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Home Town
West Chester, PA
Current BMW Model
135i
Classic BMW Model
Any E30
BMW Body Color
Barbera Red & Delphin Metallic
Sports Teams
BMW Sauber F1 Team & Rahal Letterman Racing
TV Shows
Simpsons, UFC & Road Racing
Movies
Blues Brothers, Stripes & The Godfather
Music
The Beatles, Most Rock, Blues, Jazz/Fusion
Books/Authors
Tom Clancy
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I was always a sports car fan. I was the kid you’d see with his face buried in a car magazine. I liked German automobiles right off the bat – BMWs particularly – so it was not surprising that I came to work here to Otto’s.
My job includes managing the parts counter and accessory sales for both BMW & MINI. All of us here have incredible experience with these vehicles and know them inside and out. We’re all “car guys.” We have a vast knowledge of everything that fits them, and can offer our customers any number of different ideas on how to accessorize their vehicles. It’s what sets us apart from our competitors.
I’ve been racing for a long time. After a number of years doing autocross on my own, I went to our owners and suggested putting together some sort of BMW effort – which we did. We won a lot stock class championships and got a ton of name recognition for Otto’s.
When we added the MINI franchise, we decided to outfit a normally-aspirated MINI Cooper for SCCA endurance road racing. Some of these events go for twelve hours and really highlight the car’s reliability, fuel economy, and general drivability. I’m pleased to say we’re doing very well with the program. I think our successes demonstrate that we’re really into these cars and not just employees going to work to get a paycheck. In my experience, most of our customers love their automobiles, and they come here because they know the people working on them feel the same way. They appreciate our experience and our enthusiasm. For me, this passion has gone into the next generation.
I have a young daughter who is a real “car girl” who could pick out BMWs on the road when she was three years old! She comes to the races with me, has her own driver’s suit, and I put her to work on the crew, cleaning windows, checking air pressure. She loves to get on the radio and talk to the drivers during practice. She’s such a fan she’ll sit down and watch a two-hour Formula One race and root for BMW through the whole thing. |
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