Stan's Automotive

12/17/2025

PSA, 12/16/25 10:50pm

Hello, Stan's Family! We are here (late at night) trying to monitor and follow up on the warning we received by email this week that Xcel Energy plans to disconnect our power tomorrow at 12pm, and possibly keep it disconnected for as much as 72 hours.

I (Scott Elmore, owner) and my team are EXTREMELY disappointed that Xcel appears to be arbitrary and unwilling to provide information beyond what we received.

A number of our customers were affected by the Marshall fire, many losing their homes completely, along with an employee that lost possessions and was displaced from his home.

As we learned about these customer's losses, for six months or more, we refused to take payment from these customers for their repair needs.

As I've said in the past, we don't generally "toot our own horn," but sometimes I think it's appropriate. We gave away MANY tens of thousands of dollars of auto repair to those Marshall fire victims. And we did it quietly, and without fanfare, and without a need for praise.

For THAT reason, I am personally completely and utterly fed up that Xcel can even send the email that they did. After recently making a payment of $640 million dollars to settle multiple lawsuits for their failure to repair and maintain their equipment that caused the Marshall fire, NOW instead of maintaining and repairing their equipment, they are going to cause us and up to 550,000 others to be without power for up to 72 hours?

You all should be up in arms about this. The public utilities commission in Colorado is in charge of regulating Xcel. 100% of the members of the PUC have been nominated by our Governor, Jared Polis. Governor Polis is responsible for the actions of his PUC appointees, or at least holding them accountable.

This is **NOT** a political post. I'm not saying I'm supportive of one political party or the other. I assure you that under these circumstances, if the appointees were from a governor of the other party (but it's been so long I can't remember anyway) I'd say the same thing...

You should be outraged! There is no reason that up to or more than a half million people should have their power turned off as a "precaution" nor thousands of businesses turn people away for the same reason.

SO...we may (probably) lose power tomorrow. We have some plans with solar generators and battery backups to keep our internet alive (as long as central offices don't also lose power and kill our internet) and stay in communication with our customers.

We CAN'T do somethings like lift vehicles (or sadly, bring them back down off the lift) without grid power.

But we will do EVERYTHING that we can to continue to serve our customers and our community like we've done for the last 52 years, so please call or send us an email or text if you have questions. As long as some form of grid is up, we'll be doing our best to serve you.

AND. You should take a minute to let your Colorado PUC know that this is NOT ok. As an electrical monopoly in the area, Xcel should be required to inspect, maintain, and repair their equipment in a manner that not only keeps the public safe, but allows residents, businesses, hospitals, and schools to maintain business as usual, at least during normal weather patterns that affect this area throughout the entire year.

Thank you, please stay safe.
--Scott Elmore, President, Stan's Automotive

09/15/2025

Today 9/15/25 we are starting our morning with ZERO phone or internet service! That's a heckuva Monday morning, huh?

We are working diligently to get things back up and running. We ARE open and we will be doing all the service that we can, and hopefully we'll have the technology issues solved ASAP!

Thank you for your patience.
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UPDATE: As of 8:15 AM, thanks to our fearless leader and master IT support technician, Dallas...we have phones and internet again!

Turns out, sometimes, "Unplug it and plug it back in...AGAIN" actually IS the answer! Haha! Way to go Dallas! :-)

03/28/2025

Today, almost 25 years after he joined the Stan's family, we salute Greg as he retires and prepares to enter a chapter of life that involves time with grandkids, fishing poles, atvs, and family time!

We are so grateful to have Greg and his family as a lifetime extension of our own family...he will be deeply missed by both us and his customers, but we couldn't be more proud to give him a great sendoff and lots of hugs and well wishes!!

--Personally, thank you Greg. For everything. You're like a brother to me, and I'll always be grateful for your contributions...professionally, and personally. Love you, bro!--Scott

09/11/2024

Stan’s is growing and we need to add members to our team. We are looking for ASE certified technicians that are motivated, skilled and all around happy. If you’re not ASE certified we can help get you there. If you or someone you know is interested give us a call at 303-666-8914.

06/09/2023

50 Years! So many stories, so many relationships, so many great people!

Thank you to all of the impactful people who joined us last night, all who couldn't make it, and sadly, the LONG list of people that we thought should have been there and remembered you all as we walked in the door or sat around and reminisced!

06/09/2023

Some of you found us closed today, and apologies for that. We closed to give the team a 3 day weekend to celebrate our 50th Anniversary of serving our community here in Lafayette.

Check out our photos for some images from the small gathering we had with some longtime customers, family, and current and former employees!

05/02/2023

Well, it's National Small Business week, and we've got some BIG brags.

First of all, thanks to all of you and our team for allowing us *50* years of service to our community! Yup, 5 years before our second generation owner was born, Stan and Donna were hanging up the sign and opening the doors! 50 years later, same family, one generation removed, and much of the same staff for the last two decades.

Did you know at least 8 former employees of Stan's have gone on to own their own businesses? We recruit like minded people, help them grow, and then support them in their success!

A great example is Jim Plane - State Farm Insurance Agent! Guess what? Him and his team just celebrated their 11th year in business yesterday!

Additionally, we've had two employees retire with over 25 years of service, and still have six of us here that have over 20! Trace cracked 32 years with us this year! (Incidentally, you might find that his wife Vikki is who has been taking care of you over at State Farm for the last 11 years too!)

I'm also super proud of those who have left and followed my (Scott's) passion for public safety service. Our former employees include a full time firefighter for mountain view fire, a local paramedic, and even the Deputy Chief of Mountain View fire! Scott is still also a deputy with the Weld County Sheriff's Office. Stan and Scott also both serve on the volunteer fire department in their small community town.

Service runs in our blood. It's who we are, it's what we do.

Thank you for allowing us to serve our community for the last 50 years!

07/30/2022

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07/30/2022

We don't forget that our community includes more than just Boulder County. We were honored to have the opportunity to participate, AND especially to give Erin the privilege of shaving Sheriff Reams' head!

Another awesome story about our head shaving fundraiser for Erin Boyd. Thank you again to Tamara Markard and photographer Alex McIntyre for covering the event.

We forgot yesterday to give a shout out to Rip and Curl Salon in Fort Collins for donating time to shave everyone's heads. In total, 18 of our guys shaved their heads to show their support for Erin, one already bald deputy shaved his extensive beard, and two female deputies chopped their locks and donated their hair to Wigs for Kids.

Thank you again to everyone for their support.

https://www.greeleytribune.com/2022/07/30/we-got-your-six-weld-county-sheriffs-office-bands-together-to-go-bald-in-support-of-co-worker-battling-breast-cancer/?utm_source=twitter&utm_content=latestheadlines&utm_campaign=SocialFlowFeed&utm_medium=socialflow

12/31/2021

We are all so sad by the fires that have rocked our community. This is my home. I was born and raised here. I never thought we'd ever deal with something like these fires.

Much love and caring is sent from me and my staff to the community that built us!

So sad.