Mike Kastis, my beloved (YES beloved) mechanic closed his full service gasoline station after many years. There were many reasons for his closing, but in part it was because the gas price surges of 2008 just about killed him. He had to compete with grocery stores and chain store gasoline prices, leaving him a profit margin of only a few pennies a gallon. As an independent shop, he had to pay his gasoline distributor up front for his gas purchases. When gas went above $4.00 a gallon, it became impractical to keep his tanks filled with gas.

Well, Mike is back. He’s opened a mechanic shop in our neighborhood. Just car repair, no gas sales this time. I wrote an article about Mike that was published this morning at the High Calling Blog network. Check it out if you want to see why I love this guy so much.

They say the two things you have to find when you move to a new city are a good doctor and a good mechanic. I’ve had several physicians in the twenty years that I have lived in San Antonio but only one mechanic. His name is Mike…read more

I have a special request – Let’s Help Mike! Here’s how:

You’ve probably heard of Google bombing by now. If you haven’t, it refers to the practice of a number of people linking to a certain website in order to influence Google’s ranking of that site. I have a Google bomb request to make – for a very good cause. If you have a blog or facebook site, write the phrase – Kastis Automotive Repair in San Antonio and link it to his website as I have done here. If a good number of people do this, Mike has a chance of coming up in a Google search for automotive repair in San Antonio.

Why do this? Because this is the guy that should come up in a Google search when someone moves to our town and needs a good mechanic!

In a few weeks I’ll do a test at Google and see if we’ve pulled this off.

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