At Thayer Family Dealerships we take great pride in contributing to events, charities, and school organization activities throughout the Bowling Green area. As a locally-owned, small business ourselves, we know that strong businesses create strong communities and schools. That’s why we do our part to contribute, volunteer, and host as many community events that we can at all of our 5 stores. Some of the organizations that we have supported in the past have been: the American Cancer Society, Bowling Green City Schools, Bowling Green State University, Otsego High School, Perrysburg Schools, Wood County 4 – H, BGSC, several youth sport leagues, and many more!

If you see our employees volunteering at any of these events, please feel free to stop by and say “hello!” And if you are a customer, we would love to hear your feedback, too!

Here’s a recent photo from the Otsego Spaghetti Dinner. The Tumblin family won a lease to a new, Nissan Altima!

You might have noticed a couple changes as you’re driving down N. Main Street. We are excited to announce that we are under-construction with three of our five franchises! The Thayer Honda store will be relocating to a brand new facility on N. Main Street in-between the Thayer Chevrolet building and the Glass City Federal Credit Union building. We are also building a brand new Thayer Toyota building as well! This one is a little more interesting… with a demolition of the current building and a new Toyota store being built at the same location. The last construction project – as if that wasn’t enough – is the Thayer Chevrolet building. The Thayer Chevrolet building will get a new showroom, front exterior, and service department.

During this construction, we ask for your patience as we relocate car lots, as we combine the Toyota and Chevy sales staff, and as we build upon the service department. Throughout all of these growing pains, our great customer service and loyalty to this community will still be felt at any of the 5 Thayer Family Dealerships. We encourage you to come into any one of our stores, and ask about the great plans that we have for the future of Thayer Family Dealerships. It should be apparent to you that we pride ourselves in supporting the strong local community and small businesses of this area!

Resolution: Take a Trip
Vehicle: Toyota Sienna
If you’re going on a long road trip it’s important that you travel in comfort – which means, plenty of room for passengers to spread out and amenities to keep you occupied for the long travel time. While this mini-van can be used for hulling kids to soccer practice or carrying groceries on a Saturday morning, it offers maximum comfort for long road trips. Just one step up from the base model gets you automatic sliding doors, seating for up to eight and tri-zone air conditioning. If you really go for the luxury model, you can get dynamic cruise control, navigation system and a rear-seat DVD entertainment center with dual-view screens. It’s like taking your home on the road with you! And, if 8 people aren’t joining you on your road trip, then that’s just an extra 150 cubic feet for cargo capacity!

Resolution: Lessen carbon footprint
Vehicle: Ford Escape
This crossover vehicle with the all-new redesigned look has eco-friendly features that rival the Toyota Prius. In the new Ford Escape that has 2.0 liter 4-cylinder version of its EcoBoost engine, you can look stylish in your family friendly crossover while helping the environment , too. The V6 version is already on many of its other vehicles, such as the F-150 and Flex. It uses direct injection and turbocharging to give those vehicles the power of a V8 engine, but with the fuel efficiency of a V6. The new Escape is also showing it’s recycling roots in its soy-based polyurethane foam in its seating and covering the floor with carpet made from recycled plastic bottles. So, embrace recycling completely while lessening your carbon footprint in the all-new redesigned 2013 Ford Escape.

Resolution: Finish those house projects
Vehicle: Chevy Silverado 3500 HD
If fixing up your house and finishing all the projects on your honey-do list is a resolution, then the Chevy Silverado will help you accomplish that. From the powerful payload, torque, horsepower, towing capacity and overall performance, it’s the heavy-duty pickup truck that you can depend on to handle life’s heavy loads. While it has best-in-class maximum towing and payload – tows up to 23,000 lbs – this high-performance machine can help you pull a trailer of supplies and heavy materials to help you get the jobs at home done.

Yesterday we got the unique experience of visiting the Toyota Manufacturing Plant in Kentucky for the 2013 Toyota Avalon launch! The experience was awesome and we saw first-hand the pride that Toyota employees take when building a Toyota vehicle, down to every detail – even the stitching on the steering wheel! Do you know that two employees had to go through over 100 hours of training just to perfect the way the leather is stitched on the steering wheel? Its attention to detail, like this, that makes Toyota #1 in mid-sized cars for over 10 years. I invite you to stop into our Thayer Toyota store and take a look at the 2013 Toyota Avalon!

With a record-breaking Powerball Jackpot up for grabs tonight – do you have Powerball fever? Have you been waiting in long lines to purchase your ticket? If you’re still planning to go out today to buy your tickets, ABC’s Good Morning America received these suggested tips from a 7-time lottery winner:

1. Pick your own numbers – don’t let the machine pick for you.
2. Do your research – check online to see if your numbers have already won.
3. Buy! The more tickets, the better your odds!

However, critics (or realists) say that your odds of winning the Powerball Jackpot are 1 in 175,223,510 ; according to CNN. To read the full CNN article on unlikely scenarios that are more likely to happen to you, follow this link: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/27/us/powerball-odds/

Ah, dare to dream! Good luck everyone!

OK – the Black Friday rush is over, but the deals aren’t over at Thayer Family Dealerships! At Thayer Ford we have the “Unwrap the Savings” event going on all week this week! Unwrap a present for a gift certificate towards the purchase of a new car! This includes the All-New Redesigned 2013 Ford Escape and the All-New Redesigned Ford Fusion Hybrid! The savings continue at Thayer Ford!

As we are approaching the holiday season and prepping for meals with family and friends, let us reflect on what family traditions we carry out each year. Is it spending time with a certain family member that makes the holiday special, is it a certain meal, or perhaps it’s the early Black Friday shopping that goes on the day after? Whatever your family traditions are, we at Thayer Family Dealership wish you a Happy Thanksgiving and hope it’s a wonderful day spent with family and friends.

Now, for your Black Friday shoppers out there…. We have some fantastic Black Friday deals that are happening this Friday through the end of the month. For example, stop into our Thayer Ford store for a chance to unwrap the savings! Each customer will have the chance to unwrap a gift certificate valued at $200 – $1000 cash towards the purchase of a new vehicle. Maybe you’re looking at a new Honda? Right now we have Happy Honda Days going on through December 3; with additional deals on the Civic for the Civic Clearance Event! Lastly, Toyota will be celebrating Black Friday with $500 customer Bonus Cash on selected vehicles. …. Oops, I forgot about Nissan – we have great customer cash there, too! Stop into Thayer Nissan and get up to $3,000 in customer cash incentives this month on select vehicles.

Regardless of the car – we have some Black Friday deals for you!

Happy Thanksgiving!

It’s hunting season – and our Chevy customers are some of the best! From now, through the end of the year, we want you to post your photos on our Thayer Chevrolet Facebook page of your buck in the back of your Chevy truck!! On January 1, we’ll pick our favorite photo and the winner will get a gift certificate to taxidermy shop! Happy Hunting!

Thanks for reading the Thayer Family Dealerships’ blog! Through this blog, we are excited to offer you news about the auto industry, updates on the community events that we are participating in, and specials and incentives on the great inventory that we have at all of our 5 stores! We are dedicated to each and every customer and strive to earn and keep your business. We are a family-owned and operated business that has been rooted here in the Bowling Green community since 1935.

Thank you for visiting our blog – we hope you check back frequently!