08 Broadcaster Press n OIAV From Page 02 out of school there wasn’t enough ground to support another family. Dad had always talked about doing something like this and he kind of steered me this way.” According to Gregoire, his father also dabbled in auto sales which gave him a good background. “He sold for John Deere at Elk point,” Gregoire said. “He sold next door here for Cleaver’s back in the day. I think he sold there 7 or 8 years. That’s what got me in the business.” Quality Motors has changed quite a bit since its initiation in 1989. “When we started it used to be in the front of the UPS building,” Gregoire said. “It used to be a lot longer, it went all the way up to the street. We started with 8 or 10 cars. We ended up buying the UPS building. We built this in ‘94, this place. We kept adding on. We have a little over 80 cars now. “We added service probably 12-13 years ago,” Gregoire said. “We were just sales before. It just kept growing so we needed to add the service because we were getting too many cars to get ready and we just needed the help back there so we started the service deal and it’s going really good. I’d say 75% of our business is sales.” Not all upgrades were worth it, according to Gregoire. “Somebody asked us the day we bought the internet how much that’s helped and I said yeah it’s November 25, 2014 www.broadcasteronline.com helped us but it’s also hurt us too,” he said. “We’re not selling any more cars than we were 15 years ago. Yeah we’re getting people driving from 2-3 states away to get a car but you haven’t picked up an extra 20% on top of what you already had. It’s basically a wash.” Though Quality Motors has been overall successful and has grown, Gregoire said it has pretty much reached its limit as far as expansion. “What’s next? Size-wise we’ve grown about as far as we can over here,” he said. “This size of a town we’re probably doing as much as we can. This is a nice manageable size. This is working really well.” Though he enjoys the cars, Gregoire said his favorite part of the job is actually the customers. “Just meeting the people,” he said. “You like 99% of the people. There’s that 1% you don’t care for but it’s nice to meet so many other people that otherwise I’d never get to meet, a lot of good people the last 25 years. It’s a real plus, this job.” It’s a pro that can become a con in a university town that has a high turnover rate. “That’s been the hardest thing,” Gregoire said. “We’ve met a lot of really good people, we befriend them and they take off because there’s not a lot of job opportunity around here. A lot of them said they’d love to stay round here but they just can’t.” For those who do stay, however, they can rest easy knowing there are reliable mechanics in town. “The two mechanics we have in back have gotten over 30 years of experience, both of them,” Gregoire said. “They’re well known in the community and honest as the day is long. They’ve got a lot of repeat business as they’ve worked on people’s cars the past 30 years. They’re just real honest guys and I don’t have any issues with them. They don’t try and sell people things they don’t need. It’s a small town, you don’t need that type of hassle.” This is success that speaks for itself. “We hardly do any advertising in the back room,” Gregoire said. “It’s just word of mouth that keeps those guys going. These guys are the guys you’re going to see in the grocery store, downtown and they’re nice reputable guys. They’re very good at their job. 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