Lewisville - Coppell | October 2022

BUSINESS FEATURE

BY DESTINE GIBSON

Honest-1 Auto Care oers oil changes, tune-ups and other repairs.

SERVICES OFFERED Here are some of the services that Honest-1 Auto Care oers:

Auto A/C and heat repair

Wheel alignment

Auto suspension

Longtime friends Kimera Shepler (left) and Robin Mainer are co-franchise owners of Honest-1 Auto Care’s Castle Hills location. They focus on a women-friendly atmosphere. (Photos by Destine Gibson/Community Impact) Honest-1 Auto Care Longtime friends promote empowerment at female-friendly shop A t Honest-1 Auto Care, franchise owners Robin Mainer and Kimera Shepler want women to feel comfortable and empowered. The longtime friends became especially women, feel comfortable getting their car serviced. Mainer said women make up about 60% of the shop’s customer base. and receive thorough explana- tions of the work their car needs. Employees also take pictures and videos to share with customers. Mainer and Shepler prioritize transparency. “The No. 1 issue that people have

Engine repair

Oil change

Brake repair

Radiator repair

Transmission repair

Tune-up service

State inspections

“We have people that drive quite a ways to get here,” she said. “We did take a lady to work the other day. I nally said, ‘Where do you work,’ and it was the south side of Garland. She said, ‘I just felt more comfortable bringing my car here.’” The shop’s waiting room has a TV, a replace, a children’s play area equipped with donated books, free snacks and a stocked beverage station. Services oered include oil changes, various types of repairs, tune-ups, state inspections, wheel alignments and more. Customers are invited into the garage to see

Honest-1 Auto Care 4740 Windhaven Parkway, Lewisville 972-829-6283

franchise owners of the Castle Hills location in 2017. Both previously worked for an insurance company and did not know what they were going to do next after deciding to leave the industry. Mainer said she was looking for signs, one of which came when she visited an auto repair shop to get an oil change. Mainer said she wants customers’ experience at Honest-1 Auto Care to be dierent from what she and many other women have experi- enced. Mainer and Shepler’s goal is to build trust and make customers,

when getting their cars worked on is, ‘Did I really need this?’” Mainer said. As two female business owners in a male-dominated eld, Mainer said she and Shepler occasionally encounter sexism. Mainer said she would like to see scholarships available for women who want to enter the industry. “The [automotive] eld is wide open,” she said. “If they’re inter- ested, especially if they’re female— or male, I don’t care—call us, and we’ll help you.”

www.honest1castlehills.com Hours: Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat. 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun. Closed

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