About Us

Dwayne Tuffin

Dwayne Tuffin was born and raised in Leamington. His love affair with cars began when he was 4. He says that growing up around the greatest Dad repairing cars and trucks was his beginning.

His dad owned and operated a trucking and bulldozing company, where maintaining and repairing vehicles was a daily routine. He also remembers the neighours bringing their cars over for dad to fix them and it was normal to help out any way they could.

When Dwayne attended high school auto shop it seemed like pre-school. It just came natural to him. Dwayne flew through the St. Clair Collage technicians course in two years instead of three and passed with a 3.8 grade. He passed his certification test with a 98% and received an inter provincial seal of approval with his license.

In 2000 Dwayne started his apprenticeship under the highly respected Brian Iles, a British car genius. Dwayne opened Dwayne’s Automotive Repair shop on July 1, 2001 at 51 Oak Street East and is still in business at this location.

Dwayne’s passion is the automotive business. Dwayne has received many awards, from ASE Automotive Service of Excellence, Tech net institute of training, Bob Greenwoods business course, OTC scan test qualification and many others.

Dwayne is active in the community by supporting local sports teams and local charitable organizations.

Dwayne married naive Leamington girl named Nicole in 2000. The couple have three children.

Dwayne really enjoys helping people with car repairs and getting them back on the road again and on their way. He invites you to come in and experience the difference he and his staff can do for you.

Contact Dwayne at: 519-322-2622

or email: dwayne@dwaynesauto.com

Will Friessen

Will grew up in near by Blythswood. He attended Leamington and Kingsville schools. His love of cars began when he was very young. He used to love to take his toys apart and put them back together. He was curious to see how things worked.

Will got his start in the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship program and also attended St. Clair College in Windsor. Will always knew he wanted to be a car mechanic ever since he could remember. He credits his Dad for planting the seed that got him started.

Will has a OYAP grad certificate and many other awards, Napa and Carquest just to name a few. Will joined Dwayne’s Auto in the fall of 2005.

As for hobbies, Will loves to work on and build high performance street cars and even for the strip. Will loves what he does and enjoys learning the new technology the new cars come out with.

Will recently got married to his childhood sweetheart and they reside in Leamington.

When asked what he like best about his work he said “customers come in and tell us about bad experiences with their cars at other shops. When we repair their car they are very grateful and happy”.

Will invites all his friends and friends to be to experience the personal difference when you visit him at Dwayne’s Auto.

You can send an email to Will at dwayne@dwaynesauto.com

Steve Anastacio

Steve was born and raised in the Leamington area. Steve took auto shop at Leamington High school and he really enjoyed it. He decided there and then that being a mechanic was what he wanted to do for a living. Steve joined Dwayne’s Auto in January 2006.

Steve was offered to do his auto mechanic apprenticeship at Dwayne’s Auto and he jumped at the chance. He had heard so many good things about Dwayne’s Auto and was really excited when he got the chance to work there.

Steve completed the first three levels of auto mechanic training at St. Clair College in Windsor. Steve said he has also learned so much from Dwayne and his coworkers.

Steve has earned certificates in WHMIS, Ozone depletion, spark plug certification.

As for hobbies, Steve enjoys playing and watching soccer with his friends.

When asked what he enjoys most about his work, he said. “learning the new technologies that are coming into the auto trade”.

Steve also will like to invite you to come down and have your car serviced by people who really car about you and your car.

You can email Steve at dwayne@dwaynesauto.com

Dave Campbell

Dave has 15 years of experience as a car mechanic. As a young boy Dave always loved working on cars, trucks and farm tractors. Growing up around vehicles and working on them was always fun.

In high school, Dave build his first project which was a classic Chevy Camaro, 1979 Z/28. His shop teacher helped him understand everything that went into building a car, engine, transmission, brakes, etc. He really enjoyed working on cars.

Dave attended Kingsville high school. He also attended St. Clair College and took the automotive services course and pased it with flying colours.

Dave has earned many awards over the last 15 years. Automotive Service Technician, Electrical, ABS Braking System, Ozone Depletion, A/C and many more.

Dave is married and has three boys. He also runs a Hot Rod shop and loves to build and race drag cars. He belongs to the Ontario Nostalgia Drag Racers Inc. and the Shakers Inc Hot Rod Club.

Dave is involved in the community with the Shakers car club. They raise money for sick children.

When asked what he enjoys most about his work, Dave said “the feeling of a job well done and repairing something to 100% finished and a safe driving vehicle”.

Dave would like to let everyone know that he specializes in old Nostalgia cars from the 50s, 60s and 70′s.

Working around cars has always been Dave’s passion and he always looks forward to the challenge of repairing cars back to their working condition has satisfaction after completing a job will done.

Dave is a perfect fit to the Dwayne’s Auto team. He invites you to come down and see the difference he can make in your vehicle.

You can send an email to Dave at dwayne@dwaynesauto.com

Courtenay Ribble

Courtenay is our Customer Service Representative or otherwise know as the “Director of WOW!”

Courtenay wants to make sure that everyone has a fabulous experience at Dwayne’s Auto.

Her goal is that when you walk out the door you go “WOW – that was the BEST automotive service or repair I have ever had.”

Courtenay brings her positive attitude and her enthusiastic personality to our auto shop. She keeps the shop running very smoothly and is very organized.

Courtenay was born and raised in Leamington, she has two wonderful children.

Courtenay loves jet skiing and snowmobiling and enjoys four-wheeling every chance she gets.

She loves having fun with her family and friends.

Come in and say hi to Courtenay, she will take good care of you and your car and she will help you make your car service repair experience a positive one.

Courtenay has been a wonderful and friendly addition to our staff. She’ll make sure your check in and out goes as smoothly as possible and will help get you on your way.

We are thrilled to have Courtenay on our team!

When you call make sure to introduce yourself to Courtenay, she is looking forward to meeting you and helping you get your car booked in for an appointment.

Call Courtenay 519-322-2622

email: dwayne@dwaynesauto.com