Congratulations, Bill Hinkley!

Today Bill Hinkley of Mt. Ulla purchased a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 from sales superstar Jennifer Fowler. Welcome to the Team Auto Group family, Bill! We hope you enjoy your truck!

Buy the 2011 Silverado and get $4,505 back. This incentive and many others await you at Team Auto Group!

Team Auto Group salesman Jimmy Hailey shows off the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado in our lot. A rebate of $4,505 is available, along with a lot the following incentives:

• College Discount Pricing Program - expires September 30, 2011 - allows any student currenly enrolled in a two- or four-year-degree program, nursing degree (RN) or graduate degree program.
• United Services Automobile Association - expires December 31, 2011 - $750 allowance toward the purchase or lease of an eligible 2010-2012 model.
• Military Personnel Supplier Price - expires September 30, 2011 - active and reserve military personnel or their spouse receive a special preferred price.
• 2011 Credit Union Memer Supplier Price - expires September 30, 2011 - members of participating credit unions nationwide may purchase or lease at the supplier price stated on the vehicle invoice.
• GM In-Market Conquest - certificate required - expires September 6, 2011 - current non-GM owners may have received special "In Market Conquest" certificates good towards new puchase or lease.

Please call Team Auto Group at 704-216-8000 to make an appointment to see a vehicle and talk about incentives.

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Happy Birthday!

Team Auto Group internet sales agent Medley Warren wishes a customer a happy birthday by singing "Happy Birthday" to her over the phone. Our internet sales agents try to wish every Team Auto Group customer a happy birthday on their special day. Just shows how much we care about our customers!

Welcome to the world, Finley Morgan Haynes!

Bill and Kristin Haynes welcomed their beautiful baby girl, Finley Morgan, this morning, and everyone here at Team Auto Group was so excited, we decided to decorate the entire lot with pink balloons! Congratulations to Kristin and Bill, Emory, Thom and Beverly Dillard, Brandon and Kimberly Lostetter, Alex Dillard and the rest of the family. We can't wait to meet little Finley!

Congratulations to Anthony Gray on his purchase of a Cadillac DeVille!

Congratulations to the family of Anthony Gray of Winston-Salem! Anthony purchased a 2002 Cadillac DeVille this afternoon at Team Auto Group from salesman Jimmy Hailey. Welcome to the Team family!

Team Auto Group employs two Workforce Investment Act youth this summer

SALISBURY – Last fall Cynthia McLean was struggling in school, three grades behind her peers. Unsure of how she’d catch up, she decided to withdraw from Salisbury High School.

But in May she walked across the stage at Rowan Cabarrus Community College and received her GED.

“I can’t explain it,” Cynthia, 17, said of the feeling inside of her as she walked across the stage. “Everybody was happy. All of my family was there and everything. I was just like, ‘I did it!’”

Tyree Badger is 18 years old, and will take his final test today (Thursday) to determine whether or not he’ll receive his GED next week.

Tyree said he dropped out of Henderson Independent High School last fall after unwanted attention at the school, but was determined to finish school and earn his GED. His older brother participated in the program, and wanted give it a try himself.

Cynthia and Tyree were able to get their GED through the Workforce Investment Act program (WIA) Youth Program, which is a program offered by the federal government through Salisbury-Rowan Community Action Agency, Inc.

Not only do Cynthia and Tyree work this summer at Team Auto Group for the Summer Youth Employment program, but they’ve been reading several books and attending workshops, including a recent workshop in Orlando - Disney’s Leadership in Excellence Workshop - where they received customer service training and tips from Disney employees, and attended several workshops on business and entrepreneurship.

And after they enroll in college this fall and earn 15 credit hours, they both hope to join the U.S. Air Force.

Cynthia wants to be a military police officer while Tyree wants to learn about computers.

Cynthia said she’s always been interested in becoming a law enforcement officer, and hopes to one day become an air marshal.

“I’ve been wanting to go into the military basically all my life,” Cynthia said. “I love their uniforms, the stuff they do, just everything. It’s basically going to be my career. I don’t plan on doing anything else.

Tyree wants to take his love for computers and mix it with his love for music.

“I want to branch off and make my own small business,” he said. “I might want to make a studio for my music.”

Cynthia and Tyree are two of 10 students enrolled in the WIA program this summer, where students are working at businesses in Rowan and Cabarrus counties. The summer employment is part of the WIA program, and students not only receive a paycheck, but learn business skills and life lessons.

Cynthia has been trying her hand at being a receptionist for the dealership, while Tyree has been a jack of all trades, working in the showroom, service department, and doing things on the car lot.

“This job has taught me responsibility,” Tyree said. “It teaches me how to work in the real life and how to budget my own money.

“I’ve learned a lot of skills from checking tire tread to customer service and interacting with people.”
Cynthia says her job – receptionist – is the hardest of them all.

“I feel like they’re the most hard-worked here,” she said. “I’ve learned how to run credit cards, give out checks and tags, and customer service and computer skills.”

A WIA success story, Roge Givens, is now an employee at Team Auto Group, and a role model to Cynthia and Tyree.

“I know from experience that the WIA program is a program of opportunity,” Givens said. “After high school didn’t work out for me the WIA program took me in. They helped me stay out of trouble and see life in different perspective.”

Aside from Cynthia and Tyree’s teachers and directors at Salisbury-Rowan Community Action Agency and Team Auto Group, they both say their mothers have been their biggest fans through their year in the WIA program.

“My mom is basically my main supporter,” Cynthia said. “She loves that I’m actually wanting to do something with my life. She told me to stay in the program and go ahead to school and stick to my dreams.”

Tyree’s mother has given him the extra push to keep going, he said.

“She’s been supportive, and said to keep going until you get it,” he said. “And said that when you get it, strive for more.”

Business liaison for the WIA program, Almond Miller, has traveled to the different workshops with the students, and said the entire staff helps shape the at-risk youth into mature and responsible adults.

“They’ve learned how to be self sufficient and be leaders,” Miller said. And at the same time, she said, the students have “obtained a job and learned financial literacy while also being good students and learning the foundations of the academia world.”

 “We know that they walk away with higher self esteem than when they came,” she said. “These aren’t bad kids, they just needed people to believe in them. It’s a really rewarding job.”

How to take care of your car in the HEAT!

It's hot outside, and not only do you have to take extra care of yourself, you need to keep a close watch on your vehicle to ensure it doesn't get neglected after being exposed to the hazardous heat outside.

The following are some tips from Team Auto Group to keep your vehicle healthy during the heat:

- Check the coolant/anti-freeze and make sure the level is just right. Coolant should be changed every five years, and you can also look at the coolant tank to make sure you have enough. Too little or too much could have an effect on your car.

- Hot weather can take a toll on your car battery. At Team Auto Group you can stop by and have a free battery test, and they'll mmake sure your battery fluids are at the right level.

- Change your oil. Team Auto Group can do that for you!

- Check your tire pressure to make sure they're inflated enough before you take off on the hot pavement. Come by Team Auto Group and we can do that for free. Look for bubbles, worn tread and other weak spots. At Team Auto Group you can get your tires filled with nitrogen for $24.95, which increases the life of your tires and gives you better gas mileage.

- Wax your car once every three months to take care of the paint. Polish the vinyl interior, also, to keep it from fading.

- Windshield wipers are about $20 for a set here at Team Auto Group. The heat increases the chances the wipers will crack, so get them replaced for your safety during the summer thunderstorms.

Call Team Auto Group, 704-216-8000, to schedule any maintenance from our service department.

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