G 1.0
On Atlantic Blvd, in Arlington
East Jacksonville, the Intracoastal, the beaches and Southside. Close enough that leaving the car is practical, with a shuttle for when it is not.
We are on Atlantic Boulevard, which is the practical thing about this location rather than a marketing point.
Atlantic runs from downtown out to the ocean, so for most of east Jacksonville this is already on the way to somewhere. That matters more than it sounds: a repair shop you have to make a special trip to is a repair shop where a maintenance interval quietly slips by six months.
It also means we see a particular mix of vehicles — a lot of cars that spend their lives on the beaches side of the Intracoastal, in salt air, with the corrosion patterns that come with that, and a lot of commuters doing the Southside run twice a day in heat and traffic. Both of those wear specific things, and after enough years you stop being surprised by them.
What is near us
Anywhere in the list below is a short drive, and several of them are walkable to a coffee shop if you would rather wait nearby than in the waiting area.
- Arlington
- Intracoastal West
- Southside
- Atlantic Beach
- Neptune Beach
- Jacksonville Beach
- Mayport
- San Marco
- Regency
- Fort Caroline
Further afield is fine too — people bring cars from across Jacksonville and from St Johns County. There is no boundary at which we stop taking work. The list above is simply where leaving the car is easy.
Arlington Motor Company, Inc.
10939 Atlantic BlvdJacksonville, FL 32225- Telephone
- (904) 721-3000
- [email protected]
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 7:00 AM–7:00 PM · Sat 7:00 AM–5:00 PM ET
Closed Sunday - Trade
- Automotive Repair and Maintenance
While it is here
- Shuttle service
- Within the local area, so you do not have to arrange a ride for a half-day job.
- Customer wi-fi
- Free, in the waiting area, if you would rather work than go home.
- Waiting area
- Somewhere to sit for a short job. For anything involving diagnosis, leaving the car is usually faster.
Say at write-up which you need. The shuttle is easier to arrange at the start of the day than at eleven o’clock.
- Mon–Fri
- 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
- Saturday
- 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday
- Closed
Early and late on weekdays, and a full Saturday, because a car that can only be dropped off between nine and five is a car that does not get fixed.
G 1.1 Local conditions
What this part of Jacksonville does to a car
East of the Intracoastal. Salt air is the dominant factor. Brake and exhaust hardware, fasteners, suspension components and electrical connections underneath all corrode faster than the national averages assume. A seized caliper slide on an eight-year-old beaches car is ordinary rather than bad luck, and it is why brake hardware is part of a brake job here rather than an option.
The Southside commute. Stop-and-go traffic in sustained heat is severe service by any manufacturer’s definition, even though it feels like ordinary driving. It works the transmission, the cooling system and the air conditioning far harder than a highway commute of the same distance.
Storm season. Afternoon flooding on the boulevards means cars driven through standing water, and water finds electrical connections and brakes. A fault that appears a week after a storm often started during it.
None of that is a reason to sell you something. It is a reason to actually check the air conditioning, the battery and the brake hardware at an interval service in this city, rather than ticking a box designed for somewhere with winters.
Worth checking here
- Air conditioning
- Before summer, not during it. A system that is slightly low in April is a system that is empty in July.
- Battery
- Heat shortens battery life more than cold does. Three to four years is realistic here, and a test costs $89.
- Brake hardware
- On a coastal car, every time. Slides and clips, not just pads.
- Cooling system
- Hoses, cap and coolant condition. It works every day here, not seasonally.
Drop it off on your way past
We open at seven, which is before most people need to be anywhere. Telephone first so the concern is written down properly, and the car can go straight onto a lift.
Arlington Motor Company, Inc. · 10939 Atlantic Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32225