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2024 Teddy Ball Host

After 5 years in the Navy, Brian worked at an independent repair shop for a year until he took over a failing auto repair shop, buying all the equipment with the little savings he had. He then turned the shop around and made it into West Escondido Automotive & Transmission. After four years, Brian moved the West Escondido shop to the 10,000 sqft location they’re currently in. Thirty years later, he now has five locations, West Escondido Automotive & Transmission, West El Cajon Automotive & Transmission, West Kearny Mesa Automotive & Transmission, West Miramar Automotive & Transmission, West Oceanside Automotive & Transmission

Brian’s extensive experience has helped him become an authority in the automotive industry, especially in the San Diego area. The highly recognized “Ask the Auto Man” television segment runs on San Diego Fox 5 Wednesday Mornings and on the CW 6 Friday Morning News. Each week a segment is done with automotive information for the motoring public.   
Brian’s popular talk show “Auto Talk Radio” airs on THE Answer San Diego 1170 AM on Saturday mornings from 7a.m. – 8 a.m..  

The West Automotive Group story.
West Automotive Group consist of five locations, West Escondido Automotive & Transmission, West El Cajon Automotive & Transmission, West Kearny Mesa Automotive & Transmission and West Miramar Automotive & Transmission.

The West Automotive Group is an AAA Approved dealer ship alternative facilities that prides it’s self on only hiring Master Certified ASE Technicians. We do not employ any B or C level technicians so that every vehicle is serviced or repaired by a Master Technician. We believe our customers and their vehicles deserve a Master Technician working on their vehicle whether it is a simple oil change, major repair, diagnosis or a transmission repair.

The West Automotive Group backs all of its services and repairs with some of the longest nationwide warranties.

We believe the quality and care we put into servicing, diagnosing, and repairing our customer’s vehicles along with the customer service experience is what sets us apart from all other Independent and Dealer service departments.