Runde’s Tips – Bringing Along Fido
Posted by: rundeautoconnection on: November 6, 2009
So you are planning a two-week visit to grandma Betsy’s this winter and she has welcomed you to bring your pet for the visit? Great! Betsy lives 5 hours away, a no-sweat trip for most, and your family is all excited for it. Little Timmy can’t wait to sink his gaped baby teeth into Betsy’s world-famous chocolate chip cookies, yum!
But what about peaches, your 3-year-old rottweiler? This is your first long trip with him coming along and you are worried about how to go about the whole process. Well, let us help you get you, your family and peaches as happy as can be this holiday season by preparing you for the trip.
- The first thing you need to do is consult your vet. Make sure Peaches is in good condition to go on a long trip with changing environments and allergies.
- Bring along a good stock of any medication that Peaches takes. It’s a good idea to bring along some of the more common medications, including flea and tick control as well as heartworm medicine.
- Take along important documentation, including: license numbers, tattoo numbers, microchip numbers and vaccination records.
If you can, take along a kennel or carrier for your dog to be in on the way up. Some vehicles, especially SUV’s, have a “dog fence” you can put in the cargo area (see picture to right). Whatever you go with, be sure that you can protect Peaches and keep him under control when needed.- Write down phone numbers and address of vets within the area you are traveling to, you never know what might happen and it’s always good to be ready for an emergency visit.
- Say bacon-cheese-burger! Take a picture of Peaches before you go and print it out incase he happens to separate from the family. An up-to-date photo will help you describe him to others.
- Bring extra towels, cleaning supplies, food, and grooming tools. You want to make sure that Peaches doesn’t have an “accident” in the brand new Equinox you just got without being able to clean it, right?
There you have it, you should be ready to go! Gotta love the holidays, gotta love it even more when everyone you love, including your pets get to share it together. Stay tuned next week for some practical tips you can use to be safe on the roads as winter starts to approach us. We’ll make sure you get to see Betsy instead of a ditch this winter! :)
Vicki Frederick – Tellin’ the Boys How it is.
Posted by: rundeautoconnection on: October 23, 2009
Vicki Frederick of Dubuque, IA recently got recruited into our service department at our Manchester store in Iowa. While still fresh on the job, I thought it’d be nice for everyone to get to know her a little better.
What do you do here at Runde’s?
I’m the service manager
How long have you been in the position?
It’s been three weeks now.
How are you liking it so far?
I like it quite a bit.
Did you have previous experience?
Oh yes, I’ve been around the same type of field for 15 years.
What does your job entail?
Mainly I get to yell at these service guys all day.
How is it working with all of those service guys?
They are all really nice to work with. I feel very relaxed here.
Are you from the area?
I’m from Dubuque, it’s about a 40 minute commute.
Fresh into the job, what would you say you are liking the most?
It’s a lot different from where I worked before.
What do you like to do around the Dubuque area?
I like to watch stock car and drag races. I go to Juliette in July and go to Nascar in Michigan every year.
Do you have kids?
Yep, I have four.
Any pets?
Nope, just three grandkids.
Do you consider them pets?
Um…. No *laughs*
Do you guys like to go out on trips as a family?
All of my family is into racing so we all go up to Michigan to camp and go to the races.
Have a favorite movie?
My favorite would probably be Grease.
How bout the sequel?
Nope, just the original.
Whatcha think of … GREASE LIGHTNING!
Oh, I love that car – it’s awesome.
Do you have a favorite tear-jerker movie?
The Notebook.
Yea, that one was quite the emotional ride.
What is your dream car?
A Monte Carlo SS.
What’s one invention you can’t live without?
I’d probably say the cellphone.
If you were to win the lottery, what would you do with the money?
I’d probably pay off all of my bills and give some to my kids. I’d definitely still work though. I’ve been working since I was 15 – it drives me crazy if I’m not working, I wouldn’t know what to do with myself.
Anything you’d like to add?
I appreciate the single radio station. There were four or five stations going on at the same time in a previous job of mine. One would be on rock, one would be talk-show, another would be county… it was just a big headache.
Well, you can consider it one of your benefits! Thank you for taking the time out to do an interview with me and welcome to the team!
