TIME Magazineのインスタグラム(time) - 9月3日 01時00分

The @girlsautoclinic is no standard auto repair operation. Just off West Chester Pike in the Philadelphia suburb of Upper Darby, this garage is run by a #woman, staffs virtually all women and tailors everything it does around the needs of women. “I always felt taken advantage of by mechanics,” says Patrice Banks, the founder. “I waited until the last minute to do repairs because I was afraid of being upsold.” Banks opened the shop in 2017 after being inspired by her cousin’s dream of a garage run by women, for women, complete with an adjoining salon for time-starved customers who like to multitask. It’s difficult to conjure a more male-dominated line of work than auto repair. Less than 10% of auto mechanics are women, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Working at the Girls Auto Clinic is safer, less competitive and more collaborative than past experiences the crew describes. The women who work at the Girls Auto Clinic each have a truckload of stories about roadblocks and mistreatment throughout their careers. At the Girls Auto Clinic, 75% of the clients are women — and they need a place to bring their cars where they’re free from creeping concerns about getting ripped off or condescended to, where those who want or need to have nicely manicured nails can check another to-do off the list, and where kids are welcome to hang around and play, Banks says. On top of the paid services they provide, Banks and her staff offer free monthly workshops to the public, where anyone can come park their cars in the garage and learn how to check and maintain everything from oil to brakes to tires by themselves. The crew, including shop forewoman Susan Sweeney and service advisor Colleen McClure photographed here by @michal_chelbin, are some of the extraordinary women TIME is visiting on a cross-country road trip this summer. Read more at TIME.com/women-across-america. #TIMEroadtrip Photograph by @michal_chelbin for TIME

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