For the third year running, Old Style Repair in Langford has earned a major business award.

The two-bay auto shop at Sooke and Happy Valley roads earned automotive business of the year from the Vancouver Island Business Examiner. The gala was held in Nanaimo on Jan. 27.

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Old Style won the Business ExaminerB次元官网网址檚 automotive business of the year in 2008 and 2009, and the Vancouver Island Better Business Bureau Torch award for 2010, also a customer-driven award.

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