Mel in the Workplace
Posted by: rundeautoconnection on: October 19, 2009
Here is an ongoing example of the woman’s role in the GM workplace. Mel works for GM as the Chevrolet Volt battery integration engineer. Mel seems to love her job, I think it’s pretty interesting!
Best Revenge Against Racism? … Success
Posted by: rundeautoconnection on: October 16, 2009
Equality has always been important here at Runde’s. Why should someone be judged by how they look or what sex they are? The way we look at it: What really matters most about a person is what’s in their mind and what’s in their heart. At Runde’s, the only color that matters is the color of the vehicle a customer wants.
It’s good to see one of our parent corporations feel the same way. This short video definitely shows how it’s GM’s policy to hire the most qualified applicant. You go GM!!! Keila Walton is the lady featured in the video and you can check out her qualifications on Linked In.
Ford’s New Commercial Campaigns – Real.
Posted by: rundeautoconnection on: October 9, 2009
Ford just released a new set of commercials with a “real life” feel to them. It’s pretty refreshing to see these, they are short, honest and gets the point across in a sincere way. Most commercials feel very gimmicky, it’s nice to see something that focuses on what real people think.
What Dreams are Made of – The Ford Couple
Posted by: rundeautoconnection on: October 2, 2009
Ladies, ever since we were little girls we have been imagining our wedding… well at least most of us did. The pretty wedding dress, the friends, the atmosphere… it’s our perfect day. Some of us get to live out the dream and have that perfect wedding, some don’t go quite as well as planned, and others do things… well… a bit different.
Introducing Chris Hodges and Jamie Case. These two lovebirds don’t follow the “norm” so to say. Instead of opting-in for a big fancy wedding, they decided to borrow a 2010 Ford Fusion (supplied by Ford) and hit the road to see 250 people that they planned to visit all over the country.
Instead of spending a big chunk of money in one day for a wedding, they spread it out over six weeks and enjoyed a road trip together and visited the people who matter the most. They called the trip “Two people, two months, two hundred friends, one bad economy, one ring, one dress, one car, one life together.”
After the trip was finished, the couple signed the marriage papers and were officially
No run away bride, no cold feet, just a nice car and a nice ride for the Ford Couple
married. To make things a bit stranger… they also changed their last names… Not to the last name of the husband like most couples would… no… this couple does pretty much everything different. They adopted the last name “Ford” after “two months of long conversations, intense fights, and hours of thinking.”
The couple said they came up with that name for several reasons, but I think we all know that after driving that Fusion for two weeks, they wanted to have Ford be part of their lives, ’till death do them part.
Papa May Not Preach, but That Clive Sure Knows How to Drive
Posted by: rundeautoconnection on: September 25, 2009
Saw this today and thought I’d post it — it’s cute. Granted I was never really much of a Madonna fan anyway so when I saw this, I was like Oh, ok. I mean I like the songs and she has stayed on top of the music industry for a long time so she does command and deserve respect. But I’m not so sure that she still deserves all the hype she gets. I’d take Cyndi Lauper or Tori Amos any day of the month over Madonna. She was just never at the top of my a-list … my apologies to any Material Girls out there who may be offended. Please feel free to leave a comment if I touched a sore nerve or upset the Zen balance in your material world — just don’t remain Silent After all These Years — let it out, because after all is said and done … Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. ‘Nuff said?
Now that Clive Owen on the other hand … he can drive me around town any day of the week. Actually the stunt driving footage in this vid is done very well. Like I said before – cute vid.
Date Cars – What’s Hot and What’s Not
Posted by: rundeautoconnection on: September 18, 2009
Girls, you gotta admit that you care, to some sort of degree, about what kind of car your man, date, or fling drives. At first glance what he drives gives a little insight into what kind of guy he is. Maybe he’s the hot jock with no brains, the nerd hopeing to meet his princess Leia, the shut-in who’s really a sweet guy, the perfect man, the man who has a secret life… there’s so many possibilites.
When it comes down to it, though, it’s all about what we percieve as good features in a guy… and his car. Judging from a car, maybe one girl would think that a Camaro means the guy is really exciting where as girl 2 might think he’s a total sport car freak, it’s all about opinion.
I found these following videos to be interesting. Seems like a lot of the girls have varying opinoins about a person based on which kind of car they drive – this is how it is with my group of friends as well, so hard to decide what to think of a person, but a car can help with first impressions! Enjoy the videos!
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