OUR PLACE
The Walworth County Sheriffs have come to town.
The detectives were in town a couple of days before this issue was printed. They were in Lake Geneva to question the board members of the BID who’d complained that there were significant financial problems with the BID’s money before they took over. What the sheriffs are finding out is anybody’s guess right now, as they won’t talk until the investigation is all over, and that date is not set in stone, yet. What kind of stone? There are probably a few local people hoping it won’t be a gravestone. The sheriffs were also on hand Saturday and Sunday to help with traffic control. They were writing tickets along Big Foot Beach, probably for speed. The Geneva Shore Report made a video of one-stop but got out of the area quickly because of the difficulties of parking along Big Foot and just how uncomfortable cops get these days if anyone from the public is filming their work.
The gift of having three great auto operations in such a small city.
Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, located on Williams Street right next to the Next-Door Pub, is a wonderful place to go in and find out or get what you need. The employees running the place don’t have everything, but they can get almost anything overnight. And the back and forth with these auto parts guys are just precious. You’ll leave with what you need, including free advice, and quite possibly feeling a bit (hilariously) insulted. This is kind of the idea, but in any event, you’ll like them and the place in general.
Then, there’s Advanced Auto Parts, just up the street on the right, a bit to the northeast on the same street. Those employees are rather astounding too. Windshield wipers? Yes, and then they put them on the car for you for free. Test an old battery with the latest hotshot equipment? Absolutely, also free. They’ll help you put the new battery in if you need it, right there in the parking lot. And oh, how about this? They will put an OBD sensor interpreter into the socket in your car (they will know where it is) and then give you a printout of what the car is telling it the problems maybe! For free! And their little expensive machine has all normally ‘proprietary’ codes broken. Mercedes, Audi, Ferrari, you name it.
Finally, there’s Del’s, the Lake Geneva auto institution. Need a tow? Bill comes and gets you. And Del’s is not only available all the time, quick and quietly polite, it’s also cheap to get the tow! Wow. Bill does the towing and he’s a class act. You won’t feel insulted by him, but you will be entertained.
Service with a Smile
Tina, the terrific manager of Advanced Auto, checking OBD data for a customer
