen for some time due to that salty mixture of bay and rain water as they slowly corrode brake and electrical parts.   

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Friday, July 3, 2020

July Newsletter

July is Here


As we head into the hottest months of the summer, let us enjoy the fresh air and sunlight. We finally have a sense of normalcy returning, though there is a long way to go before things are truly "normal" again. While we are happy to see people returning to parks and activities, let us not forget to maintain CDC guidelines in order to keep our vulnerable populations safe. Now is a great time to enjoy the outdoors, whether it be by going for a hike or sitting outside with a friend.

New addition to The Petty Motorworks Team


I would like to take a moment to welcome Joe Peragine our team.  I have know Joe for over 20 years so when he became available due to some Covid-19 layoffs it was a no brainer to try and get him to join our team.  Joe began his automotive career at the age of 17 and quickly discovered his passion for fixing cars. Joe attended Lincoln Technical School while working at at small family owned shop just like ours and it was at this shop, under the tutelage of the shop owner that he gained the experience needed to pursue his career. To this day he still stays in contact with them and admires how they helped him grow into the technician that he is today.  Later on, when he decided to move to the shore he worked for several dealer but wanted to return to his roots of working in the community at a local service station and shortly thereafter secured a job working for Bob Stohrer at Manahawkin Shell and Quality Tire for over 22 years. Joe is an ASE Master Certified Technician with many years of experience under his belt. Joe also has a passion for classic cars and enjoys racing his 1972 650HP Camaro at Atco Raceway. 
Joe has been married to his wife Chris for 31 years and is very proud of his two sons, both serving our country in the U.S. Coast Guard. We are very excited to have Joe on the Petty Motorworks Team!

Events

With events finally opening back up, we have quite a few fun activities available within the next few weeks.

  • 4th of July Fireworks Shows:
    • 9:00 PM at Shelter Cove Beach in Toms River
    • 9:15 PM at Bayview Park in Long Beach Township

  • Albert Music Hall Free Outdoor Concert
    • July 18th 6-10 pm at Waretown Lake

Keeping You Safe

Things are tough right now for everyone. Not only are we dealing with the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic but we are all worried about the future of our economy. Petty Motorworks is here to help everyone through this difficult time. We have taken every measure possible to ensure the safe handling of you and your car. 
Check out what we can do for you: 
  • No-Contact service 
  • Night drop and outside Key Locker for after hours service 
  • Email, text, and phone contacts 
  • Pick-up and Delivery service (within our service area) 
  • WE will disinfect your car on drop-off and then again before you pick-up 
  • 6-12 month No Interest (if paid in full) financing is available for most repairs. 
  • CLICK HERE TO APPLY
  • Free Digital Vehicle Health Report (VHR). We have been using a digital vehicle inspection system for over four years now and our customers love it. Your VHR will be emailed and texted to you for review once completed. This is a great way for us to explain to you about your vehicles service needs 
  • Our VHR include photographs and videos to help demonstrate issues without you ever coming in the shop 

Continental SUV and Truck Tire Sale




Continental is offering up to a $100 rebate when four passenger car tires are purchased for the month of July and August. As an additional incentive Petty Motorworks is offering a FREE alignment check or a 50% off alignment with the purchase of any four tires.  That's a total of up to $120 in savings on the purchase of four tires. 

NAPA Battery Special

Don't wait until you car doesn't start and your stuck in a bad spot.  We test every battery for free with all of our services and now you can also save if your battery is loosing it's energy.  

Napa Easy Pay Financing


Napa Easy Pay is offering a 5% rebate for the month of July and August.  This also include a 6 month no interest if paid in full offer.  What a better way to break up the cost of your new tires into six payment without interest. 

Take Out / Outside Dining 

Right now is a good time to give support to your local family-owned restaurants. Here is a list of local restaurants that offer takeout or delivery. 

Napa Gold Certified Auto Care Center

I am proud to say that we are the first Napa Gold Certified Auto Care Center in New Jersey and that our work carries a 3 year 36,000 mile Nation Wide Warranty.
Fun Facts

Fun Facts 



Fact: Only a quarter of the Sahara Desert is sandy


Most of it is covered in gravel, though it also contains mountains and oases. Oh, and it isn’t the world’s largest desert—Antarctica is. 


Fact: Dogs sniff good smells with their left nostril

Dogs normally start sniffing with their right nostril, then keep it there if the smell could signal danger, but they’ll shift to the left side for something pleasant.


Fact: No number before 1,000 contains the letter A

Some of these fun facts will have you counting.


Fact: Theodore Roosevelt had a pet hyena

Its name was Bill and was a present from the Ethiopian emperor. Roosevelt was famous for his many pets, including a one-legged rooster, a badger, a pony, and a small bear.


Fact: Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch

He’s also been called out for only having the bars of a Navy commander, but the so-called cap’n held his ground on Twitter, arguing that captaining the S. S. Guppy with his crew “makes an official Cap’n in any book!”


Fact: The CIA headquarters has its own Starbucks, but baristas don’t write names on the cups

Its receipts say “Store Number 1” instead of “Starbucks,” and its workers need an escort to leave their work posts. 


Fact: Humans aren’t the only animals that dream

Studies have indicated rats dream about getting to food or running through mazes. Most mammals go through REM sleep, the cycle in which dreams occur, so scientists think there’s a good chance they all dream. 


Fact: The inventor of the microwave appliance only received $2 for his discovery

Percy Spencer was working as a researcher for American Appliance Company (now Raytheon) when he noticed a radar set using electromagnetic waves melted the candy bar in his pocket. He had the idea to make a metal box using microwaves to heat food, but the company was the one to file the patent. He received a $2 bonus but never any royalties. 


Fact: Sloths have more neck bones than giraffes

Despite physical length, there are more bones in the neck of a sloth than a giraffe. There are seven vertebrae in the neck of giraffes, and in most mammals, but there are ten in a sloth. 


Fact: Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest

Bees can fly higher than 29,525 feet above sea level, according to National Geographic. That’s higher than Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.


Saturday, June 27, 2020

Help Wanted - Auto Technician





Petty Motorworks is a family run and team oriented business and we are looking for a like minded technician to join us. We are customer oriented where retention and quality are our highest priorities. So if you want to work for one of the most respected and skilled shops in the area send us your information so we can talk.

This is an immediate job opening so call today at 609-339-2939, we monitor the phones 24/7.

You must have your own tools, have a valid drivers license, and pass a background check.

ASE certification is required but can be obtained once employed.

We have, mandatory, company paid, monthly training.

We offer:
Health Care with a company match
401K retirement package with company match
Paid Vacation
Paid Sick leave
Holiday Pay
Aflac
Paid training
Company Lunch on Fridays
And Much More.....
462 Route 9, Waretown, New Jersey 08758

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Oil Filter

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