Paul Klingele is taking the brake servicing industry to a whole different dimension.

For the last 28 years, this ingenious innovator created a new way to fix brakes, by bringing the service to the customer. The mechanic uses a machining tool mounted to a wooden table in the back of his baby blue 1989 Chevy P-30 van, which also includes a propane space heater, refrigerator and microwave, while his front seat is infested with parts. 

What’s good about Klingele is that he knows his own limits. He only works on brakes and bearings. If somebody has problems with CV joints or shocks, he refers them to a shop. Even certain anti-lock brake troubles he will reject. But Klingele also suspects some shops use overall inspections to “up-sell,” or try to convince customers to buy more service than necessary.

Klingele’s typical routine involves visiting about our or five clients a day, usually jacking up the front end of their cars in their driveway. However, he says he can work anyplace he can find electricity. He doesn’t even have a generator!

Over the years, the business alone allowed him to raise two kids, put them both through college and pay the bills. Today, he sometimes turns work down and still can afford to take his wife on a weekend trips every month or so. “I raised a family, put them through college, paid the bills,” he said. “I mean, what else can you ask for?”

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