Turning dreams into reality

Walt Fortney • November 23, 2018

Hello and thanks for visiting! I’m Walt, U.S. Army veteran, automotive enthusiast, VW/Audi master technician, and founder of Walt’s Garage (previously known as Bennett’s Automotive). Tony Bennett’s father started the business in the 70’s, and then Tony took over and kept a solid reputation in 1999. Tony is now retiring, and the transformation into Walt’s Garage will culminate on our grand re-opening date of January 2nd, 2019! Comprised of a team of myself, my beautiful wife Karie, my son Tyler, and 2 longstanding technicians that have been with Tony for the past 10 years (Andy & Jr), there is nothing we can’t tackle when it comes to your automotive needs. We will continue servicing and repairing all makes and models, but will now also specialize in Volkswagen and Audi service, repair, and performance. Please let us know if we can assist you!

SHOUT OUT!

By Walt Fortney • March 21, 2019
It’s been awhile since our last blog post, and for that, I do apologize. Everything is happening so fast, we’re busy, and it’s just seemed non-stop. We try to make time for ourselves also, but that isn’t helping the poor little neglected blog here either. With that said, and with Karie’s prior plans of a […] The post SHOUT OUT! appeared first on Walt's Garage.

Did you know?

By Walt Fortney • February 15, 2019
We’ve been busy, as evidenced by the lack of entries on our blog, which we can’t thank you all enough for. But, it seems every day in conversation, we tell customers certain “features” we have or services we offer that we haven’t made public to all. This post is an attempt at describing some of […] The post Did you know? appeared first on Walt's Garage.

WOW.

By Walt Fortney • January 19, 2019
Just wow. There aren’t alot of words to describe it. We’ve been in business for a tick over two weeks now, and, well, wow. Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a bad “wow”. Quite the opposite, it’s actually a very good “wow”. I’ve always thought this was the endgame, and I’m starting to think I […] The post WOW. appeared first on Walt's Garage.

I love to fix Volkswagens.

By Walt Fortney • January 6, 2019
I’m not afraid to admit it, I love it. More than any human should probably. As I sit in the shop at 8pm on a Saturday evening, right as I finished cleaning up, I sit down and think to myself – “Self, why are you working until 8pm on a Saturday evening? Particularly when you […] The post I love to fix Volkswagens. appeared first on Walt's Garage.

Day 1 in the books…

By Walt Fortney • January 3, 2019
Well, we did it. We survived day one. I’m sure every technician, at some point in their career, dreams of opening their own shop. I can imagine it’s a small percentage that actually pursue it, and a way smaller percentage that actually succeeds. I also bet most (myself included) think they know everything they need […] The post Day 1 in the books… appeared first on Walt's Garage.

Engine swap? Manual transmission conversion? What do you do?

By Walt Fortney • December 29, 2018
You’re picky about your cars, we all are. We know what we like, and we know what we want. So, what do you do if the car you have isn’t exactly what you want? Or if the car you want isn’t even manufactured/imported into this country? Now, that’s a tiny bit misleading, but let me […] The post Engine swap? Manual transmission conversion? What do you do? appeared first on Walt's Garage.

Renovate, refit, and refresh

By Walt Fortney • December 29, 2018
We’ve been here exactly 16 days now. Sixteen days. It’s almost hard to believe, time is just flying by. The short and the skinny – I threw my back out hardcore with the move, to the point I had to be carried in the house at one point. Both the house and shop were not […] The post Renovate, refit, and refresh appeared first on Walt's Garage.

SNOW DAY!

By Walt Fortney • December 10, 2018
Of course, it was bound to happen. Three days before we hit the road to begin this new chapter in our lives, Mother Nature decided to take a 20″ dump on us. I guess we’ll take this as a final cold, and yet still beautiful, good-bye. I’m sure a few years from now we’ll look […] The post SNOW DAY! appeared first on Walt's Garage.
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