Graham Auto Repair is a finalist for Nisqually Valley's "Best Auto Repair" in 2023! Please help us out by voting. You can vote one time per day. Thank you everyone for your support!! We are so thankful that we get to serve you in Yelm, WA. Follow us on Social Media: ... read more
The Prairie Street Rod Car Show in Yelm, WA! Each year at the end of April the Yelm Chamber of Commerce holds the Yelm Home and Garden Show. As part of the event, the Prairie Street Rod Association hosts a Car Show. Last year was our first time participating as the Car Show sponsor. Our Team had the opportunity to sponsor the Car Show again this year. A big shout out to Bart and Amber for being this year's judges! Check out our short video to see this year's winners. There were so many Car Show participants this year, it was hard to choose! But we think Bart & Amber made some excellent choices. Thank you to the Yelm Community for another successful and fun event! Please give us a call or click here to schedule online. ... read more
Lady's Night Out We have a lot of great ladies working on our Team at Graham Auto Repair! We also have some wonderful women who support their husband or fiance who works on our Team. As a way to say "thank you" to all of those wonderful women, we decided to start a new tradition: Lady's Night Out! We had our first night-out kick-off at the end of April 2023. We went to the Mill Haus Cider Co. in Eatonville, WA. If you have never been there, you should definitely check them out! They have great food, handcrafted cider, and a beautiful atmosphere. Watch our short video to see the beautiful property. Then head over to their website to see what they have to offer! Please give us a call or click on this link to schedu ... read more
In January we celebrated Amber's birthday at Graham Auto Repair! We first met Amber in November 2021, shortly after we met her husband Bart. Bart is our Production Manager at our Yelm location. Amber and her husband have gone above and beyond to show our team that they care! We were very excited when Amber accepted an offer to join our Hiring Team in May 2022. As a military spouse Amber has had the opportunity to work in many different industries. After 15 years of working in human resources, she has enjoyed recruiting the most. She is always excited to help people find the perfect position that will help them meet their career goals. It's an added bonus that she gets to do that while working alongside her husband; supporting him as he grows in his own career! We are blessed to have both of them serving on our team. From the beginning Amber has always been willing to do whatever it takes to help out around the shop. Whether that means helping clean up or bringing in trea ... read more
This month we are celebrating a Team Promotion! Watch a video from our celebration: We opened our shop in Yelm WA in June 2022. It has been a lot of fun getting to know the Yelm community over the past eight months. We are grateful for the dedication of our entire team to continuously improve, and to embrace all of the challenges that we've taken on. Allen has been working with our team since August 2022. He joined us with over 26 years of experience in the automotive industry, including management. He immediately began training for our Store Manager position at our location in Yelm, WA. He began learning our systems & processes and getting to know our team. Allen and our Production Manager Bart have done a phenomenal job of bringing our team together in Yelm! Allen has been working on cars ever since he was old enough to hold a wrench. He loves racing cars and modifying them. When he's not spending time with cars, you may find him camping, fishing, or hunting ... read more
We had so many Birthdays to Celebrate in December! Watch a video from our celebrations! Shannan has been working with our Team since 2009! Shannan serves as our Finance Manager for both of our locations. Shannan is a huge Team player, dedicated to taking care of all of us in any way that she can. She has a very artistic eye and enjoys helping out with creative projects as well. Shannan has known Troy and Kori Vaninetti since the 1990s. When she had the opportunity to work with their family, she was excited to support them in their family business. Shannan and her husband Danny have two daughters, one of which works with us at Graham Auto Repair. Shannan's eldest daughter Lacie is our Marketing and Hiring Manager. Shannan and Danny have 3 granddaughters, and multiple bonus grandchildren as well. When she's not working with our team, you will likely find Shannan traveling with her family! Bryce started working with our Team in May 2022. He serves as the ... read more
It's time to celebrate another birthday with our Team! Watch a video of our celebration! Rob started working with our team in 2016, during the process of building our new shop in Graham, WA. Rob had already been working alongside us as one of our vendors. He decided to take the leap to the other side; he joined us when we were working in a temporary building down the street. We are thankful for all of the dedication and passion that Rob brings to our Team at Graham Auto Repair! He is always ready to learn new technology. Whether it's traveling to another shop to learn a new computer system, or training in Baltimore with ATI (Automotive Training Institute). Rob isn't afraid to take on new challenges! Rob grew-up in Washington State. As one of our Veterans at Graham Auto Repair, Rob served in the United States Army. He has been working in the Automotive Industry since 2009. Rob and his fiance have a beautiful baby boy that we welcomed to our family in 2021. Ch ... read more
It's time to celebrate another birthday with our Team! Watch a video of our celebration! Shane started working with our team shortly after we opened our second location in June 2022. We are extremely thankful for the smile and laughter that Shane brings to our team! Keeping things fun is one of our Team Essentials. Shane knows how to keep up our team's light-hearted energy in an industry that's tough! Shane is always willing to go the extra mile for our team and for our customers. Already he has demonstrated a strong passion for our mission through his dedication and hard work. Shane grew-up on a ranch where he found his love for fixing things. This drove him to his passion for the challenge of repairing cars. He is thankful for the opportunity to support his family by doing something he loves, while getting to serve our customers. Shane and his wife Margo have three children: Nick, Gabe, and Nikol. They also have two dogs named Lady and Buck. When Shane isn ... read more
On September 10, 2022 we celebrated the Grand Opening of our second Auto Repair Shop in Yelm, WA. We are so thankful for our Team from both locations for putting this event together and celebrating with us! We are also thankful for the Yelm Chamber of Commerce. They helped us kick off our event with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. If you watch the "Behind the Scenes" video below, you can also see a quick Tour of our new Yelm auto repair shop. There are YouTube video chapters, so feel free to skip ahead to the end. Here is a full "Behind The Scenes Action" video of our Team! We are so thankful for everyone's support. Opening our 2nd Location was a long journey, and we are grateful to finally be serving within the Yelm Community! Thank you again to the Yelm Businesses that participated in our Raffle Drawing. You can click on the photo below if you'd like to watch a short thank-you video of our Raffle. We had raffle prizes from the ... read more
We want to give a HUGE shout out to the Yelm Businesses who participated with us in our Grand Opening celebration!! Because of you we were able to give away lots of fun prizes to our guests, through our free raffle drawing. Thank you so much! Watch our short video below to see the prizes. If you'd like to see a longer video of our event, it's coming soon! Scroll down to see info about each of the Yelm Businesses who participated with us. You will also find links to their websites. Thank you Yelm! Thank you to the Team at 507 Taproom and Filling Station! Link to their Website: 507TapRoomandFillingStation.comLink to their Social Media: Facebook ... read more