Roseburg's got plenty of shops — here's why folks make the twelve-mile drive north to M.D. Automotive in Sutherlin anyway. Tell our assistant about your car and we'll tell you straight if it's a fit.
We're a small shop and we like it that way — so our assistant asks a couple quick questions before connecting you. It keeps the bay full of the work we do best, and it saves you a call if we're not the right fit.
Make, model, year, and what it's doing. Type it or just talk.
The right kind of work for the shop — takes a few seconds. A drive away is no problem.
You get the shop's number to call or text — straight to the bench. Everyone else gets pointed the right way, politely.
Prefer to just talk it through? Chat or call with our assistant →
Foreign and domestic, cars and light trucks — the everyday repairs and maintenance that keep you on the road.
Not sure if we cover what you need? Just ask the assistant — it'll tell you straight.
Roseburg is the county seat and a city of 23,000-odd people, so it has no shortage of shops, and we won't pretend M.D. Automotive is the closest one to you. It's about twelve miles north: up I-5 from the Garden Valley or Stewart Parkway exits, off at 136, and you're in Sutherlin.
What you get for the drive is the same one mechanic every time, a five-bay shop that has been in the same hands since 1990, and an honest check of whether your job is even a fit before you come — so the trip is never wasted. Plenty of Roseburg folks make the drive on purpose. We're not in Roseburg, but we're worth the drive from it.
Because you get the same mechanic each visit, and because you find out before you set off whether the job suits a small shop. Nobody at the counter is guessing on Mark's behalf — the fit check happens first, in a few seconds, from wherever you are.
Nine to twelve miles of I-5 depending which Roseburg exit you start from, straight north, with no town driving in the middle. Old Highway 99 runs parallel through Winchester and Wilbur if you'd rather take the slow road.
Ask first and you'll get a straight answer — that's what the fit check is for. For an oil change alone it may well not be worth twelve miles, and we'd rather tell you that than have you drive up to hear it.
A fair drive away? That's the idea here — Mark works out of the one shop, so folks bring their vehicles to him. Just ask the assistant and you'll get the number either way.
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Call during shop hours and a real person picks up — straight to the shop, not a machine.
M.D. Automotive has fixed cars and trucks in Sutherlin since 1990, run by Mark & Debbie Dawson. Most of our work comes from folks telling a friend. Answer a couple quick questions and we'll see if your car's a good fit